The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

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✨Meet Your Dream Agent. Plus, Your Book Isn't Boring - Your Pitch Is; & Query Critiques Inside!✨
We also take a closer look at genre snobbery, overusing adjectives, and the power of comp titles!
Mar 31
✨A Query Letter That Got 47 Full Requests; Three Good Reasons Not to Take Writing Advice; & Is Plot Really the Problem?✨
Plus, how authors can choose not to be on social media. And The Serious Writer's Essential Workbook!
Aug 11
✨Lying to Agents When Querying👀; & What 'High Concept' Really Means. Plus, Meet Your Dream Agent✨
Also, why setting matters just as much as plot or character!
Jul 28
✨A Near-Perfect Query Letter; Meet Your Dream Agent; Historical Accuracy in Fiction; & The Art of Revision✨
Yay! Yay! It's jam-packed Tuesday!
Apr 21
✨Rethinking Your Querying Process; & Taking Time Out to Reset. Plus, Meet Your Dream Agent & Query Critiques Inside!✨
Also, adapting a novel for a screenplay. And how flawed characters make for the best love stories.
Jul 21
✨The Pros/Cons of Hybrid Publishing; How Writing a Book is Its Own Love Story; & Overcoming Self-Doubt✨
Plus, we hope you've caught up with yesterday's Shooting the Shit, and CeCe has a new course coming out!
Feb 3
✨Where to Start Your Story; Getting Off Socials to Write; Changing Voice to Change Genre; & Sustainability in Publishing✨
Plus, another awesome episode of Shooting the Shit...
Jan 20
✨A Near-Perfect Query Letter; Meet Your Dream Agent; & Two Standout Books With Hooks Query Critiques Inside!✨
Plus, reimagining iconic stories, prioritizing your work, writing about other people in your memoir, and the Queen of Craft's upcoming course!
May 12
✨A 'Meet Your Dream Agent' Shares a Near-Perfect Query Letter. Plus, Confessions of a Former Feedback Addict & Questions to Ask Yourself…
We also dive into POVs and how to deal with rejection!
Apr 7
✨Meet Your Dream Agent. Plus, Books With Hooks Critiques Inside; How Dialogue Can Do Everything; & Tricking Yourself into Being a Better…
Also, try being an omnivore when it comes to reading, and why writing humor is harder than writing trauma.
Mar 17
✨Meet Your Dream Agent. Plus, Query Critiques Inside; No Outline? No Problem!; & What to Do With Editorial Feedback✨
Also, don't miss yesterday's Shooting the Shit!
Apr 14
✨Meet Your Dream Agent. Plus, What a Big Nobody Can Teach You About Writing; & The Story Sponge Method✨
Also, Nick Petrie shares many nuggets of wisdom in his author Q&A...
Mar 10
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