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| There’s no such thing as a missed opportunity.
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| | There’s no such thing as a missed opportunity.
Hear me out.
Common wisdom in business and the whole FOMO thing (fear of missing out) is based on this notion that you might miss the boat and then lose: experiences, things, friends?
But were you ready for that thing in the first place?
Maybe you just weren’t ready. Your attention was on something else. You didn’t really have the money or the time to take advantage of the opportunity.
How many courses have you bought that you’ve never looked at, that sit on your hard drive?
I'm raising my hand high.
Yes, I have purchased my share of courses that I haven’t *yet* cracked open and studied.
(I’m thinking about creating a designated study hall for myself to get to those things in a more organized and disciplined way.)
But maybe you are ready to reach for that new thing, that new experience.
Maybe you’ve been sitting on that story idea for a while, maybe months, maybe years.
And now the story idea is choosing you, tapping you on the shoulder, and you’re feeling two parts scared and one and a half parts excited.
You’re ready — getting ready — almost ready to start your novel. Or story. Or whatever it wants to be, but you’re not sure.
Are you ready to find out? Are you ready to pull the story thread and open the bag of mysteries you’ve been carrying for awhile?
Or maybe that half finished manuscript you were stuck on and set aside is whispering to you, the characters chattering softly, and you know if you stopped to listen and write you’d unknot the gnarly mess the story is in. If you knew how.
There are no missed opportunities, only stages of readiness.
Don’t make yourself wrong for not having started or finished your book.
Ask yourself if you’re ready to do what’s next.
What’s next could look like (what you're ready to do):
— write down your story ideas
— write your story more often, more regularly; nurture the relationship with your muse, your story, your ability to put hand to page
— get support
— take a class
— join a writing community
What else are you ready for?
If you’re ready to plan your novel, and if you’re looking for support now, consider registering now for our upcoming Plan Your Novel Like A Pro course:
https://school.bethbarany.com/p/plan-your-novel-30-day-challenge-oct-2019
This course (and all courses) are 50% off -- including our October 2019 live Plan Your Novel Like A Pro course.
Be sure to use this code at checkout to get your 50% off: VENTE2019
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About October 2019 live Plan Your Novel Like A Pro class:
Dates: October 1 - 31, 2019
Who is this course for?
For experienced writers or ambitious writers who want to plan their novel in an organic or step-by-step way, so that on November 1st you can start writing it alongside the NaNoWriMo.org crowd.
This class is good for you if:
-- You have never written a novel, and have always wanted to, and still feel lost on how to go from brilliant idea to The End, then you will be stretched in new and different ways.
-- You're an experienced novelist, with 1 or 2 completed or partially completed novels under your bed. You may find this course structured in a way that's new to you and yet familiar.
-- You have 3 or more unfinished novels sitting in a drawer, and always hit that sagging middle and lose focus or lose interest. This course will help you dream up exciting ways to torture, I mean challenge, your characters all the way to the resolution of the story.
Learn more about this course here:
Be sure to use this coupon code to get your 50% off -- limited time only: VENTE2019 |
| Have a happy and creative week! Happy writing!
Best,
Beth
PS. Ready to plan your novel and want to join our October 2019 course, check out all the details here:
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| NEWEST BOOK! Plan Your Novel Like A Pro
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| | ABOUT BETH BARANY
Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, who helps fiction writers experience clarity, so that they can write and polish their novels, and proudly publish them to the delight of their readers.
Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment.
Want a course to help you prepare to write your novel? Discover the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here, co-taught with award-winning, bestselling thriller author, Ezra Barany.
She's also an award-winning novelist and writes magical tales of romance, adventure, and mystery to empower women and girls to be the heroes in their own lives.
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
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Photo Credit: by c. 2018 Ezra Barany
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