1 :: 1 ~ 7 Newbie Writer Mistakes

What mistakes did pro writers make as newbies? Here are 7 mistakes.

Find the transcript at this link. Also mentioned: Fiction Sales Copy, a course offered by Dean Wesley Smith & WMG Publishing & his nightly blog. WMG Courses on Teachable

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3:48 / Practicalities / Enter the Writing Business November 23, 2022
Herewith, the most boring yet essential of all the writing business information: Practicalities MS Preparation and the Nuts & Bolts of the everyday Writing Life. Content 0:40 Intro / 7 Common Manuscript Elements 2:16 Boilerplates 3:27 Disclaimers 4:30 Front Titles List 6:10 Acknowledgements and Reader Notes 7:40 Table of Contents 8:22 Chapter Headings & Page […]
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3:47 / Soul-Suckers / Enter the Writing Business November 16, 2022
Long before the dreamed reality of writing will support us, we have to have those humdrum, mundane jobs that try to kill our writing spirits. Fair Warning: Along with jobs, people will try to kill our writing spirits. How do we handle these two-sided slaps to our dreams? Content 00:44 Intro 2:03 Jobs that pay […]
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3:46 / On Creativity / Enter the Writing Business November 9, 2022
Every discussion of the Writing Biz needs a focus on Creativity. What does creativity actually mean? How do we put it into practice? How do story visions change when creativity is applied? Also ~ Writing can be a hell and a heaven. How do we know when the writing biz is worth it? Content 00:40 […]
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3:45 / 3 P’s & Project Progress / Enter the Writing Business November 2, 2022
We’ve reached the month-long Fall Writing Challenge. Many are participating in the November global writing challenge. Whether we take on the challenge or not, we can use November to consider our writing life: past, present and future. Before we know it, the New Year will be upon us (because December is jam-packed with distractions and […]
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3:44 / Laser-Eyed Writing / Enter the Writing Business October 26, 2022
Here in PrepToBer and on into the Fall Writing Challenge, The Write Focus guides us toward the ultimate goal: the Writing Life! Edie Roones gives great focus with Enter the Writing Business. We’re bookcasting all the way to December. In this episode, we looked at “Laser-Eyed Writing”, what we need to create stories continuously. Timings […]
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3:43 / Dream It / Enter the Writing Business October 20, 2022
Here in PrepToBer and on into the Fall Writing Challenge, The Write Focus guides us toward the ultimate goal: the Writing Life! Edie Roones gives great focus with Enter the Writing Business. We peruse these concepts: Dream into a Belief and then a Reality A Laser-Eyed Focus on Writing Planner vs. Plotter Creativity Soul-Sucking Jobs […]
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3:42 / Lynn Cahoon Interview / Mixed Miscellany Summer Series October 12, 2022
Writer, Interrupted Yet Resumed! Lynn Cahoon ventured away from writing because of life disruptions only to return years later. Starting with essays then short stories, she eventually wrote her first novels … and woke up to her name on the NY Times best-seller list for ebooks. Currently juggling five series along with a major move, […]
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3:41 / Interview with Heather Weidner / Mixed Miscellany Summer Series (Into Fall!) October 5, 2022
JUGGLING JOBS and COZY MYSTERIES Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, The Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries. Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 […]
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3:40 / Interview with Marilyn Levinson / Mixed Miscellany Summer Series September 28, 2022
25+ books and counting, Marilyn Levinson is still penning mysteries. With a series recently completing and a new series to start, she is eager to explore new ideas, settings, and situations. Timings 00:15 Opening with Marilyn’s writing journey 1:23 the Haunted Library series under her Alison Brook pen name. Newest release Dewey Decimated 3:45 Completing […]
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3:39 / Terri Karsten ~ Writing What She Wants / Mixed Miscellany Summer Series September 21, 2022
Terri Karsten is writing what she wants. Multiple genres, children’s books to historical mysteries for adults, whatever piques her interest … and she is loving what she’s doing. And isn’t that the important thing? Timings 0:03 Opening 0:46 Finn McCool, a legend of Ireland for Middle Grades 2:10 Eclectic in writing and reading, writing in […]
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