What Is Writers Block (Really) and How Can We Beat It? — Guest: Lisa Bell
Suffering from writer’s block? Lisa Bell shares the brain science behind what causes writer’s block and gives us “brain hacks” we can use to beat it.
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Merry Christmas! Time for Powerful Traditions
Traditions are part of our lives, so they should be part of our characters’ lives too. We can add a touch of realism to our stories by including a sense of traditions between characters.
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How to Level-Up Our Writing — Guest: Maureen Crisp
Do we need to write a million words before we can master the skills of writing? Maureen Crisp, a judge for a major book award with entries from debut and veteran authors, knows what it takes to be a writing master.
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Writer Confidence: Do You Self-Reject?
Writers often suffer from self-doubt. We’re not sure if our story idea is interesting enough, if we’re the right person to write our idea. All that self-doubt can lead us to reject ourselves before others do—or before they even can.
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Storytelling: Taking Readers on a Journey
When faced with the many decisions of writing our story, the best choice is whatever tells the story we want to tell, but what does that mean? Let’s take a look at what storytelling really is and how we can improve our skills.
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Love Reading? Easily Search for Books at Libraries
Like many authors, I started writing because I love to read. Of course, there’s no such thing as too many books, so I wanted to share this tool that might help save our wallets.
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Setting Up a Book Launch for Success — Guest: Christina Delay
Part of being an author is finding and marketing our book to readers who will love our story. If we think like a business person, we can see how the launching of a new book has many similarities to how businesses launch a new product.
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What Do You Want to Write But Haven’t Yet?
We often have more ideas for stories than we actually write, and somehow, we choose and prioritize. Why might we not write a story idea that we’re passionate about—and is there anything we can do to overcome those reasons?
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How Important Is Talent? — Guest: Lizzie Shane
In artistic fields such as writing, we might think success depends on talent, and any struggle can be seen as a sign of our lack of talent. Today Lizzie Shane shares her insights on the importance of talent for success.
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A Reminder to Enjoy the Journey
Goals are good, but when things don’t work out like we planned, we can still try to appreciate any enjoyment along the way. The journey of life is what matters.
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