Joanna Penn, writing as J.F. Penn, is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers. She also crafts inspirational non-fiction for authors and is an award-winning creative entrepreneur and international professional speaker. Her website, TheCreativePenn.com, is consistently recognized as a leading resource for writers and self-publishers.
Exploring the art of meaningful connection, this guide offers strategies for authors to engage their audience more profoundly. It delves into techniques for building emotional resonance through storytelling, character development, and thematic depth. Readers will find insights on how to foster a sense of community and dialogue with their audience, ultimately enhancing the reading experience and creating lasting relationships with fans.
Being a writer is not just about typing. It's also about surviving the rollercoaster of the creative journey. Self-doubt, fear of failure, the need for validation, perfectionism, writer's block, comparisonitis, overwhelm, and much more. When you're going through these things, it can feel like you're alone. But actually, they are part of the creative process, and every author goes through them too. This book collects the mindset issues that writers experience, that I have been through myself over the last nine years, and that perhaps you will experience at different times on the creative journey. Each small chapter tackles a possible issue and then offers an antidote, so that you can dip in and out over time. It includes excerpts from my own personal journals as well as quotes from well-known writers. I hope it helps you on the road to becoming a successful author.