No Such Thing as Writer’s Block “Your creative brain doesn’t have any bounds. It’s limitless, endless, and has no worry about judgment.” — Azul Terronez Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in your head when it comes to writing a book. One of the biggest challenges I hear from writers is fear: fear that their […]
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How to Narrate a Book of Fiction “How can I make this the most fun, where I’m just playing, having my most fun experience with this?” — Kate McDugald For Kate McDugald’s twenty-fifth birthday, her mom gave her the gift of cutting her off financially. This forced Kate to ask herself, what would she do
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Make Your Book Timeless “In physics, balance means motionless. It literally means it doesn’t move, it means you’re stuck. Balance means you’re stuck. If your life is balanced, you’re not doing anything.” — Richie Norton Who controls your time? Even if we’re writing or running our own business full-time, we can still find ourselves overworked
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Do You Need to Write Another Book? “If people don’t know about your book, they can’t purchase it.” —John Miller John Miller began his career selling leadership training to managers, executives, and leaders. He sat in over 10,000 hours of workshops and soon realized that people were asking the wrong questions. This epiphany pushed him
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Our Personal Story Matters “I’m helping give people a voice… and that’s what this book is about. And I didn’t understand completely the responsibility and the privilege that I now have. It’s all becoming more and more clear. This book is much bigger than me and my story.” — Natasha Miller At age sixteen, Natasha
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Don’t Get Stuck in Perfectionism “The thing I do is help authors get over their imperfection and hit publish. Pressing publish is the most important part of a creator’s journey. Whether you’re creating art, poetry, a book, or speaking on the stage, press publish.” —Azul Terronez So many people think of writing a book as
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How to Craft Fiction with Purpose “It’s not so much a formula as it is a reminder when you’re doing this, don’t get too complicated. The whole purpose is just capturing the stories before they’re lost.” —Steve Vannoy The concept for a three-book fiction series came about during FaceTime visits with our parents in West
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You Don’t Need to Protect Those Who Harmed You “That’s the moment that I’ve realized you’re meant to take all of these things that have happened and you’re meant to help other people. Realized that they are not a victim of their circumstances and that life is all about choice.” —Jill Krzyzanowicz Jill Krzyzanowicz reached
Insights from a Bestselling Ghostwriter “In workshop, we say, ‘reader first,’ and I lean heavily on that. I say, that’s your touchstone. So, whenever they’re not doing it, I’ll say, what does your reader need? The reader needs more of you.” —AJ Harper AJ Harper always wanted to become a playwright. She loved the dialogue,
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How to Transform while Writing Your book “I was like, you know what, I’m just going to just let it out of me. And whatever happens, happens. And I think even the process of realizing that while my book may not be enough for everyone, it is enough for the people that it’s meant for.”
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