[Podcast] What Is the Best Format for Your Content? 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Sep 26, 2023

“You should write a book!”

Most thoughts leaders have heard this at least once in their life. It’s the go-to format for content.

But is a book the best format for your content?

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[Podcast] Author Kristin Keffeler on Writing a Nonfiction Book that Connects with Your Ideal Audience 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Sep 18, 2023

“You can’t republish your Master’s thesis.”

It’s one piece of advice Kristin Keffeler, author of The Myth of the Silver Spoon, received from an editor. It’s...

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[Podcast] Author Josh Rutherford on Applying Screenwriting Principles to a Fantasy Book Series 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Aug 21, 2023

I know what you’re thinking: “How are screenwriting principles applicable to writing a book?”

It seems farfetched, right?

Book writing is tens of thousands of words of prose....

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[Podcast] Cristen Iris on How to Move your Story Forward with Scenes 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jul 17, 2023

Scenes are the building blocks to good storytelling.

But too many new writers struggle to conceptualize their story in scenes. They think a scene is a dinner table conversation. Or a mere stroll...

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[Podcast] Author Paula Munier on How to Create the Perfect Plot 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jun 30, 2023

One of the most common questions we receive from fiction writers is “How do I plot my book?”

It’s the question that dominates writing conferences and a simple Google search...

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[Podcast] How to Overcome the Initial Shock of a Developmental Edit 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jun 19, 2023

Every book needs a developmental edit. Even professional writers do. In fact, professional writers crave developmental editing, because they know they don’t know it all.

But too many new...

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[Podcast] Lisa Cron on the Misbelief of Your Protagonist and Why It Matters to Your Story 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jun 01, 2023

Think about your favorite book or movie. What makes it your favorite?

It’s probably a combination of things—an applicable life lesson, jaw-dropping choreography and action, an intense...

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[Podcast] Cristen Iris on Thinking Like a Filmmaker When Writing Your Memoir 3 honing the writing craft podcast post May 10, 2023

Commercially viable memoirs are akin to novels. They engage the reader through storytelling techniques.

But new memoirists struggle to write an engaging story. They spend too much time inside...

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[Podcast] View Your Time Set Aside for Writing as Sacred 1 developing the writer's mindset 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Mar 24, 2023

Is your writing time sacred?

Typically, people use the word ‘sacred’ to define what we’ve written. Confessional writing, memoirs, poetry and some narrative fiction are considered...

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[Podcast] Rosanne Bane on How to Overcome Writer’s Block 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Mar 10, 2023

Do you feel an overwhelming amount of stress and anxiety when you think about writing?

Do you blame yourself when you don’t write?

Do you feel lazy, unimaginative, or self-indulgent when you...

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[Podcast] Novelist Jaimie Engle on Becoming a Romcom Screenwriter 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jan 31, 2023

Burnt out from a subpar publishing experience and the COVID-19 pandemic, novelist Jaimie Engle decided it was time for a change in her writing career: from book writing to screenwriting.

Two...

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[Podcast] First-Time Novelist Linda Fifer on Losing Her First Draft and Her Persistence to Complete the Project 2 identifying your writing purpose 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Jan 10, 2023

It took 13 years before Linda Fifer published her debut novel The Road Between Two Skies.

At one point in those 13 years, Linda lost her manuscript and had to restart her project from the...

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