View this email online if it doesn't display correctly Plan Your Novel *free* mini-course available now!   August 5, 2015 Hi Friend,  Thank you to everyone who helped me test our new Plan You Novel mini-course.  This taster course is available now! Please join us for this free mini-course and get working on your novel now! Sign up here: http://bit.ly/miniPYN I look forward to having you in the course. ♥ Plan Your Novel Before You Write it Do you like plotting your story before you write it? I don't! That is, I don't like the sound of "plotting." Sounds so boring and feels heavy. But I learned that if I didn't know where I was going in the story -- my end point, the conclusion -- and even in a scene, then I couldn't write. Now, I know there are writers out there that love to not know where they are going before they write. I'm not one of them. I learned I needed a general idea of my destination. I realized I needed a road map with plenty of room for side trips. So over the years, I created tools that helped me plan without that heavy dull feeling, ways to feed my creative fire without feeling boxed in, and most importantly, guidelines that kept me moving forward and writing with excitement. Thus was born my Plan Your Novel course we teach each October. (Enrollment for that coming soon!) In October, we teach a full, 17+ lesson course, with live calls and an active private community. But I realized I needed to create the appetizer before the meal, so recently created the mini-course. Hope it's tasty! This mini-course is designed to give people a useful peek of how we roll at Barany School of Fiction -- our teaching and coaching approach and content -- and introduce them to the live October class on the same topic. It's a condensed version of the whole course, "30-Day Writing Challenge to Plan Your Novel" that is now a homestudy course, and once (or twice) a year as a live course. So, if you need a jumpstart on starting your novel or you've been wanting to start, or you're just curious and want a refresher, then join us in the Plan Your Novel mini-course. See you there! Please Help Me Spread The Word! I'd love your help sharing the news about this free course. If that's fun for you, here's some tweets you can use on Twitter or adapt to other social media channels. Feel free to change these as you see fit. Thanks so much! ♥ Want to write a novel? Start here. Plan it in this free mini-course. Starts now! http://bit.ly/miniPYN #amwriting Your dream starts today w/ Plan Your Novel mini-course #free #writeabook http://bit.ly/miniPYN Plan your novel w/ this mini-course avail now #amwriting http://bit.ly/miniPYN Seize the day. Plan your novel so you can write it #freecourse #books http://bit.ly/miniPYN Have a Happy and Creative Week! And thanks for playing! All our best, Beth & Ezra beth@bethbarany.com http://bethbarany.com/ PS. If you found this newsletter useful, please forward it to your friends, writing buddies, and people who you know want to write a novel, but gosh darn it, haven't, yet. ♥ If you don't know us well yet, here's a bit more about us: Beth and Ezra Barany are award-winning, best-selling novelists, and teachers who have worked with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and published. ♥ Happily married for over 15 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams. ♥ We offer coaching, courses, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth) and cover design (Ezra), all for novelists, because we love working with creatives like us. More about our products and services at bethbarany.com.  ♥ Ready to explore how Beth can support you? Schedule a 1-hour complimentary Discovery Call here: http://bit.ly/AppmtWithBeth. Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster In connection with the operation of this newsletter and business, Creativity Sparks features in the Newsletter affiliate links, including links to Amazon.com (“Affiliate Links”). Barany Consulting earns a commission from the Affiliate Links which commission is based on the number of sales that are made as a result of users of the Newsletter clicking over to the Affiliate Link and purchasing from the Affiliate Link a product and/or service. Not ready to receive these writing and publishing tips? You can unsubscribe below. However, please do not report us as Spam. This negatively impacts our ability to send emails to your fellow subscribers -- the 2000+ people who enjoy these tips each week -- and I'm sure that's not your intention.  https://app.getresponse.com/unsubscribe.html?x=a62b&m=VIIbP&mc=JE&s=E&u=Shp&z=EtZFSn4&

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