Turning Readers Into Writers

037 - Write as life allows with Eric Swanson


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What's this episode about:

Eric talks openly about how the biggest and hardest step is pressing 'publish'. He calls it Button Fear!

We discuss how everybody starts with their first book, their first review, and it's a matter of building on those first steps.

Eric shares his secrets to planning and outlining a series. Secrets that will help you figure out how and when to introduce characters later in the series.

Learn how he invents names and terms used within his Traceverse.

Eric doesn't work to word count goals, but to time goals. Flexibility, especially in a pandemic, is critical to his success.

Links mentioned in the episode:

  • First Draft Software
  • Eric's books on Amazon
  • Eric's website
  • Save The Cat Writes A Novel, Jessica Brody


Associated blog post:

  • https://emmadhesi.com/blog-post/eric-swanson
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Turning Readers Into WritersBy Emma Dhesi