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Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach
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On this channel, I'm helping writers gain skills and strategies to overcome hurdles and reach their writing goals by sharing my best tips, training, and coaching advice. If you're a nonfiction writer looking for input and confidence to level up and advance your career, subscribe to this channel and I'll provide you with ongoing coaching-for free!
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Curious about ACW? I'll walk you through what it's like inside!
đđŹ đČđšđźđ« đ°đ«đąđđąđ§đ đ«đđđđČ? It can be, when you join me in The Art & Craft of Writing (ACW). For this 8-week intensive, I combine recorded and live training with peer input, model texts, workshopping, and ongoing interaction to help you...
âĄïž Learn literary devices to jazz up your style and play on the page.
âĄïž Apply quick fixes to tighten text and delight editors.
âĄïž Reverse-engineer model texts to see how others pull off writing that sings.
âĄïž Unearth your writing quirks to discern their effect on your prose.
âĄïž Discover your strengths to know what works.
âĄïž Find your voice so you sound like . . . you!
Work with me as your coach-alongside a cohort of other writers-to improve your nonfiction writing and elevate your craft in 2024.
Registration closes Monday, September 2 (yep, Labor Day), so we can start onboarding!
Would love to have you join us!
đđ» Ready to join? Get all the details at annkroeker.com/acw
âĄïž Learn literary devices to jazz up your style and play on the page.
âĄïž Apply quick fixes to tighten text and delight editors.
âĄïž Reverse-engineer model texts to see how others pull off writing that sings.
âĄïž Unearth your writing quirks to discern their effect on your prose.
âĄïž Discover your strengths to know what works.
âĄïž Find your voice so you sound like . . . you!
Work with me as your coach-alongside a cohort of other writers-to improve your nonfiction writing and elevate your craft in 2024.
Registration closes Monday, September 2 (yep, Labor Day), so we can start onboarding!
Would love to have you join us!
đđ» Ready to join? Get all the details at annkroeker.com/acw
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Use whatâs happened to you, to shape your writing
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âA writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource,â writer Jorge Luis Borges said in an interview, when asked about his blindness. âAll things have been given to us for a purpose,â he continued, âand an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all ...
Let Life Inspire Your Next Great Piece
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âThe best advice I can give you to help you grow as a writer is to experience life.â We came to hear about queries and proposals. We wanted to learn how this speaker organized submissions and kept track of contact information. But at this breakout session at this writersâ conference, she insisted: âI know you think your writing career is all about composing articles and books, but you have to b...
Metaphor Magic: Wield Your Pen Like a Wand
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When I was a child just beginning to speak, my parents drove late into the evening to the rural property they bought. As they drove up the gravel driveway, the sky spread out above us with stars glittering like a million diamonds spread out on a jewelerâs vast black velvet display. Across the fields, a million lightning bugs hovered in the tall grass, their gleaming bodies flickering on and off...
15 Tips to Make the Most of Your Next (or First!) Writersâ ConferenceâŠWhile at the Event
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I made a last-minute decision heading to the most recent writerâs conference I attended. Iâd planned to take my classy, professional, sleek gray backpack that Iâd purchased to replace the original purple one I mentioned in an earlier episode (annkroeker.com/2024/04/09/prep-plan-and-pack-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-next-or-first-writers-conference/) . As I loaded it, I realized that to stay fort...
Prep, Plan, and Pack to Get the Most out of Your Next (or First!) Writersâ Conference
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Are you getting ready to attend a writersâ conference? Guess what? So am I! And I want to make the most of my time there, so letâs think through what will help with that. Youâre likely going for at least two reasons: to learn and to connect. You might also be going to pitch your project. Letâs prep, plan, and pack to get the most out of this upcoming event, so youâre even better prepared to lea...
How to Choose Your Next (or First!) Writersâ Conference
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Attending my first writersâ conference proved to be life-changing-or at least career-changing. In the years since, Iâve attended a wide range of writing events, and each one has in some way substantially contributed to my career. Some deepened my knowledge, others expanded my professional network-most did both. I canât imagine where Iâd be without them. Could a writersâ conference be a life-cha...
Help! I want to write a book. Do I have what it takes?
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I stared at a blank screen. Why did I ever think I could pull this off? Until that moment, Iâd only written short projects. Articles, essays, poems. As I sat staring at the screen, questioning myself in about every way possible, I was supposed to be writing my first book-a manuscript of over 50,000 words. Overwhelmed, I sat at the keyboard, frozen. Sound familiar? Have you felt inspired to writ...
Never Go to Bed without a Story to Tell
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âNever go to bed until you have a story to tell,â says Kevin Lynch, Creative Director at Oatly. I heard him interviewed on a podcast and stopped jogging to write down what he said about that daily story: It could be a deep thing that you learned, it could be a movie that you saw, it could be a way you took home, it could be a conversation that you hadâŠit could be anything.â1 Indeed, we can live...
Write Better and Faster (and Reach More People) When You Practice in Public
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Write Better and Faster (and Reach More People) When You Practice in Public
To Be More Creative, Write a Letter to Your Reader
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To Be More Creative, Write a Letter to Your Reader
Are Creative Writing Prompts a Help or Hindrance?
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Are Creative Writing Prompts a Help or Hindrance?
Beat the Blank Page: 7 Clever Tricks to Pack It with Words
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Beat the Blank Page: 7 Clever Tricks to Pack It with Words
Who Cheered You on throughout Your Writing Journey?
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Who Cheered You on throughout Your Writing Journey?
Writers Who Make You Furiously Jealous Are Your Best Mentors
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Writers Who Make You Furiously Jealous Are Your Best Mentors
Curious about ACW? Let's walk through what it's like once you enroll
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Curious about ACW? Let's walk through what it's like once you enroll
Want to Become a Better Writer? Journal Before You Write (featuring Jennifer Dukes Lee)
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Want to Become a Better Writer? Journal Before You Write (featuring Jennifer Dukes Lee)
Want to Become a Better Writer? Journal Before You Write
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Want to Become a Better Writer? Journal Before You Write
Your Compelling Book Proposal (YCBP), led by Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach
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Your Compelling Book Proposal (YCBP), led by Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach
Your Platform Matters (YPM): the perfect solution for writers ready to expand their platform
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Your Platform Matters (YPM): the perfect solution for writers ready to expand their platform
No time to write? Make solid progress in just 5 minutes
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No time to write? Make solid progress in just 5 minutes
To Share or Not to Share: Which Personal Stories Should You Include in Your Writing?
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To Share or Not to Share: Which Personal Stories Should You Include in Your Writing?
Watch this to decide how much to share with your readers
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Watch this to decide how much to share with your readers
Youâve Spotted Another Writerâs Typo. Now What Do You Do?
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Youâve Spotted Another Writerâs Typo. Now What Do You Do?
Save Time and Headaches: Create Citations as You Write
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Save Time and Headaches: Create Citations as You Write
Find your muse in nature with this inspiring poetry prompt
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Find your muse in nature with this inspiring poetry prompt
Find your muse in nature with this inspiring poetry prompt
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Find your muse in nature with this inspiring poetry prompt
From Idea to Contract: The Inspiring Story of a First-Time Author, with Merideth Hite Estevez
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From Idea to Contract: The Inspiring Story of a First-Time Author, with Merideth Hite Estevez
From Idea to Contract: The Inspiring Story of a First-Time Author, with Merideth Hite Estevez
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From Idea to Contract: The Inspiring Story of a First-Time Author, with Merideth Hite Estevez
Wonderful advice!†Love the great content on your page. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
Love this!â€
Great series Ann!
great advise!!
Ann... So much thanks you for what you are giving us!! I was looking for a lot something like it, and in this few minuts you gave me a lot of clarity about the path to follow!!... So clean, so clear!!... God is huge in you!!... Thanks!!... I love you!!
Very useful
Thanks for this wonderful episode. The delivery is so musical, chapeau đ
Thanks for this encouraging comment!
I like this and it wonât let me add a like
That's weird! I will receive your text "like" here in the comments with gratitude. (I wonder if it's the way it loads and codes podcast episodes versus regular videos?)
My book is about scrapbooking techniques; I put a "quick tip" and link to one of my youtube videos to visualise the technique after every one of them.
That's a great idea! One of my clients was wondering how she might do this herself-I'll pass along this tip. Thanks for sharing!
I organized the topics of my book with the table of contents; I added, removed, reorganized...the best way for me. Thanks for this video. Dominique
That sounds like a smart way to think through your project at the developmental level. Thanks for sharing your process with us!
very very very low volume though the content is good please fix the mic
Thanks for letting me know. I played it and it seems okay. I'll continue to tweak.
i know im just follow short time goal that lead to long term i hope i dont loose byway of ditch the idea and focus on the short term cause it upp to god way for me that why and i just get excited case it tell me the truth if i can swing domne thing or not if it will bring and i dont know why i get all caught uo it cause dreamer dieace and i like i cold use the wake up call and start being rihjt with my self and allowong hte devil to piss me poff and anger me that i do mean thing to myself i do it for power over my self and yes o do have tuff italian by way slanf mean fancy weight whicj onlymean the stanrad with the fruit part with and value code to but i should onyuse that do get the stanard thing my vanity that why
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I have listened to the podcast for years and was looking on youtube for a reading like a writer episode and stumbled on your video. Im just starting and am starting on short stories. The writers I am reading to learn from are Louis Lamour, Hemingway, Guy de Maupassant, Poe, Doyle, Joyce, Fitzgerald, O. Henry, and Mark Twain. For a start, at least.
I love this list of writers, Ronnie. Thanks for sharing your plan. I've been developing a list like this myself, focusing first on those that are available for free online and then working toward short story collections in books. Have fun marking them up!
I like what you say here... I think for me, I am more an insirational writer. He allows it to germinate in my head via 'life-experiences' and boom, I write and much of it is deep. Just saying...
I'm doing something interesting. I have a book list in notion I'm also writing my first book, which I later plan to make into a series. I gave ChatGPT my story's premise and asked for books that could help and inspire me . In another ChatGPT conversation, i take the description of the book, and then I put my story's premise and how each book can help and inspire me for my series Can I go to the book in my notion book and find the book in my list or add it to my list Then I take the description from Amazon put the description in the book The under that I put my story's premise Then under that I take the notes that ChatGPT gave me and put them in each book I have in my notion book list. So when I read from now, I'll find a book in my notion list and check to see if I have any notes for that particular book.
What an interesting use of AI. Thanks for sharing your process in such detail!
Can you read a book for us? Even a few chapters will help.
Are you saying you'd like me to mark up a book and show you my thought process as I annotate?
@@annkroekerwritingcoach Yes, take a page from Ulysses, The Wave, Storm of Swords, The Final Empire, and keep going. I guess a lot people can learn a lot from how you read them.
Thank you for this. Just before watching, I had pretty much given up, and decided to just copy other writers until I felt good enough to try again on my own. This makes so much sense. I appreciate you "giving us permission".
We all learn from excellent model texts if we go back in time to childhood. We forget that we can learn this way as adults, too. Enjoy! I hope you learn tons and gain lots of inspiration and confience!
Please cover how to write like a reader đ
Ha! Love it! Do you follow Modern Mrs. Darcy/What Should I Read Next? She writes about what she reads.
thankyou
thanks
Great guidance, thank you. Still hesitating to write in my books though! đ
You're not alone...I have to talk myself into it every time.
Thank you
Glad to help!
Problem-cause-solution â€
Sometimes we overthink structure only to discover it's as easy as one-two-three, problem-cause-solution! Hope your writing flourishes!
@@annkroekerwritingcoach that's a breakthrough advice, you've given me there.. Keep it up..
That not writing in the books is deep ingrained in some cultures and families, even I grew up in similar atmosphere. Thankyou Ann, your video actually helped clear my inner hesitations.
Thank you for your advice. I will write now with more intention in my chosen books. A good friend told me once not to write in books. I asked him why, books are full of writing. Oh yes, he mused, then he changed his mind.
"Books are full of writing." I love that snappy comeback!
Iâm new here (subscriber). Really helpful video. Thank you for sharing!
When I Was struggling to finish my book, I set a target of 10 pages per day. Is that wrong or not as good as word counts target?
It's good if you finished your book! For some people, 10 pages would be huge and overwhelming (it might average to over 2,000 words a day!); for others, that would be achievable and sustainable. If it helped, you may have found a solution to get you to the finish line. Did you finish the book?
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Questions: 1. Does Scrivener print my document titles in the compile mode? (Iâm referring to the documents inside each chapter, I want the title to print) 2. Would each document print on its separate page? I donât want that to happen. It would be a waste of paper as I just have short paragraphs in many of them.) 3. And does compile do anything to my manuscript? (Iâm worried that when I have to go back and do my second and third draft, it will still be there and I can carry on. Iâm pretty sure it would be, but I donât want to panic if things look differently than before.) Thank you for making your videoâs, Ann. (I like how you said something (the gist of it) like as you write it will come together and it will start making sense. However you put it was very helpful to my mind and my self-confidence. Just keep on writing.)
I'm so glad you find these helpful and are working so hard on your projects! I'm not a Scrivener power user (I've only dabbled with it and tend to use Google Docs these days, instead). That said, I'm pretty sure it compiles to one document and that it's a feature users like. You can compile and send to printer or compiles as PDF to see it first, then print when you're satisfied the document looks the way you think it should. Here's the Scrivener website explaining: www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/printing-with-scrivener#:~:text=I%20won't%20go%20into,the%20draft%20to%20your%20printer.
@@annkroekerwritingcoach thank you, Annđ
Useful information! I never write in my books, because I thought it would spoil the book⊠Iâm so grateful! đđ»
It too me so long to get over that sense of ruining the pages. You could ease yourself into it by starting with sticky notes and the moving to pencils. :)
@@annkroekerwritingcoach thank you đ good idea, Iâll give it a try!
I'm guessing when she's referring to a non-fiction writer and their social media status that she is referring to books regarding a particular subject (ex: Personal Trainer writes about fitness) versus me writing a biography about Abraham Lincoln, correct? I have never picked up a non-fiction biography and thought; "I wonder what this author's social media numbers are?" It's just silly. Then again, Lucinda is the professional đ€·
Great presentation! Thank you, Ann. Every creative should read Austin Kleinâs trilogy starting with âSteal Like An Artist.â Fits right in with what you are saying. Audible has the trilogy for one credit.
Iâm a plotter. My stories are too big (as in the worlds, backstories, and timeline) to write as I go. Iâd write myself into too many plot holes and make far more work for myself than necessary.
Excellent presentation. I can tell you are a great coach.
Thanks for watching!
I need help I don't know what I am doing
Great advice!
I know this is a few years old, but Iâm just starting writing a childrenâs book series on something that, I believe, has not been done before. Apparently, this is exactly what I have been doing for the last 6 months! I thought I was somehow cheating or being disingenuous by researching other childrenâs book series similar to what Iâd like to do. Well, it suddenly hit me. This is autistic masking. Iâm late diagnosed autistic/ADHD as are my kids. I have been decoding neurotypical behavior and using reverse engineering in order to hide my autistic characteristics and use what works so well for others my entire life. Patterns, sequences, connections, and efficiency are what neurodivergents are so innately good at! Transitions and executive functioning are always more difficult as well! I just never analyzed it like this before. And, now, Iâm using that tool to write childrenâs books about disabilities and illnesses. Iâm curious if Dr. Friedman make this connection as well? Quirks? lol I feel so validated! Has he analyzed the number of his clients that use this method and happen to be also neurodivergent? Have IâŠdecoded thisâŠand made a connection? đł
Oh my goodness, this is so amazing-and it makes so much sense. This is your superpower! Congratulations on the books, too, because heaven knows they are desperately needed. I'm so glad you took time to watch and respond with such a personal and specific reply. I'm going to pass this along to Ron!
Very insightful and inspiring - just watched this for the first day of NaNoWriMo. Thank you Ann đ
I'm so honored to be part of your NaNoWriMo journey! How's it going? Making progress?
@annkroekerwritingcoach Bless thanks for asking, but haha, no! Stalled horribly by real life taking over - will make it a priority today now that you've held me accountable!
Oh, @@arvymidlifecrisis - I hope you manage to get some writing done, despite the Thanksgiving holiday (that is, assuming you're in the U.S.).
Thank you - I've listened to this 3 or 4 times and found it very inspiring đ
I'm so glad! I hope you land on a structure that works well for you. And be sure to study how other books are structured by peeking at their TOCs!
I love the concept of the three lives. I'm going to apply this to a piece I'm working on now.
Thank you. Now all I've to is find the motivation to continue writing.
Thank you much!
Gud inspiring
Well gud madam
You are great thank you so much.
Thanks for taking time to leave this encouraging note!
Hello, and thank you for your instructional videos. My life is a story. Iâm 83 years of age very active and many people tell me to write my story. In fact, when I was in college, my English professor said she would help me write the book but I was too busy then. A single mother I needed to make money now. So now Iâm ready and I have made several starts and I know I need some help so thank you for putting out helper videos.
I hope it goes well for you! Keep everyone updated!!!
Thank you! Iâve been researching a topic but have been stuck on how to organize the story. Youâve given wonderful advice.
Iâm thrilled! Which one do you think youâll try?
@@annkroekerwritingcoach the problem, cause, solution. Iâve been struggling with how to approach telling an historical perspective on a topic and to this point have ordered it as a timeline. However nobody will be engaged using a timeline for this information and the suggestion you made gave me a lightbulb moment on how it should be told.
The best advice I got so far đđŒ
You voice is much better without the music interruption. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for the note-it helps to get real listener feedback.