Eyes on the Writing Biz Plan / Enter the Writing Business

 We’re to the last 2 episodes of our focus on the Writing Business. These last two episodes for this season of The Write Focus will concentrate on a business plan for our writing.

Yes, writing is a business. Do it the SMART way.

Content

0:39 Intro

2:05 What is a Business Plan?

2:57 The Writing Business Plan

4:09 Expected Audience

7:45 Product vs. Project

8:25 Vision / Mission / Objectives

17:01 SWOT: our A-Team

19:40 Awareness of the Marketplace

21:51 SMART

23:45 Anticipate Problems / Adaptation is Key

26:30 New Directions

28:58 Write It Down / Expect Surprises

32:27 Closing

Direct Link to the Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/349-eyes-on-the-writing-biz-plan-enter-the-writing-business/?token=11ee2fd6d6a7ac2bdc1e6e7800897709

Direct Link to the Video https://youtu.be/gCIRTky09as

As always, THANKS for listening.

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Practicalities / Enter the Writing Business

 Herewith, the most boring yet essential of all the writing business information: Practicalities

MS Preparation and the Nuts & Bolts of the everyday Writing Life.

Content

• 0:40 Intro / 7 Common Manuscript Elements
• 2:16 Boilerplates
• 3:27 Disclaimers
• 4:30 Front Titles List
• 6:10 Acknowledgements and Reader Notes
• 7:40 Table of Contents
• 8:22 Chapter Headings & Page Breaks
• 10:55 A Book of the Book
• 12:50 Word Processing Basics
• 15:07 Fonts and Special Images
• 18:11 Page Breaks and Text Flow
• 20:34 Oxford Commas?
• 21:06 Spacing?
• 21:40 Print-Outs
• 23:17 Stats and Percentages?
• 26:54 Save the Eyes
• 27:48 Closing

Direct link to the audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/348-practicalities-enter-the-writing-business/?token=078c6a39486442817d3056f3fe318d28

Direct Link to the video https://youtu.be/OwOr04FEDCs

As always THANKS for listening.

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Soul-Suckers / Enter the Writing Business

 Long before the dreamed reality of writing will support us, we have to have those humdrum, mundane jobs that try to kill our writing spirits.

Fair Warning: Along with jobs, people will try to kill our writing spirits.

How do we handle these two-sided slaps to our dreams?

Content

• 0:44 Intro
• 2:03 Jobs that pay the bills
• 5:45 When Day Jobs suck away our creative energies
• 9:50 Soul-Sucking People
• 10:17 Toxic Writers to Avoid
• 13:22 Shysters who Prey on Writers
• 15:23 Remember WIBBOW
• 19:10 Mine the Real World
• 21:00 Soft Skills for Writers
• 22:16 Hard Skills for Writers
• 25:40 Recommended Masters of Writing
• 27:00 Closing

 Direct link to the audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/347-soul-suckers-enter-the-writing-business/?token=5c750c25fb00544cd52a833faddeb88c

Direct link to the video https://youtu.be/mHvknXU-E7g

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. Our podcast is for newbies who want to become writing pros and veterans who are returning to writing after years away.

Our current focus is Enter the Writing Business. We’re bookcasting!

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

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

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

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.)

Listen on your favorite podcast site: from Apple to YouTube, Spotify and Podbean (my favs), Google Play, Amazon Music and Audible, Samsung and Player FM, Deezer and Podcaster, the rivals iHeart and Tune-in, and too many to list.

Here are the 4 easiest:

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

YouTube direct link to the Enter the Writing Biz playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na5LXb-83iM&list=PLXi3M_aM-d7ISCaEcoK4JV5wSUkGCmx_Z

Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-write-focus/id1546738740%20

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4fMwknmfJhkJxQvaaLQ3Gm?si=ffeb71ed17c3409d

On Creativity / Enter the Writing Business

 Every discussion of the Writing Biz needs a focus on Creativity. What does creativity actually mean? How do we put it into practice? How do story visions change when creativity is applied?

Also ~

Writing can be a hell and a heaven. How do we know when the writing biz is worth it?

Content

• 00:40 Intro
• 2:17 Growth Depends on Challenges
• 3:20 Creativity = Unique Spins on Classics = Freshness
• 6;40 Freshness Requires Thought / Planning
• 7:25 Saggy Pantstering Defined
• 9:48 Daily Writing / Avoiding the Lures  
• 12:50 Zig & Zag with Projects
• 17:12 Ever-Expanding Stories / Blown Deadlines
• 21:43 Writing Hell
• 25:25 The Writer’s 3-Part Mantra
• 27:45 Writing Purgatory / Writing Heaven
• 30:56 Closing

Direct link to the audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/346-on-creativity-enter-the-writing-business/?token=6c60e78e90bb073256819ba56da38ff9

Direct link to the video https://youtu.be/SOw1SybXHT8

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. Our podcast is for newbies who want to become writing pros and veterans who are returning to writing after years away.

Our current focus is Enter the Writing Business. We’re bookcasting!

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

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

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

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.)

Listen on your favorite podcast site: from Apple to YouTube, Spotify and Podbean (my favs), Google Play, Amazon Music and Audible, Samsung and Player FM, Deezer and Podcaster, the rivals iHeart and Tune-in, and too many to list.

Here are the 4 easiest:

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

YouTube direct link to the Enter the Writing Biz playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na5LXb-83iM&list=PLXi3M_aM-d7ISCaEcoK4JV5wSUkGCmx_Z

Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-write-focus/id1546738740%20

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4fMwknmfJhkJxQvaaLQ3Gm?si=ffeb71ed17c3409d

 

Writing Life ~ 3 P's & Project Progress / Enter the Writing Business

 We’ve reached the month-long Fall Writing Challenge. 

Many are participating in the November global writing challenge. Whether we take on the challenge or not, we can use November to consider our writing life: past, present and future. Before we know it, the New Year will be upon us (because December is jam-packed with distractions and disruptions).

In today’s episode, writers need to analyze the whys and hows of the kind of writer that they think they are—then break that mold. None of us fit into neat little boxes. We can use those boxing-in methods, though, adapting them for our own use. A great danger for a writer is busy-ness without progress. Let’s avoid that pitfall.

Timings / Contents

• 00:41 :: Opening / Going Off-Track
• 1:07 :: 2 P’s that are Writers
• 3:47 :: Enter the Puzzler
• 5:10 :: Drafting Story: Chrono/Linear vs. Global/Scattered
• 7:56 :: Ticky Boxes / Over-Planning is Problematic
• 12:59 :: Routine Shake-up and Abandonment
• 14:07 :: Pre-Set Foundations
• 14:33 :: Climbing out of the Box
• 16:21 :: Word Counts and Progress Meters
• 18:36 :: Don’t Hate Numbers and Lists
• 19:15 :: Accomplishments List
• 20:25 :: Distractions vs. Opportunities
• 23:20 :: Closing

Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. Our podcast is for newbies who want to become writing pros and veterans who are returning to writing after years away.

Our current focus is Enter the Writing Business. We’re bookcasting!

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

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

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

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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Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. Our podcast is for newbies who want to become writing pros and veterans who are returning to writing after years away.

Our current focus is Enter the Writing Business. We’re bookcasting!

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

Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com.

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

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.)

Listen on your favorite podcast site: from Apple to YouTube, Spotify and Podbean (my favs), Google Play, Amazon Music and Audible, Samsung and Player FM, Deezer and Podcaster, the rivals iHeart and Tune-in, and too many to list.

Here are the 4 easiest:

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

YouTube direct link to the Enter the Writing Biz playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na5LXb-83iM&list=PLXi3M_aM-d7ISCaEcoK4JV5wSUkGCmx_Z

Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-write-focus/id1546738740%20

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4fMwknmfJhkJxQvaaLQ3Gm?si=ffeb71ed17c3409d