As a writing coach focusing on a holistic approach, Karena Akhavein, PhD, has spent years talking to writers in various stages of their careers about the things that help them, and the things that hurt them. 

In today's episode we'll start talking about identity: how it shapes your writing career in multiple surprising ways.

Next, we'll talk about a crucial part of one of Karena's biggest writing productivity hacks: using transcription to smash your writing word count goals. In order ot make this powerful technique work for you, you need to know how to write scene by scene. In this episode of the How to be an Author podcast, we'll be talking about why writing scene by scene is such a powerful method, and what makes a great scene.

This is stuff you may have thought your alreday knew, especially if you've been an author for a while and this isn't your first book, but it is key information that is sure to inspire you.