Teaching Myself to Write Novels

An update on my progress and the last and final part 3 of my editing session with Randy Surles and Laura Graves. 

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Part 2 is up, by request. Thanks for speaking up and requesting it. 3rd and final part of my editing session will be coming soon. This piece of recorded session with Randy Surles and Laura Graves is preceded by an exciting update!

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Stay tuned for my "writing craft" = "pottery" metaphor and my mini-rant on how bad Avatar 2 was (no spoilers).

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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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I'm back! We're back on track and moving along. I had a 2 hour long session with Story Grid editors Randy Surles and Laura Graves after they looked at my manuscript. In this episode, I give a quick update on where things are at and get right into the first 50 minutes of my editing brainstorm session.

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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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I lost 100 pages of editing and it set me back more than 2 months.  At the end of the day, art is unpredictable and you have to put one step in front of the other

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod 
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Seriously throw away all the rules. Don't let the rules  whisper in your ear that you're doing it wrong. You're doing it right if you've found your rhythm and joy.

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Opening Music: 
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod 
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It really is a ramble, but I'm feeling great and it's what I have  - so, enjoy. Or don't.

I talk a bit about where I'm at currently, work life balance, the editing process on my 2nd pass at Transitus with my editor, and of course social media IG/Tiktok. If you're curious and you're viewing this after July 30th, check out: @briaunamariah and @wespeakmodels

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Opening Music: 
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod 
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Life happens! Stick around for my rant about the locals.

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Opening Music: 
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod 
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My findings on the current market for authors, what to do about the oversaturated market (it has to do with what I also ask my We Speak rep'd models to do!), finding and discovering new genres, and more on my POV/story structure journey. 

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Opening Music: 
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod 
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Lots of of useful info in this one! I've included 30 minutes of a session with Storygrid editors Randy Surles and Laura Graves. The focus of this conversation is all around theme and me figuring out how to enhance storytelling.

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Opening Music: 
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod 
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0