Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers How to Pace Your Novel with Ines Johnson
Episode 157 / Romance author, screenwriter, and educator Ines Johnson joins us to talk about why pacing is so important when crafting your novel as well as self care, direct sales, and her new podcast, Ines Johnson is Having a Breakdown.
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Show notes:
- How Ines rescheduled her time to include self care
- Her best business lesson: selling direct
- How Ines uses Facebook ads to reach new readers with her direct sales
- Using a print omnibus for direct sales
- Why mistakes are “little gifts” because we can learn from them
- How Ines took her knowledge as a screenwriter and created the Page Turner Pacing course
- The most important thing authors need to know about pacing
- How genre a pacing gives you guide rails and teaches rules
- You're doing a podcast too. Tell us about how that's going and why you're doing a podcast in addition to the course.
Author website and other links mentioned:
Ines Johnson is Having a Breakdown Podcast: https://ineswrites.com/breakdown/
Episode 99: Ines Johnson on Happiness, the Surprising Benefits of Failing, and Tips to Organize Your Writing Life: https://wishidknownforwriters.com/99-2/
Episode 145: Becca Mysoor, the Fairy Plot-Mother, on Collaboration https://wishidknownforwriters.com/145-2/
Buzzcast Podcast: https://buzzcast.buzzsprout.com
Pirate Ship: PirateShip.com
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