Subject: World Building and Mental Models + 1:1 Coaching

How To Write The Future, episode 22 out now!



World Building and Mental Models + 1:1 Coaching


Ep. 22 of How To Write The Future - available now!


Episode 22: Ready to listen to this 10-minute episode?

Click here:


Hi Friend,

“We each have unique maps of reality that are specific to our species, specific to our environment, and even down to the specific location where you live, your parents, your heritage, even the food we eat.”


In this podcast episode of How To Write the Future, titled World Building and Mental Models, I share insight into building your characters’ reality to make it stand out to readers and discuss examples of the ways our models of reality can shift.


I mention breakfast, cars, and our galaxy.


Take a listen if you want to hear how I connect all of that. :)


To listen and for the full transcript, go here:



Are you still not getting anywhere with your novel?

Bonuses Offered during Early Bird Enrollment to the Group Coaching Program for Genre Novelists

Are you still not getting anywhere with your novel?


Stop going it alone!


Instead let's work together to achieve your editing and publishing goals.


Get the step-by-step guidance you need to write, publish, or market your genre novel with experienced and bestselling novelists who are also professional teachers, coaches, and mentors.


Receive discerning, individualized support all year-long in a group setting that supports your goals and progress.


More about our year-long program here:

https://coaching.bethbarany.com/


-- One-on-one support available too.


This group is for you if you've finished a genre fiction manuscript and want to polish it and get it ready for publication.


If you sign up now through Friday, Dec. 16, I'm offering some lovely Early Enrollment Bonuses, including:


  • 2 one-on-one calls with me to get individualized feedback on your pages — 20 pages each call — to cement what you're learning and to solidify your new editing skills.

  • Complimentary December 2022 and January 2023 membership to the Group Program. Sign up now and receive 13+ months of this 12-month program, if you enroll by Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, 9pm Pacific.

  • Branding and Marketing Assessment, plus 30-minute consulting call with me -- I'll help you focus on your strengths and shore up your weaknesses via phone or Zoom.

  • Complimentary registration to the Book Marketing Lecture Series, including the Author Persona workshop, coming in 2023.

  • Signed copy of PLAN YOUR NOVEL LIKE A PRO: AND HAVE FUN DOING IT! by Beth and Ezra Barany.


All the details here:


https://coaching.bethbarany.com/


Now Scheduling Coaching Appointments for 2023!

As I settle into my end-of-year client projects, I'm looking forward into the New Year and opening up coaching consulting blocks of time.


I help writers who feel stalled in writing their books, want support, and sense now is the time to take care of their writer dreams.


My sessions are for you if any of the following apply:


  • you yearn for a creative process tailored specifically for you, so that you can get writing.

  • you've tried lots of other people's tools and techniques but nothing's working.

  • you know that success is first an inner experience that gets manifested outward, but something feels out of alignment and you don't know what.


If you purchased a pass at the Infostack Write Publish Profit 5.0 this year, I encourage you to use the coupon I offer there, so you can get a deeply discounted coaching session with me.


This coupon expires, so use it to book a session with me, or gift it to someone who would appreciate it.


How do these 1-1 sessions work?


In our session, I help you clarify your goals or intentions, help you uncover what's stopping you, and help you gain clarity on how to move forward.


Through conversation, deep listening, and using my over 20 years of experience working with creative writers, I can assess your writing process, support you with mindset tools, and guide your through experiencing the change you want.


I offer on-off sessions and packages.


As someone who has studied systems constellations, systems design, and NLP (neurolinguistic programming), and is a student of many different self-knowledge systems (tarot, numerology, astrology, Destiny Cards, Human Design, Gene Keys, and others), I recognize that each individual has their own map of reality.


I've been a student of my own creative process for decades, overcoming many hurdles to now having published 17 of my own books, and having helped hundreds of writers complete their books.


In my over 20 years of experience of helping writers, I notice they usually stall or stop their writing for one or more of these reasons:


  • they have unrealistic expectations of what it means to be a writer and are super hard on themselves for not performing under those standards

  • they carry a lot of pain around being creative yet yearn for the flow they've experienced while being creative

  • they feel inadequate to their grand vision of their story

  • they're not sure if what they've written is any good, so why continue?

  • they don't have a writing process that works for them and don't know how to find it


Maybe you recognize yourself in one of these places... I'm sure there's more, as each of you are unique, and have your own set of strengths and weaknesses.


Know this... things can change for the better, and the hard stuff is real.


Firstly, have compassion for yourself.


Secondly, know that you are not alone.


And thirdly, if you'd like support and guidance, reach out for help.


That may be me or another person.


To support you, I am offering a special -- $99 for a Writing Process Assessment in January 2023.


Go here to pay and book a time:


https://calendly.com/bethbarany/writing-process-assessment?month=2023-01

 

Where do you get your ideas? One simple strategy to keep the creativity flowing {Webinar}riend Shannon Borg will be exploring this topic and teaching a meditation to support the creative process in this free workshop, Saturday, December 10th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Pacific.My friend Shannon Borg will be exploring this topic and teaching a meditation to support the creative process in this free workshop, Saturday, December 10th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Pacific

My friend Shannon Borg will be exploring this topic and teaching a meditation to support the creative process in this free workshop, Saturday, December 10th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Pacific.


Sign up and you'll get the replay, even if you can't attend live.



https://www.shannonborg.com/blog/where-do-you-get-your-ideas


Shannon's material is always interesting and useful! I've co-taught with her and enjoy her insight and humanness. Enjoy!


♥️


Have a happy and creative week.



Best,

Beth


PS. A few spots are open in our group coaching program that includes discerning, tailored 1-1 support for the way you work. This is for you if you've finished your first draft and want to create a beta reader reader draft that you're proud of and you're excited to share with the world. Go here for all the details.


Early Enrollment for 2023 has now started. Enroll by Dec. 16, 2022, and get some cool bonuses.


PPS. If I can be of support through my 1-1 sessions, our group program, or one of our self-study courses, I'm happy to be of service.


You can also book a Discovery call if you're not sure which one of my offerings is ideal for you here.




Beth Barany
Creativity Coach for Writers

Teacher, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
http://bethbarany.com/


I not only teach and coach novelists, I am one too! 


Author of *Magical Tales of Romance, Mystery, and Adventure*
http://author.bethbarany.com/

___________________________


How To Write The Future podcast


The How to Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to create optimistic stories because when we vision what is possible, we help make it so. Sign up today for your Story Success Clinic session and get promo for your books.


FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE


♥️


Tis the season! Need some Christmas fun sweet paranormal romance reads?

Then check out my short Hallmark-like romances here!


💫


Sci-fi murder mysteries!

If you're in the mood for what one reviewer calls "an intriguing blend of mystery, sci-fi, and romance elements" the check out my sci-fi investigator series" here.


⚔️


YA Action adventure epic fantasy!

"... very satisfying to read about a girl heroine fighting the good fight."

Read the Henrietta The Dragon Slayer series here!



Hi, I'm Beth Barany, fiction writing teacher, creativity coach, and novelist.


Here's my ABOUT:

Beth Barany is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy novelist, and certified creativity coach for writers, and runs the podcast, How To Write The Future.

She specializes in helping writers experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers. 
Her courses are packed with useful hands-on information that you can implement right away. Her transformational consulting sessions help you step into the author life you want with ease and joy.


She runs an online school for fiction writers, including a 12-month group coaching program to help them develop an editing practice and get published. 


More resources on publishing, book marketing, and novel writing are on her blog, for and by creative writers, Writer's Fun Zone
When she's not helping writers, Beth writes magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives. 


For fun, Beth loves walking her hilly neighborhood, puttering in her garden, and watching YouTube videos about the space industry. Beth lives in Oakland, California with her husband, Ezra Barany, also a novelist, and their cats. 

Here be the legalese: In connection with the operation of this newsletter and business, Creativity Sparks includes affiliate links to trusted partners. 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. Thus endth the legalese.

live in the territory of Huichin, part of the stolen land of the Chochenyo Muwekma Ohlone, the successors of the historic and sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County.


*

I stand with people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom from oppression and the right to self-determine.


No longer want to receive these writing and publishing tips? I totally understand. Blessings on your path. 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 3,800+ people who enjoy these tips each week -- and I'm sure that's not your intention.