{"id":23148,"date":"2020-07-01T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=23148"},"modified":"2020-07-01T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:30:16","slug":"take-a-stand-art-can-change-the-world-but-not-just-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/01\/take-a-stand-art-can-change-the-world-but-not-just-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Take A Stand: Art Can Change The World, But Not Just Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Take-A-Stand-Art-Can-Change-The-World-But-Not-Just-Art.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23158\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Take-A-Stand-Art-Can-Change-The-World-But-Not-Just-Art.png\" alt=\"Take A Stand: Art Can Change The World, But Not Just Art\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Take-A-Stand-Art-Can-Change-The-World-But-Not-Just-Art.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Take-A-Stand-Art-Can-Change-The-World-But-Not-Just-Art-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Take A Stand: Art Can Change The World, But Not Just Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I was a child I read late into the night and was driven to be a writer. I scribbled in artist notepads and lined paper.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know what I was doing, only that I needed to do it. To not write and read didn&#8217;t even occur to me. I needed to move my hand across the page and to disappear into stories like I needed to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>I knew as a reader that there was power and magic in words and I wanted to know how to wield this power and magic for myself.<\/p>\n<p>So I worked diligently at writing over the years, read a ton of craft-related books, and as an adult took writing classes. Most of all I learned from my more advanced peers and got my work critiqued &#8212; a lot.<\/p>\n<p>I had many choice points over the years where I had to re-commit to my writing, where I had to ask myself again if I wanted to be a novelist.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is yes.<\/p>\n<p>I am clear about it now. I am an artist who has chosen writing fiction as my art.<\/p>\n<p>Welling up from deep within are emotions and opinions that want to flower and take root into the world.<\/p>\n<p>Now I can plant my passionate feelings into the world via my fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Through our art, we can awaken the spirits and stir the hearts of others. We can take a stand for the hard truths of this world.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juneteenth<\/a><\/strong>, also known as Freedom Day or Juneteeth independence day, an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the Confederate states.<\/p>\n<p>To support Black artists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/blackpublishingpower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>buy a book from a Black author<\/strong><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90512942\/how-to-find-and-support-black-owned-businesses-wherever-you-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>support a Black owned business<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBhRnJeASad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>diversity in media<\/strong><\/a>. Speak up for equality and justice.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-7.01.10-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Black Juneteenth. Let\u2019s Now Power. Publishing and noopener on support noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23149\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBhZcx9AW1V\/\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-7.01.10-PM-300x276.png\" alt=\"Let\u2019s support Black Publishing Power. Now and on Juneteenth.\" width=\"193\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-7.01.10-PM-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-7.01.10-PM-768x707.png 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-7.01.10-PM-640x589.png 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-22-at-7.01.10-PM.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a> Let&#8217;s support Black Publishing Power. Now and on Juneteenth.<\/h2>\n<p>I bought Jasmine Johnson&#8217;s lgbt+ fantasy novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07GC91XNH\/?tag=bethbaracreac-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Nyx&#8217;s Chosen<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (The Awakening Book 1), and look forward to reading it.<\/p>\n<p>#Repost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasmine_johnson_books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>@jasmine_johnson_books<\/strong><\/a> with @get_repost<\/p>\n<p>In Jasmine&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the next week, we are coming together to support Black authors. As a young black author myself, I will be showing all the support I can this week and I encourage you to do the same!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jasmine-Johnson\/e\/B0034Q0PP2\/?tag=bethbaracreac-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>All of my books are available on Amazon<\/strong><\/a> and I have autographed copies of Wrath\/Patience and a Giveaway for Nyx&#8217;s Chosen live on my website right now (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasminejohnsonbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>JasmineJohnsonBooks.com<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2764\ufe0f #blackpublishingpower #blackoutbestsellerlist<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Beth-Barany-image_2020_06-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23155\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Beth-Barany-image_2020_06-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Beth-Barany-image_2020_06-22.png 200w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Beth-Barany-image_2020_06-22-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, who helps fiction writers experience clarity, so that they can write and polish their novels, and proudly publish them to the delight of their readers.<\/p>\n<p>Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students\u2019 life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Along with her husband, Ezra Barany, she offers <a href=\"http:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>a year-long group program to help novelists edit and publish their novels<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want a course to help you prepare to write your novel? Discover the comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/30daywc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Plan Your Novel course<\/strong><\/a>, co-taught with award-winning, bestselling thriller author, Ezra Barany.<\/p>\n<p>Yearning to publish your manuscript, but not sure if it&#8217;s any good? <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/talk-to-a-writing-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Schedule a chat with Beth here to explore your next steps.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s also <a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>an award-winning novelist<\/strong><\/a> and writes magical tales of romance, adventure, and mystery to empower women and girls to be the heroes in their own lives.<\/p>\n<p>Barany School of Fiction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>http:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support our creative projects on Patreon<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bethbarany<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Comments are closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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