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| In case you missed it! I was *just* a novelist... đź’–
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February 28, 2020
Oakland, CA
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| | My life changed the day I learned how to talk about myself as a novelist.
Up to that point, I felt overwhelmed, tiny, and invisible.
I was *just* a novelist -- nobody special -- even though I had worked my butt off to write a good novel -- all that sweat, tears, and so many rewrites.
But here I was faced with writing something that I could use in a bio and that I could say to people when they asked me, "What do you write?"
And I froze.
I didn't know how to answer that.
Yet intellectually, I knew I could do this daunting task: talk about myself as a novelist.
My job as a writer was, after all, to string words together.
I had learned in entrepreneur training how to craft a pithy one-sentence for my coaching/teaching business.
So I took a deep breath, put on my writer's hat, picked up my special pen and precious journal and dove in...
I drafted lots of author branding statements, in the method I share below.
I sucked at it big time.
But I kept drafting new ones and testing it on fellow writers, friends, and patient loved ones until I found the ones I love and use today.
What learned in facing my fear in sharing with the world
my novelist self is that...
#1... My fear was real. Sharing my fiction felt like sharing a tender part of my soul in public. And that was, and sometimes still is, scary.
#2... No one ever taught me how. So it is natural that I didn't already know how to share my novelist self in public in a way that attracts people to my work. Just the same way it was natural I didn't know how to do the same for my business. Until I learned how.
#3... {Deep breath}... Yes, marketing can be fun.... The exercise I came up with to attract my readers and share who I am as an author was fun to create and experiment with. Who knew?
Moving forward, I wanted to share how simple it can be to create your own Author Branding Statement -- just one simple sentence that can convey so much and do the work of a lengthy conversation.
Are you ready to take the plunge and attract your right readers and write your author branding statement?
Then, go here to read my guest post on how to craft your very own author branding statement.
Attract Your Readers: 4 Steps to Your Author Branding Statement
... and if you'd like to go deeper, check out the Branding For Novelists self-paced course here:
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| Have a happy and creative week! Happy writing, editing, creating!
Best,
Beth
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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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