SPS 253 The Creative Process, Humor, And Becoming Prolific with Jon Acuff

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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🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Ever find yourself in awe of a writer's relentless fountain of ideas? That's John A. Cough for you, a literary genius who's mastered the art of never hitting a creative dry spell. Stride into the world of a New York Times best-selling author who's cracked the code to being as prolific as he is humorous. This episode isn't just a chat; it's a voyage through the practices that keep the ink flowing and the pages turning. We don't shy away from the laugh-out-loud balancing act that keeps readers ...

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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.
0:29.1	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. Counterintuitive way to figure out what you love based on how much difficult things or
0:41.4	annoying things you do in order to do.
0:43.4	That's a really interesting way to show somebody their passion.
0:46.9	I always tell authors, you have two audiences, the publisher and the person who buys the book.
0:51.7	You're selling to both people.
1:03.2	Yeah. publisher and the person who buys the book. You're selling to both people. I'll use humor to exaggerate it so it's easy to see and it's to accept. Oh, man, he's right.
1:09.8	That's one of the things that I try to do with my books
1:11.8	is I'm like, okay, how is the audience going to react to this? How's a corporate audience going
1:15.7	to react to this? How do I, have I seen a million books about overthinking? You know, have
1:19.6	they had this position? What's my angle on it?
1:33.4	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today, the man, the myth of legend, Mr. John Acuff.
1:36.8	He's in New York Times, New York Times bestselling author.
1:38.7	He's written a bunch of books.
1:40.7	Nine is the current count.
1:44.9	By the time you're listening to this, there will probably be additional books added to that count. I feel like, so this is the second time we've had John on the show. And he's published
1:50.8	two books since the last time, I think. And when we're talking before this interview, is already
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