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Writing Tips: Three Ways to Become a Better Writer

June 8, 2020 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Writing tips help writers write better. A few years ago, I wrote a blog on the four key ingredients writers should incorporate and become a better writer. Today, I'm going to discuss three additional tips you can consider when telling your story: Write what you like to read. Write daily. Write with ... Read More

Filed Under: Monday Musings, Uncategorized Tagged With: author, authors, blog, bloggers, fiction, genre, non-fiction, speaker, speakers, writers, writing, writing tips

Sharing Your Story At The Right Time

May 19, 2020 by Peter Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Sharing Your Story It doesn't matter if you write the perfect book or the most captivating speech, if you don't share your story with the right people at the right time, you will not see the optimum success. Sharing your story to the relevant audience is crucial if you want to make more money and ... Read More

Filed Under: #TuesdayTip, Uncategorized Tagged With: author, coaching, speaker, tip, writers, writing

Knowing Your Audience is Key to Business Survival

April 21, 2020 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Audience: a group of listeners or spectators; a group of ardent admirers or devotees. Knowing your audience is key to your business' survival. Whether it's your book, your course, your coaching program... Today, I'm discussing why knowing your ideal audience is key to making your book your ... Read More

Filed Under: Monday Musings, Uncategorized Tagged With: audience, authors, avatar, books, Facebook, Instagram, linkedin, professionals, Twitter, writers

What makes a good book?

February 25, 2020 by Peter Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

  What makes a good book? It's a question many authors ask themselves. There are many factors which influence the overall quality of a book, but today let's focus on the content of your book. Change the question to what stories/experiences/ideas make a good book. Become CLEAR on your message Over ... Read More

Filed Under: #TuesdayTip Tagged With: authors, business, children's book, entrepreneur, memoir, writers, writing

Recognizing and dealing with analysis paralysis

February 21, 2020 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Analysis paralysis (or paralysis by analysis) describes an individual or group process when over-analyzing or overthinking a situation can cause forward motion or decision-making to become "paralyzed," meaning no solution or course of action is decided upon. At some point, everyone experiences ... Read More

Filed Under: Business, Monday Musings, Uncategorized Tagged With: analysis paralysis, anxiety, authors, business startup, confusion, mindset, options, perfection, strategy, writers

A holistic approach to life and business: 2020 and turning the Big 60

January 6, 2020 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Coaching, creating, and educating through a holistic approach Where to start? First, Happy New Year; it's 2020! As a child, a teenager, and a young adult I remember thinking about the year 2020 and how I'd turn the big 60! What would my life look like? Well, it's here and I don't feel 60 (or what I ... Read More

Filed Under: Monday Musings Tagged With: 2020, authors, balance, business, health, holistic, life, speakers, writers

Just Like Your Car, Your Writing Requires Tune-Ups

August 28, 2019 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

Why You Shouldn't Tune Up Your Own Writing If you want your writing to be the best it can be, writing requires tune-ups (rewrites, drafts...). We'd all like to think we can proof our writing or Aunt Sally can because she "likes to read" or you wrote the document so you can edit your work. In ... Read More

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Your Manuscript Draft is Completed; What’s Next?

May 1, 2018 by Colleen Wietmarschen Leave a Comment

  From Manuscript Draft to Published Book! It was fun being a guest expert on "The Write Hour Podcast" talking with Joyce Glass about the important steps to consider once your manuscript is written. There's a lot of steps in order to turn it into a professionally published book! Joyce and I ... Read More

Filed Under: Authors, Book, Coaching, Consulting, Editing, Marketing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: authors, copyediting, editing, Expert, Guest, Interview, manuscript, podcast, Proofing, Self-Editing, speakers, The Write Hour, writers

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