Revise for Your Reader’s Experience by Beth Barany
This post is about principles on how to revise for your reader’s experience. I’m staring at my WIP—work in progress. It’s final edits time. Fish or cut bait. It’s time to make all those...
This post is about principles on how to revise for your reader’s experience. I’m staring at my WIP—work in progress. It’s final edits time. Fish or cut bait. It’s time to make all those...
Favorite Inspiring Things of the Week… Some of what I’ve loved… am loving… and recommend for your consideration: I’m still reading the Ava Lee series by Ian Hamilton — I’m on Book 9 now, The Couturier...
A reflective article on how procrastination is about fear from writing coach, Beth Barany. *** Picture This: There you are. You want to write, but something stops you. You turn away, do the dishes,...
Take A Stand: Art Can Change The World, But Not Just Art When I was a child I read late into the night and was driven to be a writer. I scribbled in artist...
In this time of upheaval and potential for great change — for the better or worse is up to each of us –, I have some writing resources for you because through our art...
In these unprecedented times, where we have no idea when the “new normal” will arrive nor what it will look like, or even if it will arrive, we need to believe we are infinitely...
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.
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...
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,...
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...
How do I write a story? How do you write a story? Let’s discuss. Before we dive in, did you know we have a new the free book for the world: “10 Ways to...
Enjoy this podcast of Bringing Your Book to Life with Beth Barany and Mitchell Levy, TLL Credibility Ep. 232. Bringing Your Book to Life Listen here to learn more about Bringing Your Book to...
Are you contracting or expanding yourself to market your books? Read on… *** My life changed the day I learned how to talk about myself as a novelist. Up to that point, I felt...
by Beth Barany · Published February 29, 2020 · Last modified February 24, 2020
Writing is hard work. Don t laugh. Writers may not move mountains, literally, but we often do so with our minds. To be a successful writer, you need to write. To write, you need...
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