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    The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook for Surviving the Writer's Journey
    The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook for Surviving the Writer's Journey
    The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook for Surviving the Writer's Journey
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    The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook for Surviving the Writer's Journey

    Written by Joanna Penn

    Narrated by Caroline Holroyd

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    Being a writer is not just about typing. It’s also about surviving the roller-coaster of the creative journey.

    Self-doubt, fear of failure, the need for validation, perfectionism, writer’s block, comparisonitis, overwhelm, and much more. When you’re going through these things, it can feel like you’re alone. But actually, they are part of the creative process, and every author goes through them too.

    This book collects the mindset issues that writers experience, that I have been through myself over the last nine years, and that perhaps you will experience at different times on the creative journey.

    Each small chapter tackles a possible issue and then offers an antidote, so that you can dip in and out over time. It includes excerpts from my own personal journals as well as quotes from well-known writers. I hope it helps you on the road to becoming a successful author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCurl Up Press
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781912105588

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    • 5/5
      This book touched on so many things I needed to hear! Thank you Joanna!
    • 5/5
      It healed every wound in me as a writer..Thank you❤️❤️
    • 4/5
      Recommend to every writer out there. It's a nice reminder we don't suck as much as we think.
    • 5/5
      Joanna Penn as usual gives wonderful advice that you can apply straight away to help you on your writers journey.
    • 5/5
      This is the best book of many I've read on an effective writing mindset.

      Joanna Penn is a prolific author of novels, novellas, short stories, and non-fiction books and a long-time podcaster covering creative writing, publishing, and travel. Like all her work, The Successful Author Mindset covers an important topic relevant to all creatives, but tailored to writers. With an effective balance of well-researched principles, proven practices, and anecdotes, Penn delivers what her title promises, without the fluff that bloats and slows most other guidance books. Her openness about her ongoing author journey lays bare the emotional, mental, and physical challenges writers face and explains the attitude, practices, and tactics that enable creatives to keep making the art they love while profiting from it too.
    • 5/5
      Great book! Lots of wisdom, advice, and insights. Joanna helped me get fired up for today, and she reminded me that Im in it for the long haul so I need to stick to my guns. Highly recommended.