The right writing guide for you? (009)

Back in the old days, walking into a bookstore and looking at the “writing” section with shelves filled to the brim with self-help books about how to write, and what to write, and where to market, and...it was overwhelming. 

At least these days you can just jump online and go to your fave distributor like Amazon and find exactly what you need with no distractions or clutter confusing you!

AHAHAHAHAHA! NOT! 

There are exponentially more books and guides on writing available nowadays than there were on those measly two to five shelves that lived in the bookstore. So many. So VERY many. 

How do you choose? 

I think a key part of that decision is figuring out what you don’t know. In this podcast episode, I help you do that by winnowing down the types of writing guides that are out there. Books, online courses, and even podcasts (like mine) fall somewhere in these categories: 

1. Inspirational guidance
2. Creative mentorship
3. General guidance 
4. Specific guidance 

You generally only need one of these types at a time. For instance, my podcasts and website fall under “inspirational guidance.” I do creativity coaching too, and that’s more “creative mentorship,” but in general my goal is to get you to the starting line, and then the finish line! What you write and how, specifically, you write it doesn’t matter to me!

I go over other examples in more detail in the podcast so you can figure out what might be the best choice for you, and I remind you that what works for everyone else may not work for you, and that’s okay!

If you’re intimidated by all the advice out there for writers, I think this episode of the Author Alchemist Podcast might be the help you need in choosing what help you really need!