On this week’s episode of Enneagram IRL, we meet with Mary Adkins, a writing coach and founder of The Book Incubator, a 12-month program to write, revise, and pitch your novel or memoir. She is author of the novels When You Read This (Indie Next Pick, “Best Book of 2019” by Good Housekeeping and Real Simple), Privilege (Today.com “Best Summer Read,” New York Post “Best Book of the Week”), and Palm Beach (recently named one of the New York Post’s “Best Books of 2021”). Her books have been published in 13 countries, and her essays and reporting have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Slate, and more.

A graduate of Yale Law School and Duke University, she helps aspiring authors finish their books with joy and clarity.

You can apply for The Book Incubator here: https://www.thebookincubator.com/

🔗 Connect with Mary!

💻 https://maryadkinswriter.com/

📷 Instagram: @adkinsmary

🎙️Podcast: The First Draft Club

🎥Youtube: @maryadkins

🔗 Connect with Steph!

💻 https://ninetypes.co/

📷 Instagram: @ninetypesco

🎥Youtube: @stephbarronhall

Here are the key takeaways:

Typing as an Enneagram Three
Mary’s journey from lawyer to writer
Patience and rejection as an Enneagram Three
The finished, published product— what’s it like?
Discussing a Type Three approach to loss and life
Working with different Enneagram Types
Mary’s goal-setting process for writing
How to connect with Mary

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Palm Beach: A Summer Beach Read by Mary Adkins
Expressive writing, according to research by James Pennebaker
Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Leaving a Career in Law to Follow Her Novelist Dreams as an Enneagram 3 with Mary Adkins