Pick the Brain of a Bestselling Author with Laura Munson
Bestselling author Laura Munson participates in an open “pick my brain” session where she fields questions on marketing, writing groups, revisions, and more. Her advice comes back to three words: be playful, curious, and kind. Get a free journal writing practice and more from Laura at https://lauramunson.com/resources/
00:33 Welcome and introduction of Laura Munson
05:07 How do you know when a piece is finished?
10:15 Marketing and publicity: what falls on the author now
15:03 Writing groups, and whether publishing gets you into a “club”
19:09 Too drained to write? Keeping the writer and editor apart
24:08 Building a long career: ego, rejection, and money
30:12 Spiritual themes for teen readers without preaching
37:52 When you’re unmotivated: “low tide” and the companion journal
43:10 When each revision becomes a different story
49:54 Revising without a writing group or critique partners
53:14 Show versus tell, and the “wise narrator” in memoir
57:20 Laura’s free resources and closing comments