{"id":27347,"date":"2023-07-31T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T23:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=27347"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T23:32:55","slug":"the-creative-process-beginnings-middles-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/31\/the-creative-process-beginnings-middles-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/80.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27348\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/80.png\" alt=\"The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends - How To Write the Future episode 56\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/80.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/80-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/81.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27349 size-full\" title=\"Quote from The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends - How To Write the Future episode 56\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/81.png\" alt=\"Quote from The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends - How To Write the Future episode 56\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/81.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/81-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends &#8211; How To Write the Future episode 56<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFind your audience and announce your creation to the world. Let your light shine. Enlighten us with your beauty, truth, and masterfulness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In \u201cThe Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends\u201d host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist reads from her book *<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overcome Writer\u2019s Block<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* where she explains how knowing your creative process and the stage you\u2019re in with your novel can help you be a better artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platforms the podcast is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/56-the-creative-process-beginnings-middles-and-ends\/id1641025914?i=1000622896796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8yMDEyMDYxLnJzcw\/episode\/QnV6enNwcm91dC0xMzMxODM3NA?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwikrITmirqAAxUyhCcCHTtxAcQQkfYCegQIARAF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\/13318374-56-the-creative-process-beginnings-middles-and-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzsprout<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4Runkl5lAcefO4BdzmdbGP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcastaddict.com\/how-to-write-the-future\/episode\/161469739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcast Addict<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/ca590618-5630-4450-aa17-7e2f35359a76\/episodes\/94f618f5-96f0-4b02-9e6d-876d4115e5ba\/how-to-write-the-future-56-the-creative-process-beginnings-middles-and-ends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oYwDdEnuyhQ\" 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\/oYwDdEnuyhQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-large-player\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RESOURCES\u00a0<\/span><\/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;\">Beginnings, Middles and Ends: The Creative Process #8:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/18\/beginnings-middles-and-ends-the-creative-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/18\/beginnings-middles-and-ends-the-creative-process\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OVERCOME WRITER&#8217;S BLOCK<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy Direct: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bethbarany.gumroad.com\/l\/baranybooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bethbarany.gumroad.com\/l\/baranybooks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vendors: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/overcomewritersblock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/overcomewritersblock<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FICTION<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/e-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/e-books\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MASTERMIND GROUP FOR SCIENCE FICTION &amp; FANTASY NOVELISTS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIRE BETH FOR YOUR GROUP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/<\/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 episode 56 A Creativity Spark: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends: On The Creative Process<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Intro\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are 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><b>Welcome to the podcast<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey everyone, Beth Barany here for How to Write The Future podcast. I am your host, I am a creativity, coach, a novelist, and podcaster. And a writing teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 help other people and ourselves envision what is possible on the positive side of things, we actually 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;\">Today, I&#8217;m going to read to you from my book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overcome Writer&#8217;s Block.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This book is available at Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, in ebook only. It&#8217;s available online. You can even get it from your online library app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the reason I want to share this with you today is that every creative process has a beginning, middle, and end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you are new to creating, if you are new to creating big projects, like a novel, if you&#8217;ve never written a novel, it can be very confusing what&#8217;s happening when it&#8217;s happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So this article or chapter out of my book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overcome Writer&#8217;s Block<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes from my experience of being a writer. I originally wrote it over 10 years ago. And so it references my current process. It&#8217;s a little different right now in terms of where I&#8217;m at in my current writing process, but the information is still a hundred percent valid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All right. And I will share this with you and then say a few words at the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we go.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Beginnings, Middles, and Ends: The Creative Process<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beginnings, Middles, and Ends: The Creative Process. Number Eight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEvery day and in every way, I am becoming an artist.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This quote is adapted from Al Franken&#8217;s Stuart Smalley on Saturday Night Live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Awareness. Knowledge is power.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing your creative process and knowing what stage you&#8217;re in helps you be a better artist by adding more awareness and understanding to your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, by &#8220;creative process,\u201d I mean the first draft stage of your writing. And in my case, I&#8217;m referring to the first draft of my current novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you in the beginning? Enthusiastic, hopeful, a burst of energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you in the middle? Challenged by the material, wondering what to do next?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or are you at the end? Sad or glad to be finishing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of reacting to your perhaps chaotic thoughts and feelings at each stage&#8211; reacting being the effect of the thinking and feelings&#8211; recognize that such thoughts and feelings are part of the process. And that you can choose to respond instead of react.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what are they in more detail?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ll describe the three stages as I experienced them. I&#8217;ll then ask you to investigate your thoughts and feelings about where you are in the creative process with your writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Beginning\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I am at the beginning of a novel, I often feel anxiety and nervousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I become aware of this, I realized the feeling stem from not knowing what the story will be, only that it wants to be told. Then I realize that my anxiety is more like an excited energy wanting to bubble up out of my subterranean mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once I&#8217;m past the uncertainty, I become excited and start right in on story creation and the beginning sails past smoothly. Until I hit the end of the beginning. And the start of the middle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Middle\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Middle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many novelists I know talk about the dreaded middle. This is where procrastination, i.e., doing anything but writing rears its head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this lump of middle, what is going on?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is often where I want to run screaming from the page because suddenly I&#8217;m knee-deep in the story and all my worries come to the fore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is this story any good?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What about this other character?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do I go from here?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, no. I deviated from my outline. What do I do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pesky thoughts of that nature. And feelings?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where I feel like I really don&#8217;t know how to write. And what am I doing being a writer anyway?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ah, yes. The middle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, what I&#8217;ve learned is that this is a necessary part of the writing cycle. It&#8217;s messy. Not pretty. And not fit to be shown, except to the most forgiving of souls. This is where I am right now in my novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My strategy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To allow this to be the messy part of the novel writing process. That&#8217;s what it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then I sit down to write and create more mess. And have fun doing it because soon comes the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The End\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The End.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finishing a first draft for me makes me sad. I&#8217;ve so enjoyed, discovering the story that I&#8217;m sad for this discovery process to end. It will never be this fresh again. I&#8217;m also looking forward to the editing phase, which has its own beginning, middle, and end, though different from the first draft stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I end a story, I linger, taking my time to write the final scenes, saying goodbye to my characters in their freshness. Then I give myself time to acknowledge the ending. Have a good cry. And give myself time to be done. That is, I let myself transition slowly to the next phase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most importantly, I celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Where are you in this process?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where are you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a moment to pinpoint where you are in your process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beginning, middle, or end of your writing project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now what?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever you are in the process you deserve acknowledgment. At every stage, you deserve support, kudos, and high fives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the work is not over, get to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it is, then celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are not sure what stage you&#8217;re in seek advice. Ask others in your field to reveal their stages of work. If they don&#8217;t know, it will be a learning process for the both of you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they do know, you can learn from their experience and wisdom. Of what they offer, take what resonates with you and discard the rest. Not as invalid, only as not applicable to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Celebrate Your Success<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrate your success. Take the time to celebrate your finished piece and the journey you took to arrive at this moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You did it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only are you a creative being. We all are. You acted upon a dream and spent time, energy, and resources to bring your creation to life. You overcame the challenges, faced the enemies of weak focus, lack of motivation, so-called procrastination, and external naysayers and time sucks. You climb the mountain of self-doubt, fear, and inertia. You created.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now show your art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit humanity through your unique vision by showing ourselves to ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find your audience and announce your creation to the world. Let your light shine. Enlighten us with your beauty, truth, and masterfulness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Current Reflection: Why Celebrating Each Step is Key to Your Well-Being [Bold]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hmm. I love reading that out loud to you. I feel that it holds true, especially the celebrate part. I see so many writers who beat themselves up for not attaining some kind of goal. I totally understand that. Many people are very hard on themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We learn best with positive encouragement. So by celebrating every little step that you took today in your art, even if it&#8217;s just thinking about your story, or researching, or going out in the world to be inspired. Or just even taking downtime away from your story. Cause that&#8217;s important too. Every little bit counts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that&#8217;s it for today&#8217;s episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Send me your questions!\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions about what I shared today, please reach out to me, Your question can be featured on a future How To Write The Future episode. In fact, I will answer it directly on the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to dive deep with a writing coach, reach out to me and have a Complimentary Consultation and we can see how we want to work together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And again, this is a chapter in my ebook, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overcome Writer&#8217;s Block<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can purchase the entire ebook at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, wherever eBooks are sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Thanks for Playing!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All right, everyone, have a great week and happy writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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;\">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<h3><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><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><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>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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Beth Barany at these sites:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONNECT<\/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<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREDITS<\/span><\/h2>\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: 400;\">https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MUSIC: Uppbeat.io<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/?referrer_id=1994465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/?referrer_id=1994465<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth Barany<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHOW NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDade<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more \u201cHow To Write the Future\u201d episodes, go <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019d like to invite Beth onto your podcast, drop her a note <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#contactbeth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends &#8211; How To Write the Future episode 56 \u201cFind your audience and announce your creation to the world. 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