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The Write Focus · October 14 · 18 min

Writer's Block ~ Defeat It! / Gardner's Techniques, part B / 7:44

Here we are with More Techniques from Erle Stanley Gardner. We’re tackling Gardner’s solutions for Writer’s Block. Look to the Show Notes for information about the nonfiction book that is the source for this information. TIMINGS 00:42 Introduction 01:07 The Unmentioned Unmentionable 01:51 Notes & Rules on Work 07:30 Plotting Machines 12:15 Gardner, THE Plotting Machine 15:05 Flying Buttresses against Writer’s Block 17:15 Last Words / Closing Total Run Time = 18:59 LINKS Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/10/writers-block-defeat-it-gardners_0847318555.html Secrets of the World’s Best-Selling Writer: the Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner. Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate. Graymalki Media, 1975. Licensed Music with the content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator Apple Hill Studios, available on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube. All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting). Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. As a Blast from the Past, our current focus is a series entitled Writer’s Block: Defeat It!, originally airing as “Defeat Writer’s Block” a few years back. Here is a link to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC73Pe3yKV5HixAUjBNOg47A Select the most recent episode through the URL after the TIMINGS. The original series is available as an ebook, paperback, and audiobook. Use these links to purchase the original book. Amazon, Kindle, and Audible https://www.amazon.com/Defeat-Writers-Block-M-Lee/dp/B0D7QSV3MH Books2Read Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/3112ow AudioBook Now https://www.audiobooksnow.com/audiobook/defeat-writers-block/10295605/?msclkid=53302f8cda3f16b4c8e045b1ae0d96ed Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand. Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com . Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com. If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

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Here we are with More Techniques from Erle Stanley Gardner. We’re tackling Gardner’s solutions for Writer’s Block.

Look to the Show Notes for information about the nonfiction book that is the source for this information.

TIMINGS

  • 00:42 Introduction
  • 01:07 The Unmentioned Unmentionable
  • 01:51 Notes & Rules on Work
  • 07:30 Plotting Machines
  • 12:15 Gardner, THE Plotting Machine
  • 15:05 Flying Buttresses against Writer’s Block
  • 17:15 Last Words / Closing

Total Run Time = 18:59

 

LINKS

Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/10/writers-block-defeat-it-gardners_0847318555.html

Secrets of the World’s Best-Selling Writer: the Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner. Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate. Graymalki Media, 1975.

 

Licensed Music with the content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator Apple Hill Studios, available on Audio Jungle.

The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

As a Blast from the Past, our current focus is a series entitled Writer’s Block: Defeat It!, originally airing as “Defeat Writer’s Block” a few years back. Here is a link to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC73Pe3yKV5HixAUjBNOg47A   Select the most recent episode through the URL after the TIMINGS.

The original series is available as an ebook, paperback, and audiobook. Use these links to purchase the original book.

Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr

  • You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters
  • Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand.

 

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com  .

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

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