#45: How to Deal With Imposter Syndrome

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Savannah Gilbo

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🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In today's episode, I'm sharing three strategies that will help you overcome imposter syndrome. Here's a preview of what's included: [01:50] A quick story about what my two dogs, Forrest and Luna, taught me about overcoming imposter syndrome (and how you can, too). [04:35] An example of how a client I worked with suffered from imposter syndrome for twelve years before every querying agents with her story. Spoiler alert: she's now a published author whose book is with one of the b...

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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
0:04.8	club pick with you because I'm super excited to dig into this book and see how and why it works.
0:09.9	Our next meeting is coming up on November 16th at 4 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Eastern, and we're going
0:15.7	to be digging into the fourth wing by Rebecca Yaros. Abigail and I are so excited to deconstruct
0:21.2	this book and these meetings are always so much fun. They're interactive, so in addition to our
0:26.2	presentation on why we think this story works and why we think it resonates with readers,
0:30.8	there are also polls and lots of opportunities to chat with other writers and ask us questions
0:36.2	and, you know, just participate in a group discussion about a really awesome book. As always,
0:41.2	our aim is to analyze a novel and translate our learnings into actionable tips, tools, and strategies
0:46.8	that you can take and implement in your own writing right away. So if you want to join us or if you
0:51.7	want to learn more about how the book club works, go to savannagilba.com forward slash book dash club.
0:57.7	One more time that savannagilba.com forward slash book dash club hope to see you there.
1:03.1	I want you to have confidence in the fact that every decision you make is actually bringing you
1:08.0	closer to accomplishing your goals because even when you make a decision that isn't the best or that
1:13.2	doesn't 100% serve your story or your theme or your idea or whatever, you learn something from it.
1:19.2	So you learn something new about yourself or your writing habit or the story you're working on
1:23.9	and then you can move forward. And it's this slight mindset shift that literally could change
1:28.8	your writing life. Welcome to the fiction writing made easy podcast. My name is savannagilba and
1:34.8	I'm here to help you write a story that works. I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't
1:39.6	have to be overwhelming. So each week I'll bring you a brand new episode with simple, actionable,
1:45.0	and step-by-step strategies that you can implement in your writing right away. So whether you're
1:49.6	brand new to writing or more of a seasoned author looking to improve your craft, this podcast is
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