SHOW NOTES When authors start asking questions like “why is this so hard,” I have some specific answers, depending on what’s wrong in the moment. Here’s a collection of the 13 most common answers to that question. Hopefully this will help. After coaching thousands of authors, I’m hoping the mass-perspective will give some help. Important…
I wish it would happen to me vs. I want to do it. There is an active difference in outcomes between those two statements. And as someone who has said both of them before, about different things, let me encourage you: you aren’t “one” or “the other” type of person in this scenario. Everyone will…
SHOW NOTES In the “what drives this character” series, we’re talking about The Slayer today! Looking for the drivers for the actions of our very favorite world-saver, Buffy Summers, and also at what you can learn about yourself when you share similar drivers. Hope you enjoy! Important Links! Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/ Ask a question for…
When I go to 11 about something, do I know how to get what I need and want? This is not to say we shouldn’t go to 11. This is to say, when we do, how do we take best advantage of that 11-feeling. Many of us want to take action right then, when we’re…
SHOW NOTES The closing of our series on author mindset for longevity, tackling one of the most important parts of our author business. Doing the really hard things. This series is packed with action points, and I hope they’re helpful. Episode Four: Manage Your Self Worth and Do The Hard Stuff. How you see yourself…
We do a behavioral-continuum activity in our writing workshops where I put up a slide that has two opposite behaviors on it, and ask the writers to go to one side of the room if they are the one extreme, and the other side of the room if they are the other extreme. “Write best…
SHOW NOTES We’re starting a new series on author mindset for longevity, tackling one of the most important parts of our author business. How we care for the physical asset we have. This series is packed with action points, and it will be overwhelming to pick all of them to do, so bookmark these and…
In fictional stories, characters are always oblivious to what’s really controlling and motivating them. To a point where, when a character has too much self-awareness, we often say, “feels like author intrusion” because we all know that moment of epiphany when the protagonist realizes What’s Really Going On Here ™. If you’re a writer, you’ve…
SHOW NOTES We’re starting a new series on author mindset for longevity, tackling one of the most important parts of our author business. How we manage our finances. This series is packed with action points, so take notes on which ones you need. My goal in this series is to bring awareness to how we…
When you want to have a sustainable author career… Management of resources becomes one of the most important things you can do. That means you have to value your time enough that you are willing to make hard choices when it comes to how you spend your attention. You have to choose the hard thing,…