{"id":604,"date":"2025-08-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/161.35.63.92\/index.php\/2018\/04\/16\/how-to-transfer-your-book-from-smashwords-to-draft2digital-in-less-than-10-minutes\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T03:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:49:06","slug":"writing-with-dictation-ep239","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draft2digital.com\/blog\/writing-with-dictation-ep239\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing with Dictation \/\/ EP239"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer talks about how authors can use dictation in their writing process and the benefits it offers!<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/02f07d3d-b3ba-41ad-bd64-f1fe123bf7c6\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Writing With Dictation\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Writing with Dictation\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYHpIWAzXq8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer is an author, writing instructor, and host of The Confident Fiction Author podcast. 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