Year of Writing with Omar Khafagy
Latest Episodes
Episode 15: Finding Clarity
I talk about the challenge of finding clarity in your writing, and how I'm using deliberate practice to improve. I also touch on a realization I had today that really humbled me.
Episode 14: Deliberate Practice
To be the best, you have to train. But what does training mean for a writer? Today I talk about deliberate practice and my own attempts to improve my writing through focused practice.
Episode 13: Why I Love Guilty Pleasures
On today's episode, I talk about why I love guilty pleasures, but hate the term. I confess my love for a particular genre of film, reference a boy band, and call Dave Grohl "David" for some weird reason.
Episode 12: Great Opening Lines
Call me Ishmael. Actually, don't because my name is Omar and that would be weird. Today's podcast is all about opening lines! I really had fun with this one, reading from some of my favourite works. We got some Austen, some Rowling, some Poe, and mor
Episode 11: Focus! Kind of?
This episode was going to be about focus, and it kind of is! Instead of talking about 'focus' as a theme, I talk about how I've found my own centre and how I'll be using this renewed focus to give you the very best of me.
Episode 10: Finding Yourself to Find Your Fans
On today's episode, I talk a little about finding yourself to find your fans. I got the idea from a few conversations I've had with creative people who are stuck on the marketing side of things (so much so that they have barely spent any time building the
Episode 9: Hard Work
The muse is dead. Long live hard work! Today's topic is all about making yourself do the work, even when it isn't fun. If you need a bit of a boot in the pants, this one's for you.
Episode 8: The Dangers of Opportunity
My mind was a mess yesterday. But why? Today, I talk about the downside of opportunity, and how to keep yourself focused on your personal mission: to become the best writer you can be.
Episode 7: How to Beat a Bad Start
After a series of frustrating events this morning, some of which I talk about on the podcast, I realized I needed to talk about bad days. In this episode, I share my trick for getting out of a bad state of mind, and into a productive one.
Episode 6: Letting Go of the Outcome
You can't spend all your time in planning mode. At some point, you've got to just get started. Today, I talk about letting go of the outcome, so you can move past perfectionism and move toward consistent progress.