You want to be a better novelist but it can be hard to answer the question: what kind of feedback would you like? Discover the types of editing you can expect as you work to improve your drafts from novelist Willow Woodford.
Estate planning and literary lawyer Kelley Way answers the question: what should I do about my estate plan during the shelter in place order and coronavirus (covid-19) crisis?
Learn how to nail your keywords, categories and metadata so your audience finds your book, in this interview I did with Karen Ferreira at her annual conference, Children’s Book Mastery.
What is PR for authors? Explore this with scifi romance novelist Keri Kruspe as she shares how a PR experiment made her a better salesperson and netted her some interesting results.
Safety is a huge consideration right now in everyone’s daily lives. As storytellers, however, there is one place where we should never do the safest thing, and that’s in our writing.
Recently, I attended an online talk about intuitive editing by Mark David Gerson, another writing coach, teacher, and author. I’d just come back from Saudi Arabia where I taught three workshops in three days...
In these rule breaking times, we need a different approach to how we drag our books across the finish line. As artists, writers can approach our books with the same spirit as artists who create public art. Because a book IS public art.
I am so loving “Letters from a Screenplay” channel on Youtube. I especially loved the episode on creating the ultimate antagonist in Michael’s analysis of the Dark Knight. Description: “Heath Ledger’s performance as The...
I see people around me feeling hampered, feeling stuck, feeling like they’re in a prison. And now with lots of shelter in place orders, including where I live in the San Francisco Bay area,...
You don’t learn how to write only by reading books you enjoy. You also learn how to write by reading books you dislike. So why should you read (even if you don’t finish) books you don’t like?
You may have a million other things calling your attention away from that story you love so much. Balancing work, life, and writing is a challenge, but doable. Here’s some tips for you.
Today I talk about how the heart of creativity is change. *** We are in some intense changing times. I hope you all will stay safe, wash your hands, and stay well informed. People...
Nothing could have prepared her for the devastating blow she received when her loved one died. The long winding road of how one writer found her way back to writing after the death of a loved one.
My friends Daniel Calvisi is offering his webinar “Screenwriting Secrets of Netflix” as part of this amazing writing resources bundle he’s a part of here: The Writer’s Craft Super Stack http://bethb.net/calvisiwriterscraft :: Ends Wednesday...
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