We're just past Thanksgiving and going into the winter holidays, so it's certainly a time of too much. So, that's the prompt: too much.

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Are there a ton of newsletters out there? Yes. But there's still room for yours. In today's episode, I'll give you a few tips to make your newsletter stand out from the growing crowd.

Also, it's Black Friday time! The 2-Hour Live Workshop Start Your Newsletter & Get People to Read It is normally $149, but if you sign up by November 28th, get it for only $99!

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For today's Thanksgiving themed prompt, you'll writing about when you're supposed to be grateful. Whatever that means to you.

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I got a few emails recently asking, "how do you make money?" Not that they wanted my bank account info, but they were curious how I had a working business when I was doing so many free workshops.

In today's episode, I'll tell you exactly how I do it, why, and how it's a great way to bring in cash. Plus, you'll be able to borrow this sales structure (that I absolutely did not invent) to sell your own classes.

Also, we're coming up on Black Friday time! If you want my new workshop: Start A Newsletter & Get People to Read It, normally $149, it'll be on sale for only $99 November 25th-28th. Go to AmberPetty.com/newsletter for more info.

I'll also have Build & Sell Your Own Writing Class (without the selling part making you want to die), a private coaching package that's normally $300 and it's only $199 from November 25th-28th. Go to AmberPetty.com/teaching to check it out!

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It's a writing prompt about writing! How meta.

For today's exercise, you'll be inspired by any piece of writing you've recently loved. Sometimes focusing on the writing we enjoy the most helps us remember that our writing will charm someone too.

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Twitter's officially worse than ever and could implode at any moment. If you have a big following there, WTF are you supposed to do?

In this episode, I talk about how to start a newsletter (to keep in touch with your audience, even if Twitter Fs off for good), plus a few way to get your Twitter followers to sign up.

If you want to hear more on starting your own newsletter, come to my free workshop Your Substack Won't Make Money...And Why You Should Start One Anyway. You'll learn even more about building your audience and it's free!

The workshop is Tuesday November 15th at 10am PST/ 1pm EST/ 6pm GMT. Sign up at AmberPetty.com/Classes

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Today, we're going to take a trip back in time to when writing probably felt a lot easier. You'll get a chance to relive your 12 year old writing style and see how that helps you in your adult life.

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Last week, I talked about how to take notes from editors in a way that doesn't fill you with rage. Today, I'm talking about the notes you can throw right in the garbage.

Though it's often good to get feedback, I think too much feedback can be confusing and detrimental to your work. Sometimes, even professionals give super terrible notes and this podcast gives you full permission to ignore those critiques completely.

Here's the article by Audrey Dundee Hannah that I mentioned in the episode:

When They're Committed to Misunderstand Your Creative Work

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It's Halloween! In honor of the holiday, we've got a spooky prompt: best or worst Halloween.

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Getting notes might feel like a flashback to High School English, with the gleefully mean teacher covering your work in red ink. But really, editors are just trying to make the story better (and not trying to make you feel like crap).

Today, I give you some helpful tips to make notes easier. They come from life experience, high school drama class, and Bob Ross, so you know they must be good.

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