If you’ve seen the reel that’s going around about “what’s more important: an increase in positive self-talk, or a decrease in negative self-talk” from the happiness doctor… Their behavioral studies found a decrease in negative self-talk was far more effective in reprogramming old wiring. So for right now, I’m trying to gentle the critical inner…
SHOW NOTES We’re talking about growth engines for author platforms today, in our focus on actionable skills for growth. Here’s hoping that understanding the organizing principle of these growth engines will help you. Knowing which growth engine you are is often about being a content-driven platform first, which means there’s one really important action point…
SHOW NOTES We’re talking about growth engines for author platforms today, in our focus on actionable skills for growth. Here’s hoping that understanding the organizing principle of these growth engines will help you. We’ll also cover the first one (Sandboxes) in this video, and will have subsequent videos on the other engines (there are three…
SHOW NOTES Becca has been hinting at some new Enneagram stuff (lent to us from Claire Taylor of The Liberated Writer) coming on the horizon, and this is the first video of a series of Enneagram videos we’ll be doing. The shift in capacity was significant, and it all came from doing some deeper work…
It can be a frustrating experience to have a bad release. Completely understand that. And the urge to deconstruct what we did wrong after is super normal. No judgment there. That is helpful to a point. I just want to add a specific perspective about releasing right now that I think is important to note.…
Subscription fatigue. (On a call with a bunch of creators and we’re talking about this.) I feel like we don’t talk enough about the way consumers are fatigued right now. We’re gonna talk about this more in the upcoming months, but sometimes it helps to have a word for what it is that we’re feeling.…
SHOW NOTES Many of us are struggling to find joy in our writing. Join us for a dive into why that might be happening and what we can do about it. Important Links! Virtual Conference for Summer 2025: https://classes.betterfasteracademy.com/courses/publish-better-faster-conference-2025–38dfe918-5120-43ce-960a-f2e44bdf658e/salespage Follow the Platform Building and Writing to Market vs Market Awareness Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beccasyme/the-7-deadly-skills-of-writing-to-market Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/…
I have been baseline-happy the last two weeks. But not spikey-happy, like “I just had a cookie and I feel artificially pushed up by sugar” happy. Peaceful happy. Like, I can just lay back and enjoy. No effort required to enjoy. It doesn’t mean I haven’t felt a huge range of emotion. The days we’re…
SHOW NOTES The writing process is unique to each of us, and when Becca says “trust the process” about your own personal writing process, that can feel really heavy to some of us. What does it mean to make progress in the larger novel project? And how do I do this in the most effective…
If you’ve lost joy in writing… Of course, solidarity. Most of us who are professional writers go through that at some point. So you are not alone. First, of course, we do have to acknowledge it. That ole GI Joe saying… knowing is half the battle. That’s our whole vibe around here. So, acknowledge, solidarity,…