The Write Focus

Writing Is a Wonderland / Quick Tips for Writers 13 / 7:28

Alice followed the White Rabbit into a hole that dropped her into a strange world.

Writing is like that, a hole into a strange wonderland. A project is an intriguing white rabbit luring us to follow even as it reminds us that the project has to meet a deadline or be “late for that important date”.

Our Writing Wonderland operates on 3 Basic Rules. Get these writing rules right, and your Wonderland will not turn into a horror story.

TIMINGS

00:41 Introduction
01:15 The Writing Wonderland
04:20 Closing

Total Run Time = 5:20

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/XyPPvM7awsY

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/writing-is-a-wonderland-quick-tips-for-writers-13-728/?token=0c7587cbbeaf0e5e33baa8969c0058a3

Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube.

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Cover Considerations / Quick Tips for Writers 12 / 7:27

Consider your Cover is Quick Tip #12.

One of the greatest expenses that an indie writer will have is the cost of a professional cover.

Yes, yes, people say that the editorial cost is the highest one. Development editors and content editors and line editors are expensive.

Let me argue with that. The first attractor for a book is the cover design. To capture and charm readers, invest in a great cover design.

How do we ensure the best cover design? Follow along for the tips.

TIMINGS

00:41 Introduction
01:15 Cover Considerations
04:56 Closing

Total Run Time = 5:57

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/maiMkGtkvmc

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Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

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· You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters series.

· Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand.

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Juggle Projects / Quick Tips for Writers 11 / 7:26

Writing constantly, writing fast ~ these can outpace our creativity, leaving us drained. The answer is to Juggle Projects.

I cannot simultaneously write two fiction projects; the projects we juggle have to be different.

This episode talks about that HOW.

TIMINGS

00:41 Introduction

01:15 Juggle Projects

04:50 Closing

Total Run Time = 5:49

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/s1-32k9PkSM

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/juggle-projects-quick-tips-for-writers-726/?token=facfeed8c43610be58336df28d6dfbcc

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr

· You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters series.

· Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand.

For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com .

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

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Think Cocoons / Quick Tips for Writers 10 / 7:25

“Cocoons” is the Quick Tip for Writing in this episode.

When the words do not come as soon as we are ready to write, what can we do? We have to think like inchworms, the ones that eventually become beautiful butterflies.

TIMINGS

00:40 Introduction

01:15 Think Cocoons

03:43 Closing

Total Run Time = 4:42

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/YyIcFOaQNxY

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/think-cocoons-quick-tips-for-writers-10-725/?token=445d3ad93c191e89236586946cd819a9

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Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr

· You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters series.

· Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand.

For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com .

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

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Reader Magnets / Quick Tips for Writers 9 / 7:24

Long before a writer pens the last word in a story and launches into the Proof-Plus, that writer is considering promotions. Promotions, marketing, that’s the same thing. So much of marketing depends on spare cash and good fortune in eyes discovering it. The chief marketing tool, however, is something the writer can totally control.

Let’s look at the Loss Leader, also known as the Reader Magnet.

TIMINGS

00:41 Introduction

01:15 Reader Magnets

06:18 Closing

Total Run Time =

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/updt0m4s8e4

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/loss-leaders-quick-tips-for-writers-9-724/?token=d5806d3fab133cab20d306789bf18281

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr

· You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters series.

· Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand.

For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com .

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

Here are the easiest. Make us a favorite, and follow along easy-peasy, once a week, while you fix a quick dinner, drive a short commute, or take a brisk walk.

· My favorite podcast is Podbean. https://eden5695.podbean.com/

· YouTube direct link to the Current Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXi3M_aM-d7IZWMlW9kLwMNEkuLMySGnq

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