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UNBLOCKED: How to Tell a Different Story
In this conversation, Anne Hawley is pleased to welcome L. L. Kirchner and her program Unblocked: How to Tell a Different Story. LL is an award winning screenwriter and the author of two memoirs, including her brand new one, Blissful Thinking: A Memoir of Overcoming the Wellness Revolution.
She's a book critic, essayist, and reporter. LL, or Lisa, as she is sometimes known, was a story coach for The Moth. This is a New York City nonprofit group that presents storytelling events, and that's going to come into our conversation here in a few minutes.
As a live on-air guest with the Home Shopping Network, she coaches people one-on-one on public speaking.
Her newest memoir was just released in October 2023: Blissful Thinking: A Memoir of Overcoming the Wellness Revolution.
Join her mailing list at llkirchner.com.
The Story You Tell Yourself
Grab and pen and paper as join Sue Campbell walks you through how to persist with your writing career through the story you tell yourself. We’ll unpack the harmful stories you’ve been telling yourself, how to loosen their grip, and how to tell yourself a new story that can get you to your goals.
Sue Campbell is an author, mindset coach and book marketer who has helped hundreds of writers, from newbies to bestsellers, transform their inhibitive mindset around marketing and realize their full potential as authors. Her clients have exponentially increased their email lists and book sales, landed articles in prestigious publications such as The New York Times, done guest spots on popular podcasts and more.
She is also a certified life coach through the Life Coach School. Learn more about her at http://pagesandplatforms.com.
Addressing Imposter Syndrome (and more)
Join national best-selling author and writing coach Jennifer Louden and Sue Campbell in conversation about how to neutralize imposter syndrome, manage fear by supporting your nervous system so you can calm down and write, writing with neurodiversity and more.
JEN LOUDEN wanted to be Harriet the Spy when she was eight, an enlightened master when she was twelve, and a brilliant comedy writer when she was twenty-two. She penned her first bestseller, The Woman’s Comfort Book in 1992. She’s the author of eight additional books including The Woman’s Retreat Book and Why Bother? She has coached writers since 2001 because she struggled so mightily to become a successful author. She;s currently writing a contemporary fantasy with a cli-fi angle.
Empowering Marginalized Voices
Please join award-winning author Kesha Ajose-Fisher in conversation with Sue Campbell about how writers from traditionally marginalized groups can stay true to their writing voice and get their stories into the world.
Kesha Ajose Fisher was born in Chicago and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She now lives in Oregon with her family. Kesha's debut collection of fictional stories, No God Like the Mother, focuses on the lives and realities of women who've been tasked with holding up the sky all the while the world whispers, "You're doing it wrong." No God Like the Mother won the 2020 Oregon book award for fiction and the Phoenix Literary Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for short fiction. It was rereleased in 2023 by Forest Avenue Press. Her writing has been published in several online and print collections and in such publications as Multicultural Familia magazine and the Alchemy Literary magazine, and twice in Beyond Black and White magazine. Kesha is committed to fighting for social justice and her dedication to this cause can be seen in everything she does. She works in social services, is a vocal advocate for immigrants and refugees, and she champions equality and education while opposing the poverty that plagues humanity.
Writing With ADHD: The Tools, Not Rules, Approach
Rachelle Ramirez shares a simple, three-step model for determining which "expert" writing rules and advice will work best for you.
Rachelle is a developmental editor, master's level counselor, certified ADHD coach, one of the world’s foremost experts on Story Types, and co-host of The Happily Ever Author Club and the Write Anyway Summit. She co-wrote The Pages and Platforms Guide to Story and numerous online masterclasses for writers with fellow developmental editor, Anne Hawley. Rachelle's forthcoming book is The ADHD Writer: From Frustrated to Focused to Finished. Learn more about Rachelle and her developmental editing services at rachelleramirez.com.
Harnessing Fear to Fuel Your Writing
Welcome Sage Cohen to this session of the Write Anyway Summit, to help us all harness our fears to fuel our writing.
Sage is the author of The Productive Writer, Fierce on the Page, and Writing the Life Poetic, all from Writer's Digest Books, and numerous other books and workbooks for writers. Her online community,. WE WRITE, supports poets and writers to write more, write better, and come alive. As a coach, instructor and developmental editor, Sage focuses on helping each writer cultivate their unique strengths to become the optimal instrument of their craft. You can visit Sage at sagecohen.com/we-write.
Mental Health & Neurodivergence
In this session of Pages and Platform's Write Anyway Summit, Gabriela Pereira is in converstation with Sue Campbell, talking about writing with neurodivergence and mental health challenges.
Gabriela Pereira is the founder of diymfa.com, the do-it-yourself alternative to a master's degree in writing. She's also a speaker, podcast host for DIYMFA Radio, and author of the book DIYMFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build Your Community.
Structuring Memoir to Elicit Emotion
Josh Mohr, teacher, editor, memoirist, novelist and screenwriter, talks about how to structure your memoir to make your readers really feel something, using this addiction memoir and family drama, Model Citizen, as a guide.
JOSHUA MOHR is the author of the novels "Termite Parade," an Editors' Choice on The New York Times Best Seller List, and "Some Things that Meant the World to Me," one of O Magazine's Top 10 reads of 2009 and a SF Chronicle best-seller. His most recent novel is "Damascus" about which the New York Times said:
"The author's jaunty voice [is] Beat-poet cool...Mohr nails the atmosphere of a San Francisco still breathing in the smoke that lingers from the days of Jim Jones and Dan White, a time when passionate ideologies and personal dysfunction intermingled and combusted."
Mohr teaches in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco and has published numerous short stories and essays in publications such as The New York Times Book Review, 7×7, the Bay Guardian, ZYZZYVA, The Rumpus, among many others. Please visit him at joshuamohr.net.
Fearless Writing
This session of the Write Anyway Summit, Anne Hawley interviews William Kenower about the central theme of his work: fearless writing.
Bill is the author of Everyone Has What it Takes: a Writer's Guide to the End of Self-Doubt; Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence; and Write Within Yourself: An Author's Companion. He is also the editor in chief of Author Magazine. In addition to his books, he's been published in the New York Times, Writers' Digest; Edible Seattle, Parent Map; and he has been a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. He also hosts the popular podcasts Author2Author and Fearless Writing With Bill Kenower. You can find him at williamkenower.com.
The Creative Dichotomy:Balancing Your Inner Muse and Scribe
Anne Janzer is a nonfiction book coach and the author of multiple award winning books on writing, including The Writer's Process, Writing to be Understood, and her newest, Writer's Voice.
She is fascinated by the science and mystery of writing and is always searching for clues to better communication. You can find her books and blog posts at annejanzer.com.
Unleash Your Writing: Using Tarot to Deepen the Creative Process
Writing coach Meg Hayertz is in conversation with Anne Hawley exploring how Tarot can help you spur your creativity.
Meg Hayertz (she/her, they/them), author of Tarot for Beginners (Althea Press), believes creating is an act of listening. As the founder of Creative Momentum, she helps writers, artists, performers and academics unlock creative blocks, deepen their inspiration and finish their project. She holds an MFA in Writing and Consciousness from California Institute of Integral Studies. Her fiction has appeared in The Louisville Review and VoiceCatcher, among others, she is an alum of Lit Camp, and she has been interviewed in LitHub. Also, she believes in you.
When Editing is Your Challenge
Developmental editor Anne Hawley offers you some tips for editing your own manuscript. Many writers get stuck at this stage.
Over the past seven years, Anne has worked with hundreds of fiction authors on a wide range of story types and genres, and many of them have been confused and desperate, knowing something isn't quite working in their story, but flummoxed by conflicting expert advice. Anne shares that the majority of manuscript problems fall into a few clear categories.
Writing with Dyslexia: Surviving the “Superpower”
Whether or not you're dyslexic (or neurodivergent), we could all do with more strategies for reading, writing and being more productive! Published author, game writer and CEO/Founder of World Anvil (the worldbuilding & novel writing platform with 2.5 MILLION users), Janet Forbes, shares her favorite tools, method & strategies for writing more, reading more, and generally getting more stuff done!
Why not create a free World Anvil account, to see how it might help you? It was created for all authors, but especially dyslexic and neurodivergent ones! :)
Untangling Workshop: Get Unstuck With Your Writing w/ London Writers' Salon
Feeling stuck on a particular plot point, story arc, or character? Or getting tangled up on your creative project? Use this interactive “Untangling Session” to help you get unstuck and find forward movement.
Lindsey Trout Hughes is a writer and theater maker. Her essays have appeared in Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Rumpus, and Catapult, where she writes Ghost Light, a quarterly column about theater, intimacy, and longing. Her craft essay for Catapult about bringing acting techniques to exploratory writing is being taught at DePaul University. She is at work on her first book, a memoir. She is also a ghostwriter, copywriter, and developmental editor. She is an Assistant Books Editor at Barrelhouse and part of the team at the London Writers' Salon.
Giving Yourself Permission
Join Sue Campbell in conversation with bestselling author KJ dell'Antonia talking about the common obstacles writers face and giving yourself permission to make time for your writing.
KJ is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels The Chicken Sisters and In Her Boots explore the same themes she once explored as a journalist. She's also the former editor of the New York Times Motherlode blog and the co-host of the #AmWriting podcast and a passionate bookstagrammer @KJDA.
Her newest book is Playing the Witch Card, available now.
Your Author Mission
In this session, Megan Haskell and Greta Boris of The Author Wheel will help you find clarity, focus, and purpose in your writing by creating an Author Mission Statement and Tagline.
Together, Megan Haskell and Greta Boris are the Author Wheel, publishers of books, courses, and a podcast designed to help writers find strategies to keep their stories rolling. They believe there is no single correct way to produce, publish, or promote your books, only what works for you. Their three-step process— clarify, simplify, and implement—will reveal your unique path to publishing success.
Caring for the Creator: Self-Care Practices for Authors
Join international award winning and USA Today bestselling author Jessica Cage for a conversation with Sue Campbell about the why and hows of self-care for authors.
Jessica Cage is an International Award Winning and USA Today Bestselling Author of speculative fiction and urban fantasy novels. Publishing since 2010, Jessica made a name for herself in Indie publishing through consistent efforts and organic growth of her platform. The author of 35 fiction novels and 18 short stories published in different anthologies, she continues to produce stories that give representation to marginalized communities in fantasy landscapes. Learn more at https://www.jessicacage.com/
Family Matters: The Ethics, Challenges, and Rewards of Writing About Family
Writing a family memoir is tricky territory that can lock you up as a writer. Join bestsellling author and memoirist Laura Davis to learn what to consider when writing about family and why it’s important to write that memoir anyway, whether or not you publish it.
Laura Davis is the author of six non-fiction books, including The Courage to Heal: For Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, The Courage to Heal Workbook, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be and I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: The Road from Estrangement to Reconciliation. Her groundbreaking books have been translated into 11 languages and sold more than 1.8 million copies.
Laura’s latest book (and first memoir),The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story, tells the story of her dramatic and tumultuous relationship with her mother from a much more dramatic, intimate, and personal point of view.
In the course of her long career as a communicator, Laura been a columnist, a talk show host, and a radio news reporter. Her other passion—aside from writing—is teaching and encouraging others to write. Learn more at LauraDavis.net
An Exploration of Your Publishing Options Because Publishing Your Book Can Feel Scary Too!
Join Brooke Warner of She Writes Press as she helps you explore your publishing options to reduce fear of the unknown.
Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, president of Warner Coaching Inc., and author of Write On, Sisters!, Green-light Your Book, What's Your Book?, and three books on memoir. Brooke is a TEDx speaker, weekly podcaster (of “Write-minded” with co-host Grant Faulkner of NaNoWriMo), and the former Executive Editor of Seal Press. She writes a regular column for Publishers Weekly.
Identifying Core Values & Branding Our Writing
If you’re stymied about what to write and how to position yourself, join Venchele Saint Dic, the founder of Pathway Coaching, as she explores who your core values can help you overcome obstacles to your writing and marketing.
Venchele Saint Dic is the author of Journey to Redemption and Faith in the Amazon Best-selling book Passport to Self-Discovery Volume 2. Venchele is an experienced writer, editor and native French speaker, a cognate education in Public Health with over 8 years of experience. Learn more at https://pathwaycoachwriting.com.