{"id":21177,"date":"2019-04-06T03:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=21177"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:36:00","slug":"start-with-your-accordion-mostly-closed-guest-post-at-thebookdesigner-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/06\/start-with-your-accordion-mostly-closed-guest-post-at-thebookdesigner-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed, Guest post at TheBookDesigner.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdesigner.com\/2019\/04\/start-with-your-accordion-mostly-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/thebookdesigner.com\/2019\/04\/start-with-your-accordion-mostly-closed\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21186 size-medium\" title=\"Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed by Beth Barany\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-05-11.20.14-300x158.png\" alt=\"Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed by Beth Barany\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-05-11.20.14-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-05-11.20.14-640x337.png 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot-2019-04-05-11.20.14.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week I have a post up at Joel Friedlander&#8217;s The Book Designer site called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdesigner.com\/2019\/04\/start-with-your-accordion-mostly-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s essentially how you can start your novel planning process with a tool that&#8217;s typically for book marketing: the Elevator Pitch. <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdesigner.com\/2019\/04\/start-with-your-accordion-mostly-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take a read and tell me what you think!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this way, you start with your accordion almost closed &#8212; just 5 elements to think about for your story.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>This tip is adapted from <em>Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/em>, our latest book.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/plan-your-novel-like-a-pro-and-have-fun-doing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can see more about this book here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BethBarany_300x_2018_10.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20284\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BethBarany_300x_2018_10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BethBarany_300x_2018_10.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/BethBarany_300x_2018_10-160x160.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Award-winning novelist, Master NLP Practitioner and certified creativity coach for writers, Beth Barany teaches courses packed with useful hands-on information that you can implement right away.<\/p>\n<p>Beth runs the Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog, for and by creative writers.<\/p>\n<p>She is also the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/writersadventureguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Writer\u2019s Adventure Guide<\/em><\/a>, <em>Overcome Writer\u2019s Block<\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/resources\/twitter-authors-social-media-book-marketing-strategies-shy-writers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Twitter for Authors<\/em><\/a>. 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