Replay: Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner share Five Things They've Learned about What It Takes to Finish a Book
Check out the first five minutes of their recent class.
“We share a similar ethos when it comes to writing and getting published, and we always have fun together—and bring to all our content things writers really need, like permission to laugh at themselves, to acknowledge that this journey is really hard—and even ridiculous!—sometimes. Our five things will resonate with any writer who’s on the journey, and that matters because it’s in the universal challenges that we find inspiration.”
– Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner, Five Things We've Learned about What It Takes to Finish a Book
Grant Faulkner is the celebrated author of the just-released The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story. He is also the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. Brooke Warner is the acclaimed author of Write On, Sisters!, publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, and president of Warner Coaching Inc.. They are also co-hosts of Write-minded, a weekly podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Here’s the first five minutes of their recent 90-minute class in which Grant and Brooke share the Five Things They’ve Learned about the essential mindsets that will help you get your book finished.
Five Things I’ve Learned about What It Takes to Finish a Book offers secrets to writers’ success, ranging from the emotional challenges writers face (and can overcome) to concrete strategies for prioritizing your writing so you can cross the finish line. Their class supports writers and authors to stay the course, give themselves the much-needed high-fives along the way, and remember that the journey is indeed the reward. Come ready to be inspired and also held.
If you’re eager to discover writer-tested approaches you need to prioritize your work, this class is for you.
Grant has published two previous books on writing: Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo, and Brave the Page, a teen writing guide. He’s also published a collection of 100-word stories, Fissures, and Nothing Short of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story. He serves on the National Writing Project’s Writer’s Council, Lit Camp’s Advisory Council, and Aspen Words’ Creative Council.
In addition to Write On, Sisters!, Brooke has published Green-light Your Book, What’s Your Book?, and three books on memoir. Brooke is a TEDx speaker, the former executive editor of Seal Press and also sits on the boards of the Bay Area Book Festival and the National Association of Memoir Writers. She writes a monthly column for Publishers Weekly.
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