Korbin's Korner

NaNoWriMo is HERE! It's about getting your First Draft out and on paper for you to see, not rewrite it over and over again. 

Honestly, Rewrites scare budding authors. We don't like the idea of redoing our work or messing with our masterpiece. But, rewriting is a chance for us to make our work better. Right now, however, is not the time for rewrites. Right now is about accepting that you are writing a first draft and being excited about that.

So, let's dive in!

Let's be honest, we judge every book by its cover...

Covers are how we market to our customers and they're the biggest marketing tools that we have at our disposal. How our books look will be the doorway for our readers into our world. So, where do you start? How do you get a book cover that works for your story?

Get the details here!

Have you bitten off more than you can chew?

There's no shame in it. Writers have ambitions that are often way too much for them to handle, especially when we're first starting out. This episode is dedicated to stop trying to save the world and start saving just one person. We're narrowing the scope on our ambitions to make a story that is lean, tight, and fierce.

It's time to start writing better stories, not larger ones!

Too many of us want to be Superman, but not enough of us realize that people need and want to see Clark Kent first...

It doesn't matter what story we're telling ourselves, whether it's "I'm not interesting enough." "I'm not accomplished enough" or "I'm not talented enough." It doesn't matter. Learn to love your journey! Learn to realize that your story matters, even the rough beginning.

If you're ready to start your journey of creating content, then listen in and let's awaken your story!

People need to know who you are...

Right now, if you're not an established author, cultural icon, or social media savant; you're probably fairly obscure. If you're like me and want to start growing as a presence to be known and kept up on, then there's something we need to start doing.

Put down the controller, phone, tablet, computer, or remote and start publishing content! Start publishing your face off! 

So, how do you start putting out content that people want to look at, watch, read, or listen to? Well, tune in and find out!

Most writers know their books is crumbling...

It happens around the Act points. They can feel it in their gut. They're lost. Things are boring. No one is going to read this.

They're lost.

What they lack is that One Thing. The Singular idea that tethers it all together, that anchors the grand and nebulous to the emotional and relatable. The seed that your story needed to grow from is gone, missing, because you never took the time to plant it.

All it takes is one sentence.

Find out how to narrow down that One Thing your story needs in this episode of Korbin's Korner.

In this episode, we're going to explore the unique relationship between art and business in the self publishing world. It is also a declaration and a line in the stand for my listeners and myself as I begin and extraordinary expedition to see just how far one writer can go in the self publishing world.

If you're ready to see what it takes to begin that journey, Season 2 starts out with a bang, showing you just where to start. With a simple, actionable step, we begin the snowball effect in writing with the most powerful tool in any business' arsenal: the Email List.

Listen in and find out where to begin and how to start leveraging this simple, basic, and easy tool to start making money!

For an Easy Example check out: www.KorbinVoss.com 

When it comes to writing a novel, there are so many of us that fall into a wooden category. Our stories come off boring or there's something missing, a soul, an essence of life. What you're missing is the injection of your voice.

In this week's episode, we talk about what makes an author's book stand out and come to life. How you take your voice and put it on the page so that you are distinctly yours. It's what makes Stephen King stand out from HP Lovecraft and how Martin stands out from Pratchett. Your voice is the one thing that will make your readers identify with your story, bring life to your characters, and help them feel emotions that we as writers desperately crave to deliver.

There are numerous Antagonists that stick out in literature, movies, video games, and anywhere stories are told. They are part of the foundational characters in every story and whether you are coining Space and Nature as the villain of your story or a blood thirsty psychopath chasing them through the streets of San Fransisco, you need them to shine.

After all, your Protagonist is only as powerful as the Antagonist forces them to be. If you want tips for making your Antagonist stand out in the halls of such juggernauts as Moby Dick, Randall Flagg, or the Joker, then take a listen and find out how you can start improving your Antagonist right now!

If you're looking to sign up for the free writing webclass that I'm hosting, head over to korbinvoss.com

In every action scene, there's a lot going on. Arrows flying, fists punching, starships exploding, henchmen dying, and steel crashing on steel. Amidst all the fiery explosions, rainstorms of glass, and Wilhelm screams, every action scene boils down to four major elements and one continually changing spectrum that you, as the author, need to master if you're going to effectively tell an action scene that doesn't come off wooden and hollow.

Want to know the secrets of making your readers feel the stakes and the emotion of a harrowing experience? Listen to find out.