Writing Pursuits

Reducing friction is one of the most overlooked keys to getting things done. For the author, friction can come in many forms, but there are ways to reduce or eliminate friction and get the work started! 

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Leuchttrum1917 journals (Amazon affiliate link)

Atomic Habits:  An Easy &Proven Way to Create Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear  (Amazon affiliate link)

If you can get good at self-editing, you will save money by making it easier and thus less expensive for your editor to do their job. 

Today, I’m going to give an overview of a process any author can use to save time. You can save yourself from making twenty passes through your manuscript.

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2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron (affiliate link)

Is writing a series for you? Or are standalone books better for you? Why would you choose to write a series? What are the pros and cons?

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ChrisFoxWrites.com

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HLBurkeauthor.com

FellowshipofFantasy.com

Instagram for H. L. Burke: @BurkesDragons

Grinding to a halt during a writing project is a given. You get to a point in a book, an article, or your author newsletter, and you feel as though you just. Can’t.. Go. On.

I’ve been there, and so have you. But the point is to somehow—SOMEHOW—get back in the zone. Here are ten ways to reset.

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When you are planning your novel, how do you decide whose point of view to tell it from? If your novel has two protagonists, how do you decide which one gets the scene--Character A or Character B? Do you choose one, two, or more points of view?

Today, we have covered:

• Types of Point of View 
• Examples
• Answers to the questions:
• When you are planning your novel, how do you decide whose point of view to tell it from? 
• If your novel has two protagonists, how do you decide which one gets the scene--Character A or Character B? 
• Do you choose one, two, or more points of view?

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Today, we feature a lively interview with Selah Award winner, Linda Kozar, who writes cozy mysteries and devotionals. But don’t hem her in; Linda enjoys coloring outside the lines.

Find all of her books and her podcast information at LindaKozar.com.

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• Best practices for safeguarding your manuscript from loss and destruction.
• How to adequately back up your manuscript and other working documents.
• Version control and redundancy
• How to build logical file structure
• Virus Protection
• Password management

Ashlynn Carter of Ashlynn Writes: “A How-to Guide for GoogleDrive File Organization: The Exact System I Use,” https://ashlynwrites.com/googledrive-how-to/

Literature & Latte, “Syncing Scrivener Projects to the Cloud” by Kirk McElhearn https://www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/syncing-scrivener-projects-to-the-cloud

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Do you know who your readers are? How do you identify your audience, and how can you connect? In this episode, we discuss:

1. How to identify your ideal readers.
2. Ways to learn about them, and
3. How to connect with readers before and after you publish your book.

Resource: Free, Printable Avatar Worksheet PDF

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