This week on Writers Behaving Badly: It’s the final episode of Season One—and the chaos is at an all-time high. Annie starts another Substack (yes, really), Brooke loses 6.5K words to Microsoft Word and lives to tell the tale, and Lisa finally lets us roast her words. Oh, and romance royalty Rachael Johns drops in with a publishing story so cringe you’ll feel it in your bones. We’re ending things with a bang!
What You'll Learn:
How to recover from a brutal writing loss (and still call it a win)
Why slow progress is still progress—and how to protect your creative time
What makes a first page sizzle (even when it’s your mentor’s!)
How not to handle rejection from a major publisher
Segments Inside:
✍️ Sins & Wins
Grief-writing breakthroughs, voice-finding victories, and a rewrite redemption arc.
🔥 Roast or Toast
The tables turn! Brooke and Annie roast Lisa’s opening chapter with terrifying glee—until they realise her “bad words” are better than their polished ones. Expect drama, emotion, and minor existential spirals.
🍵 Tea Time Rant
Listener exclusive:
Listen to the season finale now—and stay tuned for our bonus uncut episode with Rachael Johns, landing in two weeks.
Got a sin to confess?
Tell us your worst writing sin of the week in the comments—did you out-bad us?
Catch up on the last episode 👇
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