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A Beautiful Mess Podcast

#252 - How to Write your First Novel

A Beautiful Mess Podcast

Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week we're answering listener questions about how to write your first novel. We're sharing everything we learned in the process that we wish we could tell ourselves on day one!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to a Beautiful Must podcast, your cozy comfort listen.

0:08.3

This week we're answering listener questions about how to write your first novel.

0:12.6

We're sharing everything we learned from the process that we wish we could tell ourselves on day one.

0:17.5

Oh, our cute little baby selves on day one.

0:19.7

I know.

0:20.3

I would say so many things to her.

0:22.2

Like, first of all, chill out. Calm down. Yeah. It wouldn't work. A number of times I've told you to

0:29.0

chill out, calm down. It never works. You could never ever get Elsie to chill out or calm down when she's

0:34.2

excited. True. Okay, so this is somewhat inspired by a listener question is from our email box.

0:42.3

So I'm going to read Crystal's question.

0:44.9

And thank you for writing in Crystal.

0:46.8

Crystal says, I was wondering if you would consider doing an episode about the details of your writing process and how you are able to fit writing into your daily

0:55.0

routine as working moms. I'm a mom of three-year-old twins and work a full-time job. I know,

1:00.5

Crystal's busy. And I struggle to find the time and energy to devote to writing or any creative

1:05.1

endeavors for that matter. I would love to hear exactly how you wrote your novels. Did you use a certain

1:09.8

app? Did you write with pen and paper?

1:12.4

I feel like maybe these topics have been touched on before, but I would like a deep dive episode.

1:16.8

It would be so fun and interesting.

1:18.8

Isn't that such a nice email?

1:20.2

It is so nice.

1:21.0

And yeah, Crystal's busy.

1:22.3

Three-year-old twins.

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