August 11th, 2021
It's Okay To Fall Down
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Writer's Life
by Jenny Hansen
I just watched a video by one of my favorite motivational speakers, Simon Sinek, where he states: "There is a big difference between 'falling' and 'failing.'"
How powerful is that? So many authors suffer terrible anxiety over their fear of failure.… Read the post
July 9th, 2021
Confessions of a Devoted Scene Writer
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Writer's Life | Writing Craft
by Jenny Hansen
Earlier this week, Karen DeBonis did a post here at WITS about finding your writing process. In the comments, I confessed that finding mine took a long (LONG) time. I’ve tried a gajillion tools in my quest to get a book off the ground and finished. … Read the post
June 18th, 2021
5 Life "Rules" That May Change Your Writing Future
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Writer's Life | WriterStrong
by Jenny Hansen
A lot of leadership advice, training styles, and life philosophies pass by my desk in the course of my day job. Books like Emotional Intelligence 2.0, The Storyteller's Secret, and Start With Why are sitting in my workspace right now.… Read the post
June 2nd, 2021
The Why and How of Choosing a Genre
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Author Marketing | Writing Craft
by Jenny Hansen
Over the last few years, I've thought a lot about genre. The differences between them and why and how we choose our preferred genre to write in. Some writers are solidly in a certain genre camp and others straddle two or more genres.… Read the post
May 28th, 2021
Dear Readers - Share Your First Lines
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Writer's Life
Fabulous first lines tend to stick with all of us. We ponder them, agonize over them, rewrite them, and rewrite them again. And more than once, we've actually purchased a book based on breathtaking first line or paragraph.
Plus, a good first line is quotable.… Read the post
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