Jane Friedman

MARCH 4, 2024

I have been trying to convince writers of the value of a consistent email newsletter for more than a decade. Recently I dug up a 2014 presentation I gave at the James River Writers Conference, where the first slide says, “Email is not dead.” And the visibility it lends me has been superlative and ongoing since 2009. Absolutely.

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Ashleyn Writes

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Let’s talk AI copywriting tools: Forget ol’ Clippy from Microsoft (hey-o, 90s kids)—it’s feeling a little Jetsons up in here because artificial intelligence (AI) has finally made its way to our desks as creative small business owners. You May Be Interested In: How to Pay Yourself as a Creative Entrepreneur (or Writer).

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 29, 2022

If you’re a comedy writer, you’re in luck because we’ve got exactly what you’re looking for. If you’re a freelance writer or content writer with a knack for making those around you lose control of their bodily functions in a fit of laughter, then you’re going to love our list of comedy writing jobs.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

Author Elisa Lorello’s exploratory dive into ChatGPT led her to discover its usefulness to fiction and nonfiction writers, and she shares them all in her new book The AI Author Assistant: How to Use Chat GPT to Optimize Your Writing Progress and Income While Retaining Your Human Touch. When I was suddenly so creatively fertile!

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Grammarly

AUGUST 31, 2023

However, particularly for certain use cases, generative AI offered immediate benefits that continue to outweigh the potential challenges, such as providing all students with an on-demand thought partner for their own ideas and time-saving assistive features that can enhance the quality and creativity of finished projects.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

In the intro, Storybundle for writers ; Seth Godin on Tim Ferriss ; Amazon's investment in Anthropic ; Claude 3 direct or Poe.com ; Claude prompt library ; join me and Joseph Michael for a prompt webinar, 4 April, register here ; plus, Spear of Destiny. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below.

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Besides, there are plenty of free writing contests that encourage and inspire boundless creativity with real cash prizes and career-advancing opportunities! Since it can be hard for a writer to know where to find them, we did the legwork for you. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Whatever your feelings about L.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 3, 2024

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Jacqueline Suskin is a poet, author, speaker, and creative consultant. Her latest book is A Year In Practice: Seasonal Rituals And Prompts To Awaken Cycles Of Creative Expression. Her latest book is A Year In Practice: Seasonal Rituals And Prompts To Awaken Cycles Of Creative Expression.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

How can generative AI tools augment and amplify your creativity? Thorn is a bestselling horror and dark fantasy writer, and he also writes nonfiction for authors. He's a podcaster at Writer's Ink and the Music NFT Show. Thorn is a bestselling horror and dark fantasy writer, and he also writes nonfiction for authors.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Even a simple use of alliteration like “great gifts for writers” or “words that pack a punch” can add heft to your writing. But did you know many famous writers throughout the ages have used alliteration in their titles? Point of View Point of view is the perspective a writer chooses when writing.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 15, 2023

If yes, you might be an intuitive writer, as Becca Syme explains in this interview. She is a USA Today bestselling author of small-town romance and cozy mystery and also writes the ‘Dear Writer' series of non-fiction books. How a writer knows if they are intuitive. The data-gathering process of intuitive writers.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How does a creative career develop over the long term and when do you need to take a step back to consider how to move forward? Please complete my Creative Penn Survey 2022 here (by 7 Oct). First of all, this creative team. They're getting a lot of co-writers to write in their universes, but the royalties are split differently.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 20, 2023

Joseph: Okay, well, you know how superheroes have origin stories, I have a very strange writer origin story. I had finished reading something, a thriller by a fairly popular thriller writer at the time, and absolutely hated it. But I know you as an indie writer. I wrote my first novel in college to win a case of beer.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is all the way back in 2009/10 ish, when self-publishing was fairly new. It probably is, apart from actually writing the book, which is one struggle, many writers also struggle with marketing. How can authors reframe marketing to be more of a positive choice, something even creative and worth investing in?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You can also listen to a recent episode with Thomas on Novel Marketing and Christian Publishing on The Creative Penn Podcast. CEO of Author Media, and this is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and make a living writing books worth talking about. You started what 2009, 2010 way, way back.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

Because actually, I never had it in my life plan to become a writer. I studied people who sell lots of books, which mostly are fiction writers, not nonfiction writers. So I took everything he teaches as a fiction writer, I could apply it 100% on nonfiction, and it works. Marc Reklau shares his tips in the interview.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. How can we use the tools to achieve our creative purpose in an ethical manner, and understand that we need to curate, edit, and take responsibility for any usage? Do you know how many times Amazon has been ‘flooded’ with spam books?

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The Creative Penn

MAY 20, 2024

I've wanted to be a writer since I was six years old. So you talk about structure and outlining in your book, and I'm a discovery writer, so I'm always absolutely fascinated by outlining. Some people are pantsers or discovery writers, some people really need a structure, some people are somewhere in between. Jenna: Okay, good.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 6, 2024

How can you use automation and tools to help you streamline your creative and business processes so you can get back to the writing? Especially as creatives, I hear a lot of people say, “I just want to write the book.” I started on Twitter in 2009, and I really got into a rut of what that was for me.

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Smart Blogger

JANUARY 12, 2023

Sure, you can skip exposition in some creative writing, like poetry. New writers often hear the advice that says, “Show, Don’t Tell,” meaning you don’t want to tell the reader specific details or what they should feel. Exposition is the backstory or the setup. The “Show, Don’t Tell” Concept Explained. You like watching him?”

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

Joanna: So I think that that was around 2009. But you were starting from zero, right, back in 2009. Does it help you creatively? So yes, it's funny how we do that, but I do think it helps creatively. It dawned on me at some point that there really is no career that is just an author, just a writer, right now.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 7, 2024

The discussion covers Penn’s background in theology, influences from authors like Clive Cussler and Dan Brown, and her journey from a corporate job to becoming a full-time writer. She also writes nonfiction for authors as Joanna Penn and is the host of The Creative Penn Podcast. So Joanna, it's so great to have you on.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

What did you do differently with your second book in terms of the creative writing side, since you must have learned a lot? You might be an experienced writer or you might have some books already, but what you don't have is how to launch into more of the self-publishing world and taking control of all these different things.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Rachael Herron ]; My Pilgrimage Kickstarter pre-launch page ; History Quill Writer's Conference ; Get 33% off my ebooks, audiobooks and courses for the rest of 2022. Jane Friedman is the author of The Business of Being a Writer , as well as other nonfiction books. Image generated by Joanna Penn on Midjourney. Jane: Thank you.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It's interesting because you're a discovery writer, I'm a discovery writer, and I just felt the same as you. A decade ago, you mentioned 2010, I first got on Twitter in 2009. Look at The Creative Penn. We're writers. Do you have an idea of what might be retirement, financially or creatively? We love writing.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Everybody told me you need to be an engineer or do something proper, and not be just creative. In 2009, I started my self-employment right after the university. It's very hard because this is an audio medium, but tell us— How does your creative process work differently in terms of distilling ideas into visual images versus words?

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

So it's a forum where authors talk about how we need to value ourselves as creatives in our work, and not to sell ourselves short out here. I'm not saying that people who do things for free aren't offering something of value, it's just that we're creatives , as you say, and we need to value our own time and getting paid for these things.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

But we are focusing on paid ads as part of this because it feels like, again, I know this having been podcasting since 2009 —. There are loads of things that you could do that I couldn't do as a fiction writer because it's a different story that you're telling, with different opportunities to reach readers and then to offer them things.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 4, 2018

This article is adapted from an excerpt in the new book The Creative Curve by Allen Gannett, from Penguin Random House. Most of what you know about creativity is a lie. Our culture has embraced the idea that creative genius is inborn and innate. You’re either a brilliantly creative content marketer or you’re not.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Written by James - 36 Comments It’s November, which means that if you’re a fiction writer, it’s National Novel Writing Month for you. That’s why people with a manuscript, even really good writers, aren’t publishing their work. Reply Rose November 27, 2009 at 10:38 am No, James, no! And that’s the problem with NaNoWriMo.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Henri @ Wake Up Cloud December 21, 2009 at 4:20 am I can’t speak from a freelancing standpoint but I can completely relate from someone who has hired many writers. 8 Ways to Be Heroic Reply I Left a Keyword instead of a Real Name ( @[link] ) December 21, 2009 at 4:33 am this is a heavy situation. Meier´s last blog.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

The Creative Penn Blogger Joanna Penn. I also started a podcast in early 2009 as a way to learn from other people who were doing well, and also to meet other creatives. I have a creative lifestyle that I love and a community of friends and colleagues who are also creative entrepreneurs. I’m now living that.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

I’d read ProBlogger for years—since co-founding The Vacation Gals in 2009—and couldn’t wait to learn not only from Darren, but from other successful bloggers from six different countries. We launched our blog with those handles because we thought we were being creative. In the hot seat. Share them with us in the comments.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2012

One area that has been a perennial gray zone is that of borrowing another writer’s structure or approach to their writing style, while not borrowing their content. So how does one evaluate the matter to be sure they’re simply using a reasonable approach, rather than stealing from another writer? Comparing content.

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ProBlogger

MAY 10, 2016

The quenchless thirst for “new,” creativity, and stealing. Yet, to some people, saying you copied or even stole someone else’s ideas would imply you’re not creative. If it’s an essay-style post aka “the storyteller”, how personal does the writer get? 2 was a post written in 2009. Cruel blogosphere. It’s new, new, new.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

See, if you’re a writer, a blogger or an online business owner, you need to connect with the community. I’ve become a better writer and started my fitness blog. Melinda | WAHM Biz Builder ( @superwahm1 ) November 20, 2009 at 1:24 am Seems to me this is similar to online networking, in a more productive way.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That’s because there ain’t any posts like that, and your a darned good writer. How can wearing the same costume make people more creative or smart? readers, It was called, “How to Be a Sensitive, Ponytailed Marketing Guy.&# : [link] It’s a subject I’m passionate about as a writer and marketer.

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