How can you get close to your readers?
How do you win their trust and make them believe in you?
How do you get them invested in your story?
By telling them a secret about yourself.
Make your readers into your confidants.
Reveal a hidden part of yourself through the veil of your story.
Let your guard down and so will they.
They will know it’s safe to let you in.
Then you can take them anywhere you want.
Happy Writing!
–Christa
As a digital marketing strategist who works with authors, I notice that many authors are missing a few small cogs and connections in their author platforms. A few quick fixes would make marketing easier and maximize visibility. I created this quick and easy author platform checklist to help make sure you’ve got everything covered.
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Our inaugural writing contest is closed and was a wild success!
This video message is to personally thank all our amazing participants and to let everyone know when and where to expect our announcement of the winners.
I also ask viewers, what are your biggest writing challenges? Please let me know so I can cover them in this blog and in upcoming masterclasses on LGP.
My mission for Let’s Get Published is to end the plight of the struggling writer. I want to make pursuing the dream of becoming a successful author achievable and fun.
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I was recently asked by my good friend and writing buddy, “What do you do when you have a glint of a story idea but no story around it.” (I know she’s reading this. Thank you for all the post ideas you give me!)
This cannot be an uncommon issue. I collect pages of glints as I go about living life , especially when I travel. Sometimes it’s a sense of place, a what-if question, or an interaction with a stranger.
They don’t feel like they have the potential to develop into a story, but there is some reason the mind takes note of these details. Don’t ignore them.
Here are a few things you can do to develop these bits and pieces into full stories.
As with most things in writing, the most important thing is to not overthink it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs
Happy Writing!
–Christa
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
— Franz Kafka
It’s tempting to go with the tide and try to mimic whatever is trending at the moment, but remember why you started writing.
It wasn’t to imitate others.
It was to make your own voice heard.
Shut out the noise and write about the things that excite you, the thoughts that keep you awake at night, the dreams that obsess your soul.
That’s how you will become a memorable writer.
–Christa