SPS 197: Worth It: Writing The Book You Want To Write (Not The One People Tell You To) with Brit Barron

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Join me as I chat with Brit Barron, the author of "Worth It", on this episode about how to get a book deal. During our conversation, we explore the following topics: How Brit connected with a publisher and turned down their idea but still secured a book dealDeciding what to prioritize as a creative and entrepreneurThe importance of exploring different topics for your book, even if they are not related to your businessOvercoming writer's block by speaking your bookHow Brit landed a foreword fr...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of self-publishing.com.
0:29.0	For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to self-publishing.com
0:34.5	forward slash free training.
0:43.0	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Britt Barron.
0:49.1	Britt is a speaker, teacher, course creator, and author of the book, Worth It.
0:57.9	She's passionate about helping people have honest and at times difficult conversations through her books, through her courses, through her speaking.
1:11.3	Brett, welcome. Great to have you here. Hi, happy to be here. So I guess first off, why book? Like, how did you see this fit? Was this a passion project? Did you see this is something that kind of fit into your brand and your business?
1:12.6	Why write a book?
1:14.8	Yeah, great question.
1:17.3	I think I'm one of those people.
1:21.2	I feel like there's a lot of us out there who have always wanted to write a book.
1:26.1	Like, even after I book came out, I found this like thing from second grade that's like what I wanted to be when I grew up.
1:27.3	And I literally said book writer. came out, I found this thing from second grade that's like what I wanted to be when I grew up.
1:32.7	And I literally said book writer. Like it's just like been in my bones to want to write a book.
1:41.7	But I feel like it wasn't until I wrote worth it that I had anything to say. And not that I didn't have anything to say. I didn't know what to say and how to say it and why.
1:45.7	Like I knew I wanted to write a book at some point, but I didn't, I didn't know why.
1:49.2	I didn't know what.
1:49.7	I didn't know what.
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