Monday Motivation - Some Changes for How Writers Write

Hello and Welcome!

This isn't going to be a Monday Motivation per se, more of a general catch up episode. There are so many changes happening in my life and for HWW that I wanted to take a week to just communicate them all at once.

So first, some personal news. In about three weeks my family and I will be relocating to Denver, Colorado. Even before COVID hit, we had eyed moving back to sunny-ol Colorado. While we will miss our Brooklyn life and friends, it feels like we are stepping into a beautiful new chapter of life with a little older kids. We all want to play hard in the mountains. We have a great apartment that is still being built and I've secured an office.

So, that brings me to How Writers Write. The month of July is going to be really insane with the move AND with the fact that I am finishing off the content for a brand-new program called HappyWriter.

I kicked around a lot of ideas, but ultimately, I wanted to deliver a program that was TRANSFORMATIONAL. Traditional writing programs like MFAs, undergrad degrees, books, online courses on teach the "what" of the writing life. So, things like and character, plot and character.

And while those things are critical, we super under develop how to get those to get those things onto the page. The how is routine, rituals, discipline... the building blocks of producing results. You can be the best writer in the world and know exactly what to write, but if you don't know how to consistently put words on the page, what does it matter? This is the secret I've learned from interview 50+ authors. They aren't always the best writers, but they are the best at consistently working to get the results they want.

The promise of HappyWriter is to turn any writer into lean, mean writing machine. No more struggling to get words on the page. No bouts of crippling doubt. I'm still ironing out the last details, but expect HappyWriter to be eight weeks of live classes and content, a HUGE community component, and lots of accountability both in the course and tools to build lifetime accountability to your goals. This program is truly the best I can offer. It is for the hardcore. The ones with big dreams. The ones who have to write and when they are really honest with themselves, the ones who want to write for a living.

So, with the move AND launching a new premium program, I'm going to have about a month hiatus from doing new Monday Motivations. Instead, I'm going to post the audio from my favorite writing speeches. Luckily, author interviews are already recorded so you'll have fresh episodes, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up.

Okay, so, last point... in the new HWW future, we are going to pull back in some areas and overinvest in others. What does that practically mean? In August, I'll be launching a YouTube channel with weekly videos on both the how and what of the writing life. Stay tuned for how you can check out that new content.

Also, starting sometime in August, all author interviews will also be recorded in video, so you can check them out on YouTube and Instagram as well. I'm also adding new content to YouTube that I am so so so so excited about.

This is a really exciting time for me and How Writers Write. I'm excited to step into this new season and truly live my dream by inspiring and empowering writers to tell their story.

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