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Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

#36: What is a Book Coach?

Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

Savannah Gilbo

Education, Writing Advice, Plotting A Novel, Editing A Novel, Character Arcs, Fiction Writing Mistakes To Avoid, Story Development, Fiction Writing Tips, How To Outline A Novel, Character Development, Story Structure, Books, World Building, Arts, Writing Stronger Scenes, How To, Fiction

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I'm going to cover all the different ways a book coach can help you finish your draft and become a stronger writer. Here's a preview of what's included: [01:15] A book coach is someone who guides a writer through the entire book writing process from start to finish while giving editorial feedback, accountability, and support along the way. [04:20] Generally speaking, you can work with a book coach any time -- that’s kind of the beauty of book coaches… they’ll dive in and...

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0:00.0

Hey there, Savannah here. Before we get into today's episode, I wanted to share our next book

0:05.0

pick with you because I'm super excited to dig into this book and see how and why it works.

0:10.0

Our next meeting is coming up on November 16th at 4 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Eastern, and we're going to be

0:16.0

digging into the fourth wing by Rebecca Yarrows.

0:19.1

Abigail and I are so excited to deconstruct this book and these meetings are always so much fun.

0:24.1

They're interactive so in addition to our presentation on why we think this story works

0:28.8

and why we think it resonates with readers, there are also polls and lots of opportunities to chat with other

0:34.4

writers and ask us questions and you know just participate in a group discussion

0:38.8

about a really awesome book. As always our aim is to analyze a novel and translate our learnings into

0:44.8

actionable tips, tools, and strategies that you can take and implement in your own

0:48.8

writing right away. So if you want to join us or if you want to learn more about how the book club works, go to

0:54.4

Savannah Gilboe.com forward slash book.

0:57.7

One more time, that's Savannah Gilboe.com forward slash book

1:01.1

dash club. Hope to see you there. A lot of writers I work with say

1:04.8

that this is one of the best things about working with a book coach, the fact that

1:08.2

they can share their vision with someone and then have someone on their team

1:11.6

as they execute that vision.

1:13.5

Writing is a pretty solitary endeavor and I think it's one of the best feelings ever

1:18.0

to talk to somebody about your characters and your plot and what you hope for your story, you know, things like that.

1:24.0

Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast.

1:27.0

My name is Savannah Gilboo and I'm here to help you write a story that works.

1:31.0

I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be

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