The Ultimate Authorship Planner with Audrey Hughey — The Writing Coach 074
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 #74 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with book marketing coach Audrey Hughey. Audrey previously appeared on the show in episode #61, where…
Allison Fallon on Bringing Vulnerability to Writing — The Writing Coach 071
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 #71 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Allison Fallon. Allison believes a regular practice of writing can change your life. She…
Angela Ackerman on Going with Your Gut — The Writing Coach 069
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 #69 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Angela Ackerman. Angela is a writing coach, international speaker, and co-author of the bestselling book, The…
Jennie Nash: Tough Love Book Coach — The Writing Coach 064
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 #64 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with Jennie Nash. Jennie has spent 30 years in the world of books. She is…
Sarah Foil: Writer, Editor, and Media Manager — The Writing Coach 062
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 #62 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with writer, editor, and media manager Sarah Foil. Sarah describes herself as a cliché: an introverted,…
Why Writers Need to Count Words, NOT Pages
Early on in my relationship with a new coaching client – often as early as our initial consultation call – I’ll ask about the targeted total word count for their manuscript. Often the response I get is something along the lines of, “Oh, I don’t think in terms of word count. I just want the…
How to Ensure Your Writing Sessions Aren’t Derailed by “Research”
Regardless of whether you’re writing a novel, a how-to book, or a helpful blog post, you’ll almost certainly need to do some research before you start writing. In his fantastic book on writing, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting, Robert McKee refers to research as “feeding your talent” and suggests “research not…
This One Simple Hack Will Double the Pace of Your Online Learning
I took my first online course almost a decade ago. I had decided I wanted to learn how to cook. In the process, I swiftly become obsessed with all things gastronomy. I read books about food, nutrition, and cooking. I subscribed to Food and Wine magazine, and I religiously watched the Food Network. It was my love…
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…
3 Brilliant Methods for Writing Extraordinary Scenes
It’s vitally important that authors know how to craft great scenes because scenes are the basic building block of narrative fiction. As I discussed in my article, The Difference between Scenes, Sequences, and Chapters, a scene is a continuous piece of action within a linear timeframe and (generally) contained to a single location. A leap…
