Second Act Book Coaching

Since beginning my writing journey, I’ve read tons of books on how to write stories. Some of them were for writing screenplays, others for novels, and still others on specifics like dialogue, point of view, emotion, character, etc. You get the picture, there’s a lot written about writing. Among the fifty or so books I […]

A strong backstory will provide context for everything that happens in your story. Your protagonist existed long before your story starts. Their life, like all of us, had some ups and downs. These ups and downs created who they are today. And now, at the start of your story, their learned behavior will dictate how

Usually when we think of coaching, we think of sports. A team coach. A hitting coach. A defensive lineman coach. But many business leaders have coaches too. In fact, multiple articles are found online about people who use coaches including Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack Obama, among many others. In a 2013 TED talk,

“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ­– Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh If you ask someone to describe a confident person, what might they say? The woman who is talking to a group of people and laughing brashly. The one who just delivered

There are several important questions to ask when starting a new writing project. Among them what is my point? Who is my main character? What does he want and why? But a sometimes-overlooked question is who is my audience? This goes for anyone who is trying to get the attention of another. Writers. Businesses. Parents.