Polly Campbell talks with the award-winning nonfiction author of Simply Mindful and other books, Donald Altman, about how his writing process changed when he began writing his first novel The Travelers. Donald has written screenplays, short films, kids' television, and more than 20 nonfiction books after leaving behind a career as an electrician decades ago. In 2023 Donald launched his first novel and now talks with Simply Write about how his writing process has changed from a more structured approach utilizing outlines and research to create his personal-development books to a more organic way of writing in this novel The Travelers.

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