Writing is hard work.
Don’t laugh.
Writers may not move mountains, literally, but we often do so with our minds. To be a successful writer, you need to write. To write, you need to conquer obstacles and writing blocks that arise. And you need to do that quickly.
USA Today bestselling author Kelly McClymer is here to help with her podcast Hack Your Muse. Find the right hack to bust your block and get back to writing without delay.
Today’s guest is Beth Ann Erickson. Beth is a writer and publisher, so she’s seen the muse from both sides.
Transcript: Beth Ann Erickson
00:00 Welcome Muse Hackers, you’re listening to the Hack Your Muse podcast with Kelly McClymer. Our mission is to help you discover your muse, and write what you want, when you want, and how you want. Today’s guest is Beth Ann Erickson.
01:50 First question When you hear the term writing muse, what do you think?
05:00 When did your muse decide to come back? There was so much work to be done. Just the idea of the muse being absent is terrifying.
09:53 Did it change your nonfiction? Duh, I wrote a book about it. No one ever talks about maintenance, it’s not just ‘be positive.’
14:20 Losing your muse changes you a lot, it will take time to come back. Stephen King was in an accident that changed him in similar ways. Keep humor in dark times.
20:00 Society needs storytellers. The world needs storytellers. Go write your story now.
22:40 What’s your number #1 go to hack when you’re feeling avoidant?
24:20 Find Beth’s nonfiction filbertpublishing.com for a monthly newsletter and writer resources for free. And find her fiction at baerickson.com
If you love this podcast and want to support it with real dollars and cents, I have the perfect course for you on teachable. Meet Your Muse is a minicourse that will show you how to unleash the power of your muse while at the same time reining in some of her most creativity crushing bad habits. If you spend more time thinking about writing than actually writing, Meet Your Muse can help you turn that around. Once you’ve met your muse, you will have the keys to creating the most productive writing sessions ever, even if you only have 10 minutes a day to write.
Remember one page a day, 250 words, equals 364 pages to 90,000 words. That could be two short books, or one good-sized book, or five or six or more short stories, articles, or blog posts. Isn’t that worth $20 in two hours or less of your time? The best perk, you will be supporting this podcast to continue seeking out the best muse hacking writers around and sharing that wisdom with you for free.
To sign up for Meet Your Muse, go to hack–your–muse.teachable.com, that’s hack–your–muse.teachable.com. Thanks, see you next week!
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