| View this email online if it doesn't display correctly |
| |
|
|
|
Novelists, The Power (and Risk) of Commitment
|
|
Write Your Novel Support Group starting soon on November 1st. Sign up here.
Want to plan your novel before you write it? Then join us for a Plan Your Novel Party on Saturday, Oct. 29th. Sign up here. It's gonna be fun!
|
| | 25 October 2016 Oakland, CA
Dear Friend,
A few years ago, I was sad because I wasn't yet published. I asked myself what was the difference between my skills and my colleagues who had self-published.
When I was done feeling sad, I realized the difference was that they were writing and going for it -- taking risks, publishing their work.
What was holding me back?
I was afraid of the unknown, afraid of what really going for it would mean.
How can you know the unknown?
You can't.
You need to leap and trust and commit to the process no matter what.
Creativity is a deep and mysterious and beautiful thing.
Can you be all in? Can you commit to your dream of sharing your stories with the world?
It's a scary and risky thing. What if your work is poorly received? Worse, what if no one even notices your book?
But if you are deeply committed to being a published novelist, then that is a risk you need to take.
♥
DIVE DEEP In journal writing, a prompt I often use is "What I really want is..." I use this as many times as necessary to listen in to what I desire. I let myself share mundane and deep desires, silly and serious.
Your Turn: What are you committed to? What you deeply committed to? Look deep, feel deep, and allow your deepest truths to bubble up from the unconscious.
SHARE Hit reply and share your thoughts with me.
Ready to go for it? Then join us for our Plan Your Novel Party so you can plan your novel before you write it. The Plan Your Novel Party is on Saturday, Oct. 29th, 10am to 6pm, your local time. Sign up here. It's gonna be fun! And please tell your friends!
After you plan it, it's time to write it...
Write Your Novel Support Group Also, if you'd to join our Write Your Novel Support group that starts November 1st, go here. Registration closes Friday, Nov. 4th.
Click here for more information and to register:
|
|
|
|
 |
Have a Happy and Creative Week!
And thanks for showing up for yourself and doing your creative work!
All our best,
Beth & Ezra
PS. Oh, the end of the story! Once I realized that I wanted to risk and commit to the unknown and scary journey of being a romance author, I published 5 romance novellas in 2 years and wrote 4 more novels, 2 of them in my YA fantasy series, the other 2 still unpublished.
And because I committed to my writing more deeply than ever before and wrote more books more quickly than I ever had, I had to develop tools to support this process. That's how I can up with my Plan Your Novel Accordion method that I have for you as a party favor for the party this Saturday! Hope to see you there!
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
Writer's Fun Zone blog
BTW, 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.
♥
ABOUT US
Beth and Ezra Barany
are award-winning, best-selling novelists, with 20 books and 6 awards to their name. They are teachers who have worked
with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and
published and into the hands of their readers.
♥ Happily married for over 16 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams.
♥ We
offer coaching, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth)
and cover design (Ezra), all for genre novelists. More at bethbarany.com.
WHAT I DO + WHY
I support writers and aspiring authors through classes and workshops, articles, books, group programs, and consultations with private clients.
I also help authors because I walk my talk; everything I or my teachers teach is based in real experience and matured through the school of hard knocks.
I believe that the creative life works better with play and love, so with playful joy, I offer you goodies to support you in your writer's adventure.
ABOUT BETH BARANY
An
award-winning novelist, certified creativity coach and Master NLP
Practitioner, Beth runs Writer's Fun Zone, a blog for and by writers,
and her recently launched school for novelists, the Barany School of
Fiction.
In
her downtime, Beth reads, colors, watches movies with her sweetie,
travels, and has coffee with friends and family. And plays with her cat, gardens, and walks. And sleeps. She loves sleep.
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 2500+ 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=WH54u&mc=VA&s=E&u=Shp&z=ES8GBwa& |
| |
