Write Wrong Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:40:50 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1207208 en-us © 2026 Write Wrong yes d18113f3-efac-5f14-9153-76285c5dbaf1 Hamilton episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Hamilton https://storage.buzzsprout.com/na4jbyxs4qktjrjkfsiyit1uwm0r?.jpg Write Wrong Leave A Review: Genres Leave A Review: Genres Genres: Helpful? Sure. But are they doing their fair share? 

In today's Leave A Review, I review genres because, let's face it, if they're going to profile a book they might as well get it right. 

]]> Genres: Helpful? Sure. But are they doing their fair share? 

In today's Leave A Review, I review genres because, let's face it, if they're going to profile a book they might as well get it right. 

]]> Hamilton Buzzsprout-8019473 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:00:00 -0700 401 1 12 bonus false Ep. 012 Queries: Or how do I get an agent to help me make money off my writing Ep. 012 Queries: Or how do I get an agent to help me make money off my writing Yes, there's a ton of tips on queries out there already. But this has jokes! 

]]> Yes, there's a ton of tips on queries out there already. But this has jokes! 

]]> Hamilton Buzzsprout-8019469 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:00:00 -0800 1437 1 12 full false Leave A Review: Negative Reviewers Leave A Review: Negative Reviewers We all love reviews. They provide guidance, insight, and the opportunity to judge others anonymously while riding the high of ignoring our own failures in life. 
A new segment to tide you over until the next full episode of Write Wrong.

]]> We all love reviews. They provide guidance, insight, and the opportunity to judge others anonymously while riding the high of ignoring our own failures in life. 
A new segment to tide you over until the next full episode of Write Wrong.

]]> Buzzsprout-7620979 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0800 442 1 11 bonus false Ep. 011 Time Management: The thing we do to smother the creeping awareness that time is holding us at knifepoint Ep. 011 Time Management: The thing we do to smother the creeping awareness that time is holding us at knifepoint No matter how much we try, time always gets away from us. Here are some managing tips because managing is what we do when we're too weak to control something, but too capable to ignore it completely. 

]]> No matter how much we try, time always gets away from us. Here are some managing tips because managing is what we do when we're too weak to control something, but too capable to ignore it completely. 

]]> Buzzsprout-6061459 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:00:00 -0700 1285 1 11 full false Ep. 010 Beginnings: Start with Waking Up! Ep. 010 Beginnings: Start with Waking Up! Fellow writers, I’m going to begin today by going against the grain and give you advice that no one in their right mind would give you. 
Here are six ways the ‘establishment’ says not to start your novel, but I say maybe give it a try.

]]> Fellow writers, I’m going to begin today by going against the grain and give you advice that no one in their right mind would give you. 
Here are six ways the ‘establishment’ says not to start your novel, but I say maybe give it a try.

]]> Buzzsprout-5246569 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0700 1242 1 10 full false Ep. 009 Why MFA Programs Are a Faustian Nightmare Ep. 009 Why MFA Programs Are a Faustian Nightmare Okay, the world is coronaviral and colleges are as close to figuring out if they should open their campuses as an Amish fourteen-year-old is to figuring out that nipples on women are more than just functional milk dots for boobies. 

But this episode is about education in general. Paying for it and getting it for free. I'm also a pessimist wrapped around a creamy optimistic center, and I believe that the future, although dark right now, will be a sunny day once again, when we can go to a baseball game, attend a concert, or have dinner with our parents and once again savor the ineffable pleasure of expressing our love by avoiding all talk about politics. 

]]> Okay, the world is coronaviral and colleges are as close to figuring out if they should open their campuses as an Amish fourteen-year-old is to figuring out that nipples on women are more than just functional milk dots for boobies. 

But this episode is about education in general. Paying for it and getting it for free. I'm also a pessimist wrapped around a creamy optimistic center, and I believe that the future, although dark right now, will be a sunny day once again, when we can go to a baseball game, attend a concert, or have dinner with our parents and once again savor the ineffable pleasure of expressing our love by avoiding all talk about politics. 

]]> Buzzsprout-5137483 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:00:00 -0700 1297 1 9 full false Ep. 008 Embracing Your Imposter Syndrome: Because it's true, you don't belong here. Now please leave. Ep. 008 Embracing Your Imposter Syndrome: Because it's true, you don't belong here. Now please leave. My god, judgment comes in so many forms. Here's another one we suffer (even me, in this episode) and ways to jam a corn cob into your judge-hole. 

]]> My god, judgment comes in so many forms. Here's another one we suffer (even me, in this episode) and ways to jam a corn cob into your judge-hole. 

]]> Buzzsprout-5040707 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 18:00:00 -0700 1466 1 8 full false Ep. 007 Authorship, or How to Avoid Writing Completely Ep. 007 Authorship, or How to Avoid Writing Completely They say if you want to become an author you need to think like a business person. I say, fine, but I don't have to like it. Here are few things I'm doing to try to be an author and not just a writer. 

]]> They say if you want to become an author you need to think like a business person. I say, fine, but I don't have to like it. Here are few things I'm doing to try to be an author and not just a writer. 

]]> Buzzsprout-4841924 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 20:00:00 -0700 1451 1 7 full false Ep. 006 How Crummy It Is to be a Writer Ep. 006 How Crummy It Is to be a Writer Being a writer can be amazing, but strangely, only after you've written. The rest of the time, it can just ruin your day. Here are few things I do to get through the tough times of struggling to get words down, and even if you do feel like hell, no need to feel guilty because it's all gonna be okay.  

]]> Being a writer can be amazing, but strangely, only after you've written. The rest of the time, it can just ruin your day. Here are few things I do to get through the tough times of struggling to get words down, and even if you do feel like hell, no need to feel guilty because it's all gonna be okay.  

]]> Buzzsprout-4841921 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0700 1147 1 6 full false Ep. 005: Getting a beta reader: Because you do want strangers to eviscerate the novel you’ve spent over a year working on.  Ep. 005: Getting a beta reader: Because you do want strangers to eviscerate the novel you’ve spent over a year working on.  We need people to read our novels and that's even before we publish them. Here are a few ways I get mine, etiquette, and how to handle unhelpful feedback.

]]> We need people to read our novels and that's even before we publish them. Here are a few ways I get mine, etiquette, and how to handle unhelpful feedback.

]]> Buzzsprout-4744262 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0700 1327 1 5 full false Ep. 004: First Drafts. Pantser vs. Plotter: Deathmatch!! Ep. 004: First Drafts. Pantser vs. Plotter: Deathmatch!! First drafts are hard. And that's even before you get to your computer. Here are a few things I do to help. 
Plus, if you're a pantser or a plotter you WILL have opinions about this episode and should definitely tweet me to tell me how wrong I am. 

]]> First drafts are hard. And that's even before you get to your computer. Here are a few things I do to help. 
Plus, if you're a pantser or a plotter you WILL have opinions about this episode and should definitely tweet me to tell me how wrong I am. 

]]> Buzzsprout-4651088 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:00:00 -0700 1354 1 4 full false Ep. 003: You want to sell your book? Put a dog on the cover! Ep. 003: You want to sell your book? Put a dog on the cover! Sure, we could put a lot of hard work into a novel. But this is so much easier. 

Okay, if you don't want to put a dog on the cover, or lie to your readers about having a dog in your book, then listen to this episode. 

]]> Sure, we could put a lot of hard work into a novel. But this is so much easier. 

Okay, if you don't want to put a dog on the cover, or lie to your readers about having a dog in your book, then listen to this episode. 

]]> Hamilton Buzzsprout-4571459 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0700 1058 full false Ep. 002: Revising, or writing a novel and then destroying it to make it good. Ep. 002: Revising, or writing a novel and then destroying it to make it good. You've spent all that time on your first draft, why not make it readable? 

Tips on revising. Things I learned to not do. And other things I do do. Do.  

]]> You've spent all that time on your first draft, why not make it readable? 

Tips on revising. Things I learned to not do. And other things I do do. Do.  

]]> Hamilton Buzzsprout-4571432 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0700 1173 full false Ep. 001: How I got an agent with my first novel and how I lost an agent with my second novel Ep. 001: How I got an agent with my first novel and how I lost an agent with my second novel Agents. They're so hard to get and yet so easy to lose. 

]]> Agents. They're so hard to get and yet so easy to lose. 

]]> Hamilton Buzzsprout-4571411 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:00:00 -0700 1346 1 1 full false Ep. 000: Prologue to the Podcast, or an audio illustration of why people skip prologues Ep. 000: Prologue to the Podcast, or an audio illustration of why people skip prologues An introduction to Write Wrong Podcast, a podcast that talks about writing from the point of view of a writer who's been doing it wrong for far too long. 

This episode introduces you to me and tells you why you might want to listen. 


]]> An introduction to Write Wrong Podcast, a podcast that talks about writing from the point of view of a writer who's been doing it wrong for far too long. 

This episode introduces you to me and tells you why you might want to listen. 


]]> https://www.cortwrites.com/podcast-1 Cortney Buzzsprout-4523345 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 21:00:00 -0700 342 writing, revising, MFA, books, 1 full false