by Stephanie Dethlefs | Sep 21, 2023 | Planning your book
“My book is a lot of genres. I can’t pick just one.” This is something I heard recently in a writing workshop. Now, I know where this person was coming from. There was romance, history, and a little magic in their book, so how were they to specify just one genre? But...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Sep 14, 2023 | Audience, Planning your book
Have you ever read a book that felt like it was written just for you? Like the writer could practically see into your soul? It feels like suddenly everything has become aligned. You learn something you’ve been needing. You gain a new perspective. You feel validated...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Sep 7, 2023 | Audience, Character Development, How to write a novel, Mindset, Planning your book, writing life
Is it good enough? Am I writing it well? Does it make any sense? Will anyone want to read it? These are just some of the questions that arise from the uncertainty that all of us writers feel from time to time. Or daily. (Is that just me?) A lot of the uncertainty we...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | Jun 15, 2023 | Book Coaching, How to write a novel, Inner critic, Mindset, Planning your book, writing craft, writing life
Writers get stuck while writing novels. This is true for ALL of us. The trick is to identify why you’re stuck so that you can take intentional steps to fix the problem and move forward with your writing. In this episode, we talk about some strategies to get yourself...
by Stephanie Dethlefs | May 25, 2023 | Book Coaching, Books for Writers, First Draft, How to write a novel, Planning your book, writing craft
In this video, I share a collection of books to help you expand your descriptive vocabulary and enrich the inner and outer lives of your characters. Grab the books! Writers Helping Writers bookstore Transcript: Stephanie (00:06):Hello writers. Welcome to the third...
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...
