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How to Re-Launch a Book Six Years Later

Your 2020 book isn't dead. It's buried. Here's the three-week re-launch playbook — cover, metadata, sprint.

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Toolkits Are For When You Don’t Have Time to Be Inspired

Toolkits aren't workbooks. They're tactical packs for the 11 p.m. emergency. Here's the library by writing issue, paired ...

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Inside the Block Breakers Master Course

Inside Block Breakers — 12 weeks, 8 modules, the Thursday office hour, and the writer who finished 60k ...

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How to Bribe Your Way Past a Stuck Scene

Forty-seven tiny, undignified tricks for the scene that refuses to move. None of them are graceful. All of ...

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What If the Block Is the Plot Talking?

Block isn't always fear. Sometimes it's your story telling you the next move is wrong. Here's how to ...

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Discipline Is a Toddler Routine, Not a Personality

Discipline isn't a personality trait. It's a toddler routine you give yourself. Here's how to build the boring ...

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Your Inner Critic Has the Vocabulary of a Bored Aunt

Your inner critic is not an editor. It's a bored aunt with a small vocabulary. Here's how to ...

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Podcasters, Stop Saying ‘Um’ Like It’s a Crime

You're editing yourself into a sterile bot voice. Some 'ums' belong. Here's the texture edit that keeps the ...

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The ISBN Is Not the Hard Part

ISBNs are not the hard part. Here's the boring checklist for self-pub mechanics — and the parts that ...

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Course Creators, Your Module 4 Is Where People Quit. Including You.

Module 4 is where students quit. It's also where you quit building. Here's the structural fix that re-engages ...

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Why Beta Readers Are Free But Cost You Everything

Seven friends, seven shrugs. Here's the Maven beta reader profile — and the firm rule that protects the ...

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Educators, Your Lesson Plan Has No Stakes

Your lesson plan has no stakes, which is why slide three lost them. Here's the hook-stakes-payoff that turns ...

Tag: format-toolkit

How to Re-Launch a Book Six Years Later

Toolkits Are For When You Don’t Have Time to Be Inspired

Inside the Block Breakers Master Course

How to Bribe Your Way Past a Stuck Scene

What If the Block Is the Plot Talking?

Discipline Is a Toddler Routine, Not a Personality

Your Inner Critic Has the Vocabulary of a Bored Aunt

Podcasters, Stop Saying ‘Um’ Like It’s a Crime

The ISBN Is Not the Hard Part

Course Creators, Your Module 4 Is Where People Quit. Including You.

Why Beta Readers Are Free But Cost You Everything

Educators, Your Lesson Plan Has No Stakes

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