Lisa Bloom, Story Coach — The Writing Coach 066
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 #66 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Lisa Bloom. Lisa is an accomplished Storyteller, Professional Certified Coach (ICF) and Training &…
FAQs for Aspiring Authors
Writing a novel requires authors to make thousands of decisions on a daily basis. Every time a writer sits down to draft, they have to make choices about what’s going to happen, the words they’re going to use, and a dozen other factors that will impact how the story is told. Unfortunately, many aspiring authors never get around to making…
19 Hours of Training Videos for Aspiring Authors
How does 19 hours of video training for authors sound to you? Listen, I’m talking about videos covering everything from the author mindset to the mechanics of writer’s craft to the drafting and revision process to independent publishing, book marketing, and more! Interested? If so, read on . . . You see, last January I…
Derek Murphy on Writing Fiction that Sells — The Writing Coach 047
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 ep. #47 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Derek Murphy. Derek is a book marketing expert, book cover designer, and successful young…
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…
12 Steps to Writing a Novel — The Writing Coach 043
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 43 of The Writing Coach, Kevin T. Johns outlines what he calls “The Novel Writer’s Roadmap”, a 12 step process for…
Shauta Grimes on Becoming a Ninja Writer – The Writing Coach 036
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 36 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Shaunta Grimes. Shaunta has worked as a substitute teacher, a newspaper reporter, a…
Why Writers Need to be Tightrope Walkers
I’ve never been a fan of “balance”. When I gave up on the government-recommended “balanced diet” and instead ate an unbalanced diet that consisted primarily of vegetables and meet, I lost weight, gained muscle, felt healthier, and performed athletically at a higher level. That’s just one example of why I’ve always believed obsessive focus and dedication is…
The Toolbox Method for First-Time Authors
A couple of years ago my wife gave me an awesome toolbox as a birthday present. It has a sturdy handle and it’s filled with all kinds of tools: electric drills, adjustable wrenches, hammers, nails, and screws galore. It’s always exciting to dig down inside and pull out the exact tool I need when confronted with a home fix-it project. Most of the…
Using Kindle Percentages to Help Revise Your Manuscript
This week I created an ebook version of my current work-in-progress to send to Beta readers. While reviewing the ebook in Kindle, I noticed the percent reading down in the corner of the page. This led to a realization regarding how I can use those percentages to aid in the revision of my book, and…
