Lol I was totally one of those people that signed up for the mailing list for the short story, and when I received the email for the new book I opened it immediately and bought the book right away. Also I really appreciate how you keep your promise to only email when new books come out. It really did feel like the best surprise present.
Yes! John Truby was also my plotting sensei. It really helped me lay the groundwork for the first book in my series and continue on to the sequential books. I recommend it to all my writer friends at cons. Nice to see another Truby evangelist :)
The analogy of writing & driving is terrific! Also pointing out that writing is not a performance art is fantastic advice. So many writers who are struggling spend all their time second guessing their work as if someone is looking over their shoulder. Terrific interview!
Loving this author! I'm a new author and have plotted my new book the exact way she describes. Thought I was doing it wrong. Glad to know someone as successful as she is does the same thing. Makes me realize, I'm on the right path. :)
Love her! So much positive energy. Haha! Now I'm curious about her books. Sadly, I can't write as quickly as she does and out-put perfect sentences. Great points about how to use mailing lists & marketing metrics. Thanks so much for this interview. This vid's definitely worth rewatching in future. :D
I've listened to this three times now. Joanna Penna and Rachel Aaron at the same time. Whew! Thanks to both of you! I'd like to make a pitch for a genre called "overly complicated with a fine sense of humor". Those are always my favorite books.
Good show! I am still a newbie, and my writing system is in development, but my system in development is very similar to Rachel's fast writing system. Glad to know I am not the only author who is favoring the fast writing track. :-)
I had mentioned in another post about being a unique brand of author that doesn’t follow the “author rules.” One thing that Rachel mentioned was writing better because she has notes of what she is having done in the scene is another way I don’t “follow the rules”. I do have outlines for stories that need them (characters meeting and things being done on certain days) but I don’t have specific outlines for the smaller details. I tend to write with an end in mind, but the story writes itself. I add a lot of scenes that I didn’t know I was going to put in my book, for instant I wrote a tsunami scene that was never intended, but as I wrote, it just came out and works well with the scene. I am pretty sure I already mentioned in another post, but I feel this works for me....ready for the Jesse freak stuff....is that I pray before Every writing session and I believe God writes it with me....even the “non-Christian” writing.
Four years later, and this interview sticks in my mind. I had to come back to check it out. I've seen read Rachel Aaron's DFZ trilogy and the Heart Striker series, and I enjoyed them very much! She inspires me greatly 😊
Joanna, what you just said about people complaining about KDP and Amazon. I feel the same. Like anyone can publish anything in this big huge store called Amazon and make money. No qualifications, no experience needed. What are these people complaining about? There are a lot of writers who are making double the money they made in their boring day job. Others are making 10 times more.
I never said books sell automatically. I'm saying there are a bunch of authors who complain about Amazon all the time and they are given an opportunity to sell their books in this huge store and no one is asking for them to have a qualification or to have any prior experience. I know there is lots of work to do such as editing, book covers, promoting, advertising and so on but anyone can create a book in a few hours and put it on Amazon If we couldn't sell our books on Amazon anymore and reach millions of customers, we'd find it a little harder to earn money. Stop complaining about Amazon.
The girl in the glasses is totally write. I am a writing genuis, but mostly a poet with steady writing success (including award winning) and I always write my poems with already having some of the outline prepared. I pace myself when I write and I don't edit the work on the day it was 1st written. You struggle with what happens in part of your writing it is often because you do not have an outline, you didn't do a little sketch of the entire story, you don't have enough writing education. Bill Collins said becoming a better writer. One thing I want to say that quality is what matters. There is no needs to say I wrote ten books, if they are not superb, not just good. Each one of my poems make people WOW and they are speechless or want to talk on and on about how much it moved them. I care not about quantity but quality. I would rather one big bestseller book, with superb work, then bunch of books that still need work on months later, to make superb. I teach writing on my channel as well.
She said she "offered" a short story for signing up to her email list. I'd be curious as to where she offered the short. Did you do a Facebook ad? Or is there a website that's good for offering free reads in exchange for an email sign up? Please advise if anyone knows.
Joanna, I love your videos and many of them have helped me to ramp up my book sales. A loyal Creative Penn viewer, however, could get the impression that only white people write books. So, if you would ever want to do a podcast that talks about adding diversity to your books, as a black, best selling, bisexual-romance author, who has 39 audiobooks, over 200 translations, over 300 stories published and a TH-cam channel, I would love to chat. :-)
I do have a few interviews with a more diverse cast, but I know what you mean :) You're welcome to email me with more details: www.thecreativepenn.com/contact/ Thanks :)
In other words, you want to dry-beg Joanna to let you on her podcast to market your books and make more money but you'll do it by SJW shaming her on here.
Yeah, that was a pretty ugly attempt at self promotion, using someone else’s platform to simultaneously insult them. I’m surprised you even received a response, let alone such a polite one. Stick to your own TH-cam channel.
Loved writing is like driving. "What's your destination?" It's one of those things you know, but when you hear it it's like Ohhh 😲 lol thanks Joanna.
Glad it was useful :)
Excellent interview. Watched it twice - a few days apart.
Her Heartstrikers series is one of my favorite series, in a long time. I adore her.
Angie Deaver I just finished the first book! Loved it! It was so much fun
I just tried the method of writing down what's going to happen in the scene before writing the scene. Amazing!
Lol I was totally one of those people that signed up for the mailing list for the short story, and when I received the email for the new book I opened it immediately and bought the book right away. Also I really appreciate how you keep your promise to only email when new books come out. It really did feel like the best surprise present.
Fantastic :)
Another interview that I really enjoyed. It’s really helpful to hear from another’s Author experiences.
Mind dumping can be a waste of time if you have no writing education, because then the editing can become overwhelming.
Yes! John Truby was also my plotting sensei. It really helped me lay the groundwork for the first book in my series and continue on to the sequential books. I recommend it to all my writer friends at cons. Nice to see another Truby evangelist :)
The analogy of writing & driving is terrific! Also pointing out that writing is not a performance art is fantastic advice. So many writers who are struggling spend all their time second guessing their work as if someone is looking over their shoulder. Terrific interview!
Loved 2k to 10 k... but this interview was crazy informative. Thanks ladies.
Loving this author! I'm a new author and have plotted my new book the exact way she describes. Thought I was doing it wrong. Glad to know someone as successful as she is does the same thing. Makes me realize, I'm on the right path. :)
Joanna, absolutely amazing. What a great interview. I needed this.
Glad you found it useful :)
One of my favorite videos.
Oh, I used to read Rachel´s blog, I was very impressed with her triangle theory. Great interview!
BRILLIANT lecture on story / plot / character-driven writing
Glad you find it useful :)
Omg 😍❣ amazing 👏 thank you for sharing. wishing you all the best and full healing for your son...
Loved it so much listened to it twice back to back!!
She’s just so damn smart and naturally intuitive. Loved this interview.
Loved every bit of this--thanks for sharing! ❤️
Love her! So much positive energy. Haha! Now I'm curious about her books. Sadly, I can't write as quickly as she does and out-put perfect sentences. Great points about how to use mailing lists & marketing metrics. Thanks so much for this interview. This vid's definitely worth rewatching in future. :D
Thank you Joanna.. Love your channel 😍
Thank you so much!
I've listened to this three times now. Joanna Penna and Rachel Aaron at the same time. Whew! Thanks to both of you!
I'd like to make a pitch for a genre called "overly complicated with a fine sense of humor". Those are always my favorite books.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Laurel Decher lol yes to the genre suggestion
Rachel is lovely! Smart, practical and great integrity! Love the kudos she gives to hubby
Good show! I am still a newbie, and my writing system is in development, but my system in development is very similar to Rachel's fast writing system. Glad to know I am not the only author who is favoring the fast writing track. :-)
I love this honest and inspirational insight, thank you.
I had mentioned in another post about being a unique brand of author that doesn’t follow the “author rules.” One thing that Rachel mentioned was writing better because she has notes of what she is having done in the scene is another way I don’t “follow the rules”. I do have outlines for stories that need them (characters meeting and things being done on certain days) but I don’t have specific outlines for the smaller details. I tend to write with an end in mind, but the story writes itself. I add a lot of scenes that I didn’t know I was going to put in my book, for instant I wrote a tsunami scene that was never intended, but as I wrote, it just came out and works well with the scene. I am pretty sure I already mentioned in another post, but I feel this works for me....ready for the Jesse freak stuff....is that I pray before Every writing session and I believe God writes it with me....even the “non-Christian” writing.
Whatever works for you is awesome :)
Lots of great advice. Was an entertaining interview! Funny ladies!
Leave the "hermetically sealed writer cave"? LMAO! I love it!
You had me at "cyberpunk and dragons." Your book is on my to-read list!
I really enjoyed this interview. Thanks, Joanna and Rachel!
Four years later, and this interview sticks in my mind. I had to come back to check it out. I've seen read Rachel Aaron's DFZ trilogy and the Heart Striker series, and I enjoyed them very much! She inspires me greatly 😊
Really helpful, thanks
great content for plotting, thanks for the episode!
You're soooo cool girls, thanks a lot for your time...hugs from Italy
Joanna, what you just said about people complaining about KDP and Amazon. I feel the same. Like anyone can publish anything in this big huge store called Amazon and make money. No qualifications, no experience needed.
What are these people complaining about?
There are a lot of writers who are making double the money they made in their boring day job. Others are making 10 times more.
It's not like a magic money machine. It takes time and trial and error. Some books will sell and some won't. Not everyone is successful.
I never said books sell automatically. I'm saying there are a bunch of authors who complain about Amazon all the time and they are given an opportunity to sell their books in this huge store and no one is asking for them to have a qualification or to have any prior experience.
I know there is lots of work to do such as editing, book covers, promoting, advertising and so on but anyone can create a book in a few hours and put it on Amazon
If we couldn't sell our books on Amazon anymore and reach millions of customers, we'd find it a little harder to earn money.
Stop complaining about Amazon.
Lots of good tips. Wow - Rachel has so much energy! Got The Anatomy of Story by John Truby. It's on Kindle as well. (Good for one in New Zealand!)
Such great information! Thanks!
I highly recommend Joseph Campbells' The Hero's Journey - it is about the core of myth - it's for screenplays but super helps in book writing.
I'm reading that at the moment!
This was awesome, thanks!
'In this scene, Eli's gonna do X... and Miranda's gonna be mad.' Yeah, that's pretty accurate haha
Great interview. Thx.
Great interview! 😁
motivational video, 10000 words a day mean a lot. One must be faster than Grammarly
The girl in the glasses is totally write.
I am a writing genuis, but mostly a poet with steady writing success (including award winning) and I always write my poems with already having some of the outline prepared. I pace myself when I write and I don't edit the work on the day it was 1st written.
You struggle with what happens in part of your writing it is often because you do not have an outline, you didn't do a little sketch of the entire story, you don't have enough writing education. Bill Collins said becoming a better writer.
One thing I want to say that quality is what matters. There is no needs to say I wrote ten books, if they are not superb, not just good. Each one of my poems make people WOW and they are speechless or want to talk on and on about how much it moved them. I care not about quantity but quality. I would rather one big bestseller book, with superb work, then bunch of books that still need work on months later, to make superb. I teach writing on my channel as well.
Wow she has some clever titles
She said she "offered" a short story for signing up to her email list. I'd be curious as to where she offered the short. Did you do a Facebook ad? Or is there a website that's good for offering free reads in exchange for an email sign up? Please advise if anyone knows.
Good stuff!
When is the paperback version coming out?
Joanna, I love your videos and many of them have helped me to ramp up my book sales. A loyal Creative Penn viewer, however, could get the impression that only white people write books. So, if you would ever want to do a podcast that talks about adding diversity to your books, as a black, best selling, bisexual-romance author, who has 39 audiobooks, over 200 translations, over 300 stories published and a TH-cam channel, I would love to chat. :-)
I do have a few interviews with a more diverse cast, but I know what you mean :) You're welcome to email me with more details: www.thecreativepenn.com/contact/
Thanks :)
In other words, you want to dry-beg Joanna to let you on her podcast to market your books and make more money but you'll do it by SJW shaming her on here.
Yeah, that was a pretty ugly attempt at self promotion, using someone else’s platform to simultaneously insult them. I’m surprised you even received a response, let alone such a polite one.
Stick to your own TH-cam channel.
@@bigphilly7345 lmao yes
How many prep days required before you can do a 10,000 word day.
Good stuff!!! :D
Danish health insurance is free :P
a Truby girl, he is zero BS just like her
this girl can talk lol
Where was all the marketing info? She just waffled on about her husband. Learned nothing. ?????