{"id":27288,"date":"2023-07-10T03:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T10:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=27288"},"modified":"2023-07-15T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:05:33","slug":"the-risk-of-living-a-creative-life-should-vs-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/10\/the-risk-of-living-a-creative-life-should-vs-what\/","title":{"rendered":"The Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27290 size-full\" title=\"The Risk of Living A Creative Life - Should vs What - How To Write the Future podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What.png\" alt=\"The Risk of Living A Creative Life - Should vs What - How To Write the Future podcast\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-from-episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27289\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-from-episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-from-episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-from-episode-53-The-Risk-of-Living-A-Creative-Life-Should-vs-What-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What? <em><span class=\"notion-enable-hover\" data-token-index=\"0\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span>How To Write the Future, podcast episode 53<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo be an artist, we must step away from the norm to be able to see it for what it is. A collection of rules past generations used to navigate their world.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In \u201cThe Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What?\u201d host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist shares how to have the courage to step away from your past into a creative new world and shares some actionable steps you can take to follow your dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platforms the podcast is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/53-the-risk-of-living-a-creative-life-should-vs-what\/id1641025914?i=1000620462386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8yMDEyMDYxLnJzcw\/episode\/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xMzE4NzM5NA?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwj41aHq-YOAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\/13187394-53-the-risk-of-living-a-creative-life-should-vs-what\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzsprout<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5EXT49YbOFEflCLIDmXBro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcastaddict.com\/podcast\/how-to-write-the-future\/4025186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast Addict<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/ca590618-5630-4450-aa17-7e2f35359a76\/episodes\/65c8e1fa-e9e3-4716-a50a-dfef18d2c999\/how-to-write-the-future-53-the-risk-of-living-a-creative-life-should-vs-what\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OWeibUxlOus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OWeibUxlOus\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' charset='utf-8' src='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player&#038;player=large'><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>RESOURCES for The Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up for the 30-minute Story Success Clinic here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/story-success-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/story-success-clinic\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get support for your fiction writing by a novelist and writing teacher and coach. Schedule an exploratory call here and see if Beth can support you today: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/discovery-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/discovery-call\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original article on Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/13\/versus-risk-living-creative-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/13\/versus-risk-living-creative-life\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT THE <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PODCAST\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Write The Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the marketplace. Hosted by Beth Barany, science fiction novelist and creativity coach for writers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tips for fiction writers! This podcast is for you if you have questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I create a believable world for my science fiction story?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I figure out what&#8217;s not working if my story feels flat?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I make my story more interesting and alive?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for readers too if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transcript for The Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200bAre you looking for a way to dig into your world building for your story?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I recommend that you check out my World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers. Now available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s at How To Write The Future.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just head on over there. Click, sign up. Put your name and email, and there you go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That workbook will be delivered to your inbox straight away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey everyone, Beth Barany here for How To Write The Future podcast. The focus of this podcast and the focus of my work is to support science fiction and fantasy writers to create positive, optimistic futures. Because when we vision what is possible, we help make it so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is also for anyone who cares about the future and who cares about making the world a better place for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to my 53rd episode. I am working on this episode from Ottery St. Mary and Devon County in the UK, where I am visiting family for the last week or so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week&#8217;s episode is actually something I wrote and recorded a few years ago in 2017, in fact, five years ago. But the material still holds a hundred percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a creative is challenging. And it is a beautiful challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Beautiful Challenge<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last few years, I have been working on taking a stand for living a creative life in all areas of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I believe for the world to be better for current and future generations, we need to learn how to be creative in all areas of our life, especially in areas that affect the day-to-day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m talking about not just our stories, but in the way we go about living our daily lives and in the way we have constructed those daily lives; the way cities are planned; the way roads are laid out; the way our electrical grid works; the way we construct houses; the way we get from here to there. Everything. The way we create our clothing, the way we spend money, the way we make money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world is in a big place of upheaval and will be so for another few years, And I think with our skills of being creative and allowing ourselves to really go to that edge of the unknown is really going to help us shape the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I take a stand for exercising our creative muscle and leaning into the creative process and all that it entails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I hope that this episode will inspire you to be brave and to be courageous, and to gently, gently allow yourself to be more and more creative every day in your art; in your work, and in your everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All right. I hope you enjoy this episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please subscribe, like, comment, leave a review on wherever you listen to your podcasts. I so appreciate it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I will drop in at the very end to say a few words as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All right.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Should vs. What?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should versus what the risk of living a creative life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are social creatures and learn how to be so by copying our parents and then later our peers. Over the years and actually starting quite young, we develop a sense of the rules of our family culture then our wider culture. All the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should nots.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you follow the rules, you get rewarded, praise, then grades. Then later they say an income and a steady job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don&#8217;t follow the rules, you get punished or worse, shamed and denigrated and threatened with expulsion from the group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what if what you want to do isn&#8217;t supported by the group <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if you want to walk the unbeaten path, the riskier route?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if you want to color outside the lines?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who&#8217;s there to guide you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except other independent types, but they&#8217;re all walking their own paths. No one can walk your path. It&#8217;s yours alone. Yet the price is high, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re programmed from early days to do what&#8217;s safe and expected and done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And we&#8217;re told it&#8217;s bad or wrong or unsafe to stray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an artist though, what is there to do if your instincts pull you far away from what&#8217;s expected from all the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shoulds,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> away from the groupthink?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be an artist, we must step away from the norm to be able to see it for what it is. A collection of rules past generations used to navigate their world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But your world is no longer the world of your parents and ancestors. Mine neither.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s scary to dare to do something different. But what if you can&#8217;t help it? What if that&#8217;s just the way you&#8217;re wired?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge for me, and I see this in my students and clients, is to have the courage to see the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shoulds<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for what they are: hand-me-downs from the past, and to evaluate what really works for us now today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the ways I uncover what I think versus what has been handed down to me is I notice what I&#8217;m saying to myself, especially noting if I use the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I notice how using <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes me feel. Often I feel unhappy. I feel as if I&#8217;m in a cage as if I have limited options. I&#8217;m tentative and say to myself, oh, no, I couldn&#8217;t do that, or I shouldn&#8217;t do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another internal voice whispers. Why not? And I have no good reply. I just feel small and scared like a mouse stuck in its safe home because a big, scary cat is out there waiting for me to leave my home. If I do, it&#8217;ll pounce on me. These are all the clues to me that I&#8217;m in a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> box. When I notice this, I do a few things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, I breathe in and out compassion for myself and the situation that provoke the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shoulds.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I recognize that it&#8217;s normal to be here, locked in by the unconscious programming from my past that has helped keep me safe as it did my ancestors. So I bless my ancestors and recognize that they chose their fate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, I have an opportunity to choose my fate, and at each step of the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, I ask myself what would I like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I sit in the empty nothingness before the answer arises. It could be a long time before the answer comes. So it&#8217;s best to get comfortable with the discomfort of not knowing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s a lot of not knowing as an artist, and that&#8217;s okay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The quicker you become comfortable with this discomfort, the quicker you can sink deeper into the compost of creative gestation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuff is happening, you just can&#8217;t see it because it&#8217;s happening in the dark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next thing I do after sitting in the dark nothingness is I take action, whatever action I can in the smallest steps I can toward my big dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my case, my reoccurring big dream is to be a writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I write, I write anything and everything in my journal, and work on whatever project I deem important. I can write articles, great. Write for 10 minutes. I can edit my novel. Great. I can do that for 20 minutes. I&#8217;m dabbling on a TV script. Great. I can play with that for 15 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it mean my work is perfect and matches some external factor of success? No, it doesn&#8217;t. The big picture of being a writer who is well regarded sells well, and is read widely, is important to me. I love all those things, but I can&#8217;t control any of them. All I can control today is today&#8217;s writing, today&#8217;s steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s a relief actually, to only focus on today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like stringing together a longer necklace, I know that today&#8217;s actions will feed into the rest. At some point, I&#8217;ll have another complete body of work to reveal to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Your Turn<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your turn. A recap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number One: Notice when you&#8217;re in a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number Two: Choose anew. What would you like and sit in the uncertainty until a clear answer develops?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe quickly, maybe not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number Three. Take small, doable actions that aren&#8217;t grandiose but are simple, satisfying, mundane and the real work of being a creative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do comment and let me know what you discovered or uncovered in this exercise in noticing your <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shoulds<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and what else could be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for listening everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I just want to say that this material first showed up on my blog, Writers Fun Zone, and then I recorded it for my Sound cloud account, which is not active anymore. So, if you have been following me for a long time, that&#8217;s why this material looks familiar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, I would love to hear what are your small doable actions that you&#8217;re taking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what did you discover or uncover in this exercise? What are your <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shoulds?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And what would you really, really like?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a fabulous, fabulous week. I look forward to connecting with you next time in our next How To Write The Future episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for playing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you so much, everyone, for listening to my podcast. Your interest and feedback is so inspiring to me and helps me know that I&#8217;m helping you in some small way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, write long and prosper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you stuck and overwhelmed by world-building?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then check out my new World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head over to HowToWriteTheFuture.com and sign up for yours today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT BETH BARANY\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BETH-BARANY_IMAGE_PODCAST-LOGO_HOW-TO-WRITE-THE-FUTURE_v04_200px.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25580 size-full\" title=\"Image of Beth Barany\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BETH-BARANY_IMAGE_PODCAST-LOGO_HOW-TO-WRITE-THE-FUTURE_v04_200px.png\" alt=\"Image of Beth Barany\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BETH-BARANY_IMAGE_PODCAST-LOGO_HOW-TO-WRITE-THE-FUTURE_v04_200px.png 200w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/BETH-BARANY_IMAGE_PODCAST-LOGO_HOW-TO-WRITE-THE-FUTURE_v04_200px-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beth Barany teaches science fiction and fantasy novelists how to write, edit, and publish their books as a coach, teacher, consultant, and developmental editor. She\u2019s an award-winning fantasy and science fiction novelist and runs the podcast, \u201cHow To Write The Future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Beth Barany at these sites:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coaching site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/baranyschooloffiction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Fiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONNECT\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Beth: <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: beth@bethbarany.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREDITS [H2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDITED WITH DESCRIPT: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 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