How I Write
by David Perell
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Jodi Picoult: The Writing Habits Behind 50 Million Books Sold | How I Write
Oct 14, 2026
1h 14m 07s
Robert Greene: The Unwritten Laws of Great Writing | How I Write
Oct 7, 2026
1h 39m 24s
Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary Author Teaches Writing | How I Write
Sep 30, 2026
1h 11m 05s
Mark Normand: How to Make Your Writing More Funny | How I Write
Sep 28, 2026
48m 07s
Michael Arndt: Oscar-Winning Writer Teaches Storytelling | How I Write
Sep 23, 2026
1h 17m 34s
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| 10/14/26 | Jodi Picoult: The Writing Habits Behind 50 Million Books Sold | How I Write | Learn more about Alpha School at https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Jodi Picoult is on the show today, and she has published 30 novels and sold more than 50 million copies of her books. For a while, she was writing a book a year! What I admire so much about her is how much fun she clearly has with her craft. Her research sent her ghost hunting and up to Alaska to visit Eskimos. She also gets so invested in her stories that she literally hears her characters speaking to her. How does she do it? How did she manage to write a book a year? That's what this conversation is all about. 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 | 1h 14m 07s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Robert Greene: The Unwritten Laws of Great Writing | How I Write | Pre-order Robert Greene's latest book here: https://sites.prh.com/lawofthesublime Learn more about Alpha School at https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Robert Greene is on the show today, who's famous for books like The 50th Law and The 48 Laws of Power. How does he write books that so many people want to read? How has he written books so compelling that people literally want to steal them? That’s what we discuss in this conversation. What I admire so much about Robert, and the reason I love spending time with him, is that he has devoted decades to the craft of writing. You can feel it in his presence. He has labored and labored over his work, and now he is out with a new book called Sublime, which he wrote after suffering a stroke that left him paralyzed on the right side of his body. This book is his magnum opus. It is a departure from the standard Robert Greene fare, moving into something new, transcendent, and supernatural. An attempt to describe the indescribable. This conversation is beautiful and deep, and I think you will like it. 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 | 1h 39m 24s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary Author Teaches Writing | How I Write | Learn more about Alpha School at https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Andy Weir is on the show today, and he's famous for books like Project Hail Mary and The Martian, both of which turned into movies. In this conversation, we discuss science fiction as much as writing. How does he come up with new ideas? What makes for a good plot? How does he think through the science itself, bending reality in fun and playful ways? This interview does have some spoilers! So, if you haven't read the books, you might want to do that before you listen. However, if you love writing and don't care about spoilers, this conversation is for you. 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 | 1h 11m 05s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Mark Normand: How to Make Your Writing More Funny | How I Write | Learn more about Alpha School at https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Mark Normand is on the show today to teach us how to write good comedy. He moved to New York in 2006 when he was a nobody, barely knew how to tell jokes. This interview tells the story of how he worked his way up from admiring Seinfeld from afar to actually opening for him on tour in various cities. 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 | 48m 07s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | Michael Arndt: Oscar-Winning Writer Teaches Storytelling | How I Write | Learn more about Alpha School at https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Michael Arndt, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter, is on the show today to teach us how to write great stories. We started the conversation by discussing his time at Pixar. I asked Michael, "You worked on movies like Toy Story 3. What is it about Pixar's DNA that has made them so successful for so long?" We also discussed Little Miss Sunshine, the movie that won him an Oscar in 2007. He has read thousands of screenplays, so he understands what distinguishes a bad screenplay from a good one. As a script doctor and storytelling scientist, he's here to teach us how to write great stories. 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 | 1h 17m 34s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Francine Prose: This Is What a Harvard Writing Masterclass Feels Like | How I Write | Learn more about Alpha School at https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Francine Prose has written more than 30 books and taught at both Harvard and Bard College. If you ask her how to become a better writer, she'll tell you to start by reading like a writer. Look at words and sentences, characters and details. Study them, dissect them. Then find books that you love, ones that have stood the test of time, and ask yourself: Why has this book endured? Why has it stayed popular for so long? But how do you actually do that? This interview provides an answer. 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 | 58m 36s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | writing advicesuspense writing+3 | Harlan Coben | Alpha School | — | Harlan Cobenwriting+4 | — | 1h 15m 25s | ||
| 9/2/26 | writing processdifferent perspectives+3 | R.F. Kuang | Alpha SchoolCambridge+4 | — | R.F. Kuangwriting techniques+3 | — | 1h 07m 56s | ||
| 8/26/26 | writing processstorytelling+3 | Matt Haig | Alpha SchoolAmazon+1 | — | writingbooks+5 | — | 57m 54s | ||
| 8/19/26 | writingliterature+3 | Elif ShafakRobert Macfarlane | Royal Society of LiteratureAlpha School+4 | — | Elif ShafakRobert Macfarlane+5 | — | 1h 04m 15s | ||
| 8/12/26 | writing processPulitzer Prize+3 | Andrew Sean Greer | Alpha SchoolApple+4 | — | writingPulitzer Prize+5 | — | 1h 13m 37s | ||
| 8/5/26 | writing techniquesrhetoric+3 | Mark Forsyth | ShakespeareOscar Wilde+1 | — | writingrhetoric+8 | — | 1h 14m 49s | ||
| 7/29/26 | writing processthrillers+5 | Jack Carr | Amazon PrimeAlpha School+1 | — | writingthrillers+5 | — | 1h 09m 12s | ||
| 7/22/26 | writingcomedy+3 | Scott Dikkers | The OnionAlpha School | — | funny writingcomedy principles+3 | — | 1h 05m 15s | ||
| 7/20/26 | AIcreativity+4 | Ezra KleinMaria Popova+10 | Alpha School | — | AIwriting+5 | — | 55m 06s | ||
| 7/15/26 | writingpublishing+3 | David Baldacci | Alpha SchoolApple+3 | — | David Baldacciwriting+5 | — | 1h 33m 24s | ||
| 7/8/26 | publishing industrywriting+3 | David Shelley | HachetteAlpha School | — | book publishingDavid Shelley+3 | Wispr Flowhowiwrite | 1h 25m 29s | ||
| 7/1/26 | writing adviceobservation+3 | David Sedaris | The New Yorker | — | writingDavid Sedaris+3 | Wispr Flowhowiwrite | 1h 20m 24s | ||
| 6/24/26 | animationscreenwriting+4 | Andrew Stanton | PixarToy Story 5+2 | — | Andrew StantonPixar+7 | Wispr FlowCODE | 1h 00m 55s | ||
| 6/17/26 | nonfiction writingfood+4 | Michael Pollan | — | — | writing advicenonfiction+5 | Wispr FlowCODE | 1h 13m 46s | ||
| 6/10/26 | writingfiction+3 | Andrew Hunter Murray | Edith WhartonJane Austen | — | writing fictioncharacter development+4 | Wispr FlowCODE | 1h 00m 03s | ||
| 6/3/26 | writingscreenwriting+3 | Noah Hawley | FargoAlien Earth | — | Noah HawleyFargo+5 | — | 1h 26m 38s | ||
| 5/27/26 | writingcreativity+4 | Suleika Jaouad | The New York TimesBetween Two Kingdoms+1 | — | writing advicememoir+5 | — | 58m 25s | ||
| 5/20/26 | comedy writingobservational humor+3 | Tom Segura | Completely NormalSledgehammer+3 | — | comedyjokes+3 | — | 1h 13m 39s | ||
| 5/13/26 | writingwisdom+3 | Maria Popova | The MarginalianLibrary of Congress+1 | — | writingwisdom+5 | — | 57m 44s | ||
| 5/6/26 | writing processstorytelling+3 | Yann Martel | Life of Pi | — | Yann MartelLife of Pi+4 | — | 1h 11m 07s | ||
| 4/29/26 | writingcreativity+3 | Anne Lamott | Bird by Bird36 rules for writing | — | writingAnne Lamott+5 | — | 1h 19m 11s | ||
| 4/22/26 | children's bookswriting techniques+4 | Tish Rabe | DisneySesame Street+1 | — | children's bookswriting+5 | Mercury | 1h 28m 06s | ||
| 4/15/26 | writingdocumentaries+3 | David Gelb | Jiro Dreams of SushiChef's Table | — | cinematic writingdocumentary+5 | Mercury | 1h 09m 11s | ||
| 4/8/26 | narrative nonfictionwriting techniques+3 | Patrick Radden Keefe | New Yorkerbook about the Sackler family | — | narrative nonfictionwriting+5 | Mercury | 1h 06m 47s | ||
| 4/1/26 | storytellingwriting process+3 | Wright Thompson | Guinness Zero | — | storytellingwriting+5 | — | 1h 03m 42s | ||
| 3/25/26 | writingpoetry+3 | Ocean Vuong | NYU | — | writingpoetry+5 | Mercury | 1h 19m 35s | ||
| 3/18/26 | book publishingwriting+3 | John Yaged | Macmillan | — | book publishingwriting advice+3 | Mercury | 1h 25m 10s | ||
| 3/11/26 | writingcharacter development+3 | Michael Connelly | NetflixMGM+3 | — | Michael Connellywriting characters+5 | Mercury | 1h 11m 37s | ||
| 3/4/26 | storytellingcharacter building+3 | Steven Pressfield | — | — | writingstories+3 | Mercury | 1h 10m 30s | ||
| 2/26/26 | comedystorytelling+3 | Robert Mac | — | — | comedyjokes+5 | Mercury | 1h 02m 03s | ||
| 2/18/26 | writingbook publishing+3 | Bill Browder | Freezing OrderRed Notice | — | writingbooks+3 | Mercury | 47m 33s | ||
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Chart history for How I Write
Peaked at #24 in Finland, currently #24 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | — | #24 | #24 | — |
| Ireland | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| Norway | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| Australia | — | #78 | #78 | — |
| Canada | — | #82 | #82 | — |
| India | — | #99 | #99 | — |
| IS | — | #101 | #101 | — |
| United States | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| SG | — | #111 | #111 | — |
| South Africa | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| AR | — | #141 | #141 | — |
Chart Positions
12 placements across 12 markets.
Chart Positions
12 placements across 12 markets.