The Writing Coach Podcast 125: Flexible Deadlines
WCP125 Flexible deadlines When an editor wants you to do a piece but leaves the deadline up to you, your initial reaction may be: Great. I’ve got work lined up and I don’t have to work on it yet. It can be quite liberating if you’re used to working under tight deadlines and a lot […]
Writing Coach Podcast 124: 3-minute marketing makeover
Subscribe to The Writing Coach Podcast on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Android | RSS WCP124 3-minute marketing makeover Do you hate marketing because it always takes too long and never winds up in front of the right people? Today we’re challenging that with a quick makeover of that humble marketing workhorse, your email signature. It’s such a fast and easy way to […]
Writing Coach Podcast 123: Why you don’t follow up
WCP123 Why you don’t followup This episode isn’t a breakdown of why followups should be a part of your routine. Scheduling followups is so quick, easy, cheap, and effective, that NOT doing them basically means turning your back on multiple assignments, clients, and ultimately the growth of your freelance career. This episode isn’t a breakdown […]
Writing Coach Podcast 122: Freelancing while sick
WCP122: Freelancing while sick For many freelancers, when you get sick it becomes a question of finding hours or days when you’re able to push yourself to get things done vs. not getting paid, rather than taking actual time off. Today I’m talking about my own experience contracting coronavirus, and discussing how to care for […]
Writing Coach Podcast 121: Mission Accomplished
WCP121 Mission: Accomplished Who gets to decide if you’re accomplished or not? Is there somebody actually keeping score? Often one of the motivating reasons we set a goal is to feel accomplished. That can be a real challenge if it’s an emotion that’s unfamiliar to you. Subscribe to The Writing Coach Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Android, or RSS. […]
Writing Coach Podcast 120: Priority power
WCP120 Priority power Today’s episode continues where we left off last week, looking at the distinction between desire and commitment. You’ve decided to step out of the energy suck of both wanting and not wanting something, and shift into prioritization. Listen into how one of the writers I coach figured out how to prioritize time […]
Writing Coach Podcast 119: I want to, I want to not
WCP119 I want to, I want to not This is the first of two episodes exploring the intersection of desire, commitment, and priorities. Is there something in your writing life that you strongly desire but haven’t committed to yet? Writers who mistake desire for commitment are actually committed to wanting to do something-request deadline extension, […]
Writing Coach Podcast 118: Best and worst clients
WCP118 Best and worst clients Freelancers often think of the editors who don’t want to assign them stories, and of readers who don’t want to read their stories and angles, when writing pitches. I don’t mean the editors don’t want to assign the stories because the pitches need to be zhushed up. Subscribe to The Writing […]
Writing Coach Podcast 117: Evolve with your clients
WCP117 Evolve with your clients The work you’re doing now will tend to lead to similar work moving forward. Similar pay, topics, structures, publications, clients, etc. All of these tend to replicate if you’re not intentionally making changes and steering yourself in a new direction. You also have the possibility of continually building upon what […]
Writing Coach Podcast 116: Lights out
WCP116 Lights out No electricity. No internet. They’re not one in the same, but when they overlap they make for a powerful Venn diagram. The extreme weather and increased pressures on infrastructure means we’re going to continue to see large areas lose power and connectivity. Subscribe to The Writing Coach Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Android, or RSS. No […]
Writing Coach Podcast Miniseries Bonus: Break the cycle
WCP Miniseries bonus: Break the cycle Listen into some coaching I gave to a few alumni inside my small group coaching program, Freelance Writer Bootcamp, who have NOT been pitching their celebrity crush clients. You may be surprised to hear the coaching I give them about how to move forward and break their current patterns. […]
Writing Coach Podcast 115: Pitching as a freelance superpower (pitching triad 3 of 3)
WCP115 Pitching as a freelance superpower: Pitching triad miniseries (3 of 3) The pitching triad focuses on three interconnected areas: trust in yourself, in your publication, and in your pitch. Today we’re focusing on the believing in your pitch. When you know pitching is one of your freelance superpowers, it can deepen your trust and […]
Writing Coach Podcast 114: Everyday dream clients (pitching triad 2 of 3)
WCP114 Everyday dream clients: Pitching triad miniseries (2 of 3) Are you currently working on a pitch or assignment for your dream publication? Do you know that your ideal clients see you as an ideal freelancer for them? Are you confident that they’ll pay you well and promptly? If you answered “No” to any of […]
The Writing Coach Podcast 113: Believe me (pitching triad part 1 of 3)
WCP113 Believe me: The pitching triad miniseries (1 of 3) The writers I coach ask me all the time what they should be doing. Whether they are trying to figure out a news hook for a seemingly evergreen story pitch or planning their annual financial goal, they want to know what specific actions to take. […]
Writing Coach Podcast 112: 15 minutes of focus
WCP112 15 Minutes of focus It’s been longer than I would’ve liked since the last episode. I’ve had coronavirus, and although my symptoms have been squarely in the mild category–I can breathe and take pills to keep my fever in check–I wasn’t recovered in a couple of weeks as I had anticipated. Subscribe to The Writing […]
The Writing Coach Podcast 111: Intentions and transitions
WCP111 Intentions and transitions How do you prepare for your next task? Next project? Next month? Next year? Sometimes we give it no more thought than opening a new browser tab, and we’re absorbed from minute one. But sometimes we rub right up against resistance. Boring project. PITA client. The I-can’t-remember-where-I-left-off-and-I’d-rather-scroll-Instagram mood. Subscribe to The Writing […]
The Writing Coach Podcast 110: Passive vs. Active
WCP110 Passive vs. active You’ve had English teachers and editors ask you to use the active voice rather than the passive voice when writing. When presented with two sentences, one passive and one active, we almost always choose the active. So why do we keep writing our drafts in the passive voice? Subscribe to The Writing […]
The Writing Coach Podcast 109: No complaints
WCP109 No complaints If you decide to take on the complaint-free challenge, you’re guaranteed to learn something about yourself. It’s simple: No complaining to anybody you know IRL. No complaining to virtual strangers online. No complaining to yourself. (That one’s the hardest.) Complaining makes our work far less enjoyable. Subscribe to The Writing Coach Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Android, […]
The Writing Coach Podcast 108: Default to deliberate with Judith Gaton
WCP108 Default to deliberate with Judith Gaton Judith Gaton, style coach, author, and podcast host, joins us today to talk about the impact of how the way we get dressed impacts our sense of well being. This isn’t about getting dressed to the nines when you’re working from home (unless you want to!), but about […]
The Writing Coach Podcast 107: The end
WCP107 The End Habits can become so ingrained that we believe that they’re the way things are rather than a pattern we’ve started and that we can also end. Sometimes when it’s nearly time to turn in a piece, we’ll go over and over and over it again, working ourselves up in a way that […]
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