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Accounting Essentials for Writers | Danielle Hayden
It goes without saying that there are two main words in the title of this podcast: Profitable and Writer. Chances are pretty high that, like me, you became a writer because you wanted to express yourself or tell...
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Diversifying Your Writing Portfolio | John David Mann
If you talk to any career writer, especially those who have been at it for a while, youâll discover that the vast majority of them do several different things.
In my experience, most full-time writers do a mix of...
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How to Start Writing Fiction | Jim Woods
As human beings, we are wired to crave stories. Iâll bet a day doesnât go by when you donât dive into stories in some fashion, whether itâs movies, TV shows, novels, audiobooks, or talking to your family about the...
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The Authorâs Guide to Producing and Narrating Audiobooks | Trenton Bennett & Lynn Smargis
In the last couple of decades, audiobooks have exploded in popularity. In fact, audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment of digital publishing, with Audible distributing well over half of all audiobooks.
And whatâs...
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A Conversation About the Creative Process | Catharine Bramkamp
When I started podcasting over ten years ago, one of my major motivations was getting to have interesting conversations with interesting people who were doing interesting things. That sentence sounds a little...
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Tips for Improving Your Nonfiction Book Proposal | Margot Starbuck
Imagine if you were taking a trip across the country, from New York to L.A. You probably wouldnât just hop in the car and start driving. Instead, youâd plot out your journey via Google Maps, Apple Maps, if youâre a...
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Using Your Pain as a Pathway to Writing | Jim Barnard
One of the realities that binds us all together as human beings is that we experience pain. It doesnât matter what culture youâre from, how old you are, or what your life experience is ⊠you deal with suffering on a...
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Building a Multifaceted Writing Career | Savannah Carlisle
If youâve listened to this show any length of time, you have heard me talk about the value of building multiple streams of income. Almost every successful writer I know has followed this path of building their...
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Handling Objections and Closing the Sale | Phil Whitebloom
What label would you use to describe what you do? Would it be writer, editor, designer, author, creative, artist, ghostwriter, publisher, entrepreneur, or maybe something else?
Most of us would gravitate toward one or...
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Writing for Feature Films & Video Games | Tim Carter
Iâve never done a poll on this, but Iâd venture to say that most of my listeners have books, blog posts, social media, and newsletters as their main writing outlets. That includes me as well!
But as Iâm sure you know,...
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Timeless Principles on Storytelling from Aristotle | Doug Vigliotti
If youâre like me, you probably have a shelf full of books on the craft of writing and storytelling. Yes, I admit it, Iâm a junkie for books that dissect and analyze how to tell better stories.
Whether you write blog...
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How to Move Forward When You're Feeling Stuck | Carol Enneking
If there is one word I keep hearing over and over again in conversations right now, itâs the word âstuck.â Iâm not sure if itâs just a function of my age (Iâm 50, by the way) and the fact that most of the people I...
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