by Stephanie Dethlefs | May 23, 2023 | Book Coaching, First Draft, How to write a novel, Mindset, Planning your book, Plot development, writing craft
If you are writing your novel at all, you are doing it right. There is no “right” way to write a novel…so please stop searching for it. Transcript: Stephanie (00:06):Hello Writers. Now, some of you may have heard me talk before about the debacle that was our first few...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Apr 19, 2023 | Book Coaching, How to write a novel, Inner critic, Mindset, writing life
Writers, we tell ourselves some things that aren’t true. Here’s what they are and – more importantly – some steps to reframe them so that we can meet our writing goals. Transcript: Stephanie (00:06):Hello writers. Today I wanted to share with you eight...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Apr 18, 2023 | Accountability, Book Coaching, Inner critic, Mindset, writing life, Writing schedule
“It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself.” – author Zadie Smith One of my favorite memories of my oldest is when she decided that she wanted to learn to cross the monkey bars on the playground....
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Apr 4, 2023 | Book Coaching, First Draft, How to write a novel, Inner critic, Mindset, writing life
Throughout my life, a particular question has plagued me. Whether I was… 🧍12 years old, at a birthday party, or 🧍17 years old, walking in the halls of my high school, or 🧍26 years old, in a new town for graduate school, or 🧍30 years old, in front of a classroom, or...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Feb 1, 2023 | First Draft, How to write a novel, Mindset, Planning your book, Plot development
There is this pervasive idea that there are two ways to write a novel: either you plan it all out or you wing it. And what’s worse: both camps think the other way is wrong. This frustrates me to no end, because the truth is there is no “right” way to...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Jan 11, 2023 | Accountability, Mindset, writing life, Writing schedule
A lot of people will say that you have to write every day for a certain amount of time in order to be an effective writer. I just don’t think that’s true. I know that you can meet your writing goals with a schedule that fits YOUR life, even if it is full...
