Episodes
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Episode 40: Best Revision Tip... Make the Familiar Strange
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…
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Episode 39: What Does “Show Don’t Tell” Mean?
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…
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Episode 38: How to Begin?
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…
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Episode 37: Richie Norton -- Anti-Time Management & Book Magnets
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…
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Episode 36: Writing to Heal
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…
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Episode 35: You Don’t Have To Have The Answers
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…
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Episode 34: Punctuation I Love
When you think of punctuation, do you roll your eyes and sigh? Do you just see it as a necessary part of writing? Whatever your views and relationship with punctuation, this…
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Episode 33: What is Your Author Platform?
"I know I need to build a platform before I publish." Have you made this statement before? I had a recent client talk about this as the one thing that was keeping her from really…
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Episode 32: A Conversation with Dr. Kemeshia Swanson on Letters to Parents, Black Women in Literature, and the Freedom of Writing
In this episode, I am joined by my former colleague and current book editor, Dr. Kemeshia Swanson. Dr. Swanson is an amazing college professor of English, focusing on her love of…
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Episode 31: Writing To Dismantle Oppression
I started this podcast to create a space for inspiration, education, and activation of powerful new narratives in the world of business and life from heart-centered folks just…
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Episode 30: You Are Never Out of Ideas
What do I write about? I used to get this question every time I introduced a new writing assignment to my undergraduate and graduate students. And, I always did the same thing–I…
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Episode 29: Writing Challenge: How to Create Your Own
When you are a business owner, it’s sometimes difficult to come up with content day after day, email after email, post after post. The same is true when you are a business owner…