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The latest How To Write The Future podcast episode is up!

Ep. 116: Bring Improv to Your Life, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, Part 1

https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2024/09/02/bring-improv-to-your-life-interview-with-melissa-dinwiddie-part-1/

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Friday, August 30, 2024

Hi Friend,

I love the fall season here in the Northern Hemisphere.

The start of school. The snappy freshness in the air. The chance to restart again my projects with a fresh perspective.

How about you?

If you're in the Northern Hemisphere on this beautiful blue marble, how do you feel about the fall?

If you're in the Southern Hemisphere, how do you feel about the start of spring?

One thing that I absolutely adore about writing fiction is that I get to play at being all these different characters.

I get to go deep into who they are and express parts of me that are very different than who I am in daily life.

Then I also love coming back to my relatively quiet and calm life.

Then I get to take what I learned on my daily writing adventures and share them with you!

Teacher and coaching is my other passion.

I love supporting and guiding other writers step into a deep sense of satisfaction with their stories - because...

You're writing.

You're editing.

You're showing up for the creative process.

I believe in you. I believe that your stories need to be told.

If you're stuck in any way, consider bringing more improv into your life!

Guess what? Improv is the topic of conversation with my podcast, Melissa Dinwiddie.

I love bring improv into my writing and my doodles.

And do come to the fun open house, Free Discovery Night for the Writing Success Series, I'll be in on Sept. 19, soon after the start, which is 4:30pm PT.

It's a giveaway! It's a taster night to meet all us writing teachers.

Register for this free preview webinar and you're entered to win the complete series of 23 workshops worth more than $800. Lots of learning from lots of great writing teachers all focused on fiction and succeeding with your writing.

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Here's a preview of the preview -- what I'll be teaching in this Writing Success Series.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

CHARACTER TRANSFORMATION WITH THE BEATS OF YOUR STORY WITH BETH BARANY

In this hands-on workshop with master teacher and working novelist, Beth Barany, we’ll focus on crafting compelling characters and focusing specifically on character transformation and a way you can look at that through the main beats of a story.

We’ll bring the power of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) to your characters’ change arc through 5 key story beats to help make your story compelling and unputdownable.

Search for "Beth Barany" to find my training.

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On to the podcast...

Bring Improv to Your Life

“So every day after breakfast, I lead these creative catalyzing sessions, which is basically a bunch of improv games to get people laughing and moving. And people will say often that it’s their favorite part of the retreat.“

—Melissa Dinwiddie

In this episode, I interview former professional artist and trained improviser, Melissa Dinwiddie, who shares her personal journey about how she became an artist after believing she was not creative and how it changed her identity.

Together we also discuss her book, The Creative Sandbox Way.

To listen or read this episode's transcript, go here (Writer's Fun Zone):

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The How To Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the marketplace.

Enjoy!

Next in Ep. 117, I'm continuing my interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, a former professional artist and trained improviser, where we discuss the the FUN method that Melissa uses to help others creatively.

Stay tuned on How To Write The Future podcast.

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Have questions?

If you have a question about story craft, editing, publishing, or marketing, hit reply and let me know. I can answer it in a future How To Write The Future episode.

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Coming soon from Beth and Ezra!

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Happy Writing!

Best,

Beth

PS. Because you got this far. Gift! Here's my actress who is playing my character, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, in my short film. OMG! I am so excited!!!!

PPS. A fun event is coming!

I'll be a speaker at the Writing Brave Summit and I'll start sharing all about it next week.

Here's the whole title:

Sept. 24-27, 2024: "The Writing Brave Summit: Reclaim Your Creativity, Channel Your Magic, and Write the Book That’s Calling Your Name"

I'll be talking on "Mindset, Goal Setting, and Work Habits: Using NLP for Fiction Writers for Success!"

Stay tuned!

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