The Difference between Scenes, Sequences, and Chapters
Authors, editors, and writing coaches like myself have a number of different terms we use to group together story moments and beats within a narrative. There are so many terms, in fact, that writers and aspiring authors can sometimes get confused about the difference between terms like “scenes”, “sequences”, and “chapters”. As such, in this article we’re going…
Dave Chesson on How to be a Kindlepreneur — The Writing Coach 042
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 42 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Dave Chesson. Dave Chesson is a best selling author under a number of…
Chandler Bolt 7-Figure Writing Coach — The Writing Coach 041
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 41 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Chandler Bolt. Chandler is the best selling author of six books, including Book Launch and…
Ron Vitale on the Challenges of Independent Publishing — The Writing Coach 040
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 40 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author Ron Vitale. Ron is the author of Cinderella’s Secret Witch Diaries and A Witch’s Coven…
Debbie Drum on How to Get Book Reviews – The Writing Coach 32
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. In episode 32 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Debbie Drum. Debbie is an author and an expert in content creation, an…
THIS is How a Writing Coach Walks His Talk
Listen to the audio version of this article here: Writing is hard. DAMN hard. As a writing coach, my job is to make it just a little bit easier by teaching you what I know. Every time I hit publish on a blog post or release a new podcast episode it’s with the intention of…
M School Influences – The Writing Coach 028
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. Later this month, my new action thriller M School will be released. In this special episode of The Writing Coach, I discuss the books,…
Don’t Make Your Book More Important than It Is
There’s a major roadblock that stops many aspiring authors from finding success. I see it time and time again with my coaching clients. They take their book too seriously. These aspiring authors believe that, once completed and published, their novel will define who they are; nay, it will define their very value as a human being. They…
Why It’s NOT Too Late for You to Become an Author
A coaching client of mine recently confessed she fears she might be too old to launch her writing career. She’s in her early 30’s. I assured her that she was not too old. And neither are you. A career as an author isn’t like professional sports, or modeling, or becoming a pop star. You’re chances of…
Megan Linski on Editing (My Book) – The Writing Coach 027
Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work. Megan Linski is the owner of Gryfyn Publishing and the author of almost 20 books(!!!). She’s also a freelance editor. MY editor to be…
