There are some really cool writing support tools out in the world. One type I see often are websites and apps that auto-generate writing for you. In this week’s episode, I get curious about whether this kind of tool is a friend or foe in your writing journey. Here is a sneak peak at some…

I share a lot about how you can work with my team and I to get your amazing non-fiction personal growth and/or business strategy book out in the world. In today’s episode I decided to really break down what that program, the Embodied Writing Mastermind looks like. I describe our 3 core elements of the…

I get a LOT of ads about professing claims like…“I wrote my book in a weekend and now I want to share my simple template for you to do the same!” OR “My clients write their books in 36.2 hours on average and you can do the same.” I don’t know about you, but I’m sick…

“Is it good?”…“Just tell me what to fix.” These are often the ways we’ve learned to ask for feedback on our writing. Yet, neither of these requests are very helpful when writing your book. In this week’s episode, I break down 4 powerful types of writing feedback to ask based on the stage of writing you…

When we are writing, we are often sharing things we’ve said before or written before. We are writing things we teach over and over. We write stories and experiences that we’ve shared before. Then, when we go to revise and edit our words, it can be difficult to really “see” whether our words are landing…

We’ve all heard the phrase “show don’t tell.” But what do we really mean by it? In this episode, I share: a brief history of the phrase how the heck it became so popular the myth around this technique that we often miss as writer how to apply this to non-fiction writing You’ll walk away…

If you have ever wondered how to even get started with your writing, then this episode is going to demystify and debunk some of the common ways we’ve learned to start a piece of writing. In this episode you’ll learn: how starting at the “beginning” keeps you stuck a powerful technique called “focused free writing”…

Do you struggle with time management? How about managing your time to write your book? Today’s special guest is Richie Norton, award-winning author and serial entrepreneur, whose latest book Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results With the Power of Time Tipping will give you a whole new perspective on (un)managing your time….

I always talk about the power of sharing your words with the world in a book. In this episode, I switch gears and talk about how writing can be a tool to process heavy sh*t you may be experiencing anytime. If you are like me, the recent events of Roe vs Wade and other social,…

Many of us think our writing needs to take readers somewhere, and needs to help them think or feel a certain way. In this episode of The Written Compass, I share how this thinking can easily keep you stuck and not writing… the very opposite of your book writing goals! I provide you with some…