#193. How Dictation Can Help You Write Faster With Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer

Fiction Writing Made Easy

Savannah Gilbo

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Learn how dictation is your secret weapon for capturing story ideas, supporting overall health, and writing up to 3,000 words per hour. Are you curious about how dictation can improve your health and mobility, enhance your natural storytelling flow, and revolutionize your time management—even if you've tried and failed at it before? Well, then, you'll love this episode with Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer. Sarah is an author who's published 19 books—11 of which she wrote entirely through dictation. Sh...

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0:00.0	Have you been dreaming of writing a novel but you don't know where to start? Or maybe you've
0:03.8	tried writing but you keep getting stuck halfway through a draft? If so, I have a free training
0:08.7	you're going to love. It's called three things you need to write your novel in 2025 and in this
0:14.0	free 60-minute training I'll share the exact same process my clients and students have used to go from
0:19.6	idea to completed manuscript in just
0:22.1	months, not years. You'll also learn why most writers never finish their drafts and spoiler
0:27.6	alert, it's not a lack of talent or good ideas, as well as how to overcome feelings of perfectionism,
0:33.6	self-doubt, and overwhelm that stops many new writers in their tracks. You can register for this
0:38.7	free training at savannahgilbo.com forward slash masterclass. So one more time, that's savannah
0:44.4	gilbo.com forward slash masterclass to register for the free training. I hope to see you there.
0:49.9	I would tell authors to not be discouraged and not fall for the thing that your brain might tell you of,
0:57.0	we can't do this dictation thing.
0:58.6	We've tried and failed.
0:59.9	It's a wiring thing.
1:01.2	Some people are just more inclined to this to speaking their words.
1:04.5	And that's not how your brain is wired.
1:06.6	So just turn that voice off and know that you can train your brain to dictate your fiction.
1:15.7	Welcome to the fiction writing made easy podcast.
1:18.9	My name is Savannah Gilbo and I'm here to help you write a story that works.
1:22.9	I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming.
1:26.6	So each week, I'll bring
1:27.7	you a brand new episode with simple, actionable, and step-by-step strategies that you can implement
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