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How I Write

David Perell
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<p>How I Write is about helping you find what works best for your own writing. You can read what an author writes anywhere, but only on this show will you hear how they write. This show isn’t just about methods and styles, though. It’s also about what it means to be a writer today. How can you earn a living? What about building an audience? Should you use GPT? How I Write is your compass for navigating these changes. It’s a show by writers, for writers, built for the age of the Internet.</p><p>New episodes of the How I Write show go live every week on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.com/DavidPerellChannel.</p>
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Episodes
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Category
Education
Number of listeners
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Audience: 20K–40K / month
Canonical: https://podpitch.com/podcasts/how-i-write
Cadence: Active weekly
Reply rate: Under 2%

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Lee Child: How to Write Strikingly Well | How I Write

Wed Feb 04 2026

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This episode is brought to you by Basecamp, the world’s simplest, most effective project management platform. Check them out at https://basecamp.com and tell them David Perell sent you. Lee Child, the man behind the "Jack Reacher" series, has sold more than 200 million books. It is the best-selling series of all time on Amazon in the UK. More than Harry Potter, which is crazy! A new book is sold on average every nine seconds. So how does he do it? How does he write it? How does he come up with the ideas? That's what we're going to find out. About the host Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. Follow me Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is brought to you by Basecamp, the world’s simplest, most effective project management platform. Check them out at https://basecamp.com and tell them David Perell sent you. Lee Child, the man behind the "Jack Reacher" series, has sold more than 200 million books. It is the best-selling series of all time on Amazon in the UK. More than Harry Potter, which is crazy! A new book is sold on average every nine seconds. So how does he do it? How does he write it? How does he come up with the ideas? That's what we're going to find out. About the host Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. Follow me Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Pitches sent
21
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Rank
#16107
Top 32.2% by pitch volume (Rank #16107 of 50,000)
Average rating
4.9
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Reviews
18
Written reviews (when available)
Publish cadence
Daily or near-daily
Active weekly
Episode count
106
Data updated
Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
652.1K

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EducationPodcastsArtsBooks
Country
United States
Language
English
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Release cadence
Daily or near-daily
Latest episode date
Wed Feb 04 2026

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Audience range
20K–40K / month
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Reply rate band
Under 2%
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Response time band
30+ days
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Replies received
1–5
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652.1K
Contact available
Yes
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Yes
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<p>How I Write is about helping you find what works best for your own writing. You can read what an author writes anywhere, but only on this show will you hear how they write. This show isn’t just about methods and styles, though. It’s also about what it means to be a writer today. How can you earn a living? What about building an audience? Should you use GPT? How I Write is your compass for navigating these changes. It’s a show by writers, for writers, built for the age of the Internet.</p><p>New episodes of the How I Write show go live every week on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.com/DavidPerellChannel.</p>

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