Subject: Get Started on Planning Your Novel + Writing an Unlikeable Protagonist

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Get Started on Planning Your Novel + Writing an Unlikeable Protagonist

18 August 2017
Oakland, CA

Hi Friend,

I'm deep in edits of my science fiction mystery novel, book 1 of a 4-book series I've written. The editing has taken over my consciousness. I feel like I'm a mechanic with my hands deep in the engine and grease up to my elbows.

You know what I mean? How is your writing going? Hit reply and let me know your metaphor for how you're writing is going for you.

We're gearing up to run our 4th Annual Plan Your Novel course October 1-31, and in anticipation, I'm excited to announce that our upcoming free Plan Your Novel Party & Giveaway is open for sign ups here. Hope you'll join us. And please, share about the party with your friends who want to work on their novels too!

This PLAN YOUR NOVEL party is useful for you if you have never written a novel, have always wanted to, and still feel lost on how to go from brilliant idea to The End, or if you always hit that sagging middle and lose focus or lose interest. 


In other news, if you're wondering how to write an unlikeable protagonist, check out the Writer's Fun Zone article on the topic by Kay Keppler.

On to something I haven't shared before...

I haven't talked much, if at all, about my business model for my writing coaching business. Mostly that's because it's been evolving and I didn't know what my model is or was becoming.

But now I have a much better idea. I help writers who want to write, market, and publish their genre novels via my home study courses, my 12-month Group Coaching Program, and 1-1 consultations.

I'd like to grow the enrollment in the school and the group coaching program. To do that, I need some help! 

I believe in trades, so I'm looking for someone to support me in editorial, specifically to review my articles before I publish them, in exchange for coaching. If you'd like to explore this trade with me and see if it's a good fit for you, please email me, so we can set up a time to talk.

♥ Happy Writing! And have a great week!

All my best,
Beth

ABOUT

Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, helping writers address overwhelm and confusion so that they can write, market, and publish their fiction. And make it fun!

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. Check out the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here.

She also writes magical tales of romance and adventure to empower women and girls to jump into life with both feet and be the heroes in their own lives. Check out her Henrietta series here (YA Fantasy) and her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).

Support her mission to empower women and girls with her fiction on Patreon here.

Read her latest book for writers, Twitter for Authors, here.

beth@bethbarany.com

Barany School of Fiction

Writer's Fun Zone blog


Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster

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