The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

How can you find the intersection between what the market wants and what you love to read? How can you strategically seed book sales to improve your marketing? In the intro, how to predict and profit from publishing trends [ ALLi blog ]; my live, in-person events IRL and online; Trends for 2023 webinar with Alex Newton, K-lytics.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

There are many reasons to use foreshadowing in writing , including building suspense, sparking curiosity, and preparing your reader for that “aha” moment. There are many reasons to use foreshadowing in writing , including building suspense, sparking curiosity, and preparing your reader for that “aha” moment. Write with Grammarly.

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Smart Blogger

MAY 26, 2023

Mastering various writing styles can transform your words from mere text to an engaging, compelling narrative. That’s the power of understanding and implementing different writing styles. What is a Writing Style? Picture style as the very soul of your writing, the pulsating rhythm beneath the words. Consider J.K.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What are tropes and how can you use them to strengthen your fiction? Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 9, 2023

What are the most common reasons why writers don't finish their books —and how can you overcome them in order to finish yours this year? Roz Morris gives practical writing and mindset tips. She writes writing craft books for authors under the Nail Your Novel brand, and is also an editor, speaker and writing coach.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 9, 2023

How can you exploit the unique in your stories, as well as amp up the conflict? John Gaspard gives writing and creative business tips based on movies and TV. Get your free Author Marketing Guide at draft2digital.com/penn John Gaspard is the author of mysteries and nonfiction film books, a podcast host, and film director.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 26, 2023

This guide will walk you through how to conjure up epic prompts of your own, using real-world examples and actionable techniques. So, are you curious about how story inspiration might strike you? Rich characters , like those in Anton Chekhov’s tales, should leap off the page. The journey awaits.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I loved this book and it gave me permission to lean into how things ‘feel' as I write. Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything, Even Things That Seem Impossible Today — Jane McGonigal. Helps you reframe and reset what might be possible and how you can thrive in such a future.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 21, 2023

There are genres in both fiction and nonfiction, and together, genres and subgenres give writers a guideline for what to write and tell readers what to expect. There are genres in both fiction and nonfiction, and together, genres and subgenres give writers a guideline for what to write and tell readers what to expect.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How can you adapt your novel into a comic or graphic form? 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? First up, tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. Joanna: Did you write that for your kids or something?

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The Write Life

JANUARY 24, 2023

When you’re writing, you have different tools and components at your disposal—plot, structure, character, theme, etc. You manipulate these things to make your work the best it can be, and having a good understanding of how all of these components work means you can move them around with intention. movies, books, etc.).

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes.

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