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025: How to get back into book writing after taking a break (step-by-step guide)

Indie Author Weekly

English - September 17, 2019 05:00 - 11 minutes - 8.17 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Learn 4 tips for how to get back into book writing after taking a break. This step-by-step guide will help you out if you've taken a break from writing and are ready to return to a book project!  

After all, who hasn't taken a break from writing their book? Whether you took a week, a month, or a year—or longer!—away from your book project, the tips shared in this author podcast will give you the tips and tools you need to get back into the swing of things with confidence.  

You'll learn why you shouldn't put a lot of pressure on yourself, how getting back into a book writing project is like dating a new person, why you should reread and review your previous work before you write a single new word, what your host Sagan Morrow does to create goals and set concrete, realistic timeframes for her own books, and more.  

Plus, you can get access—for free!—to the word count tracker spreadsheet and the character writing prompts mentioned in this episode over at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast.  

Tune into this episode of the Indie Author Weekly podcast now to get the scoop...  

Access sample chapters of Sagan's novels, transcripts of each episode, cheatsheets and spreadsheets relevant to the episode topics, and additional resources, at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast.  

Resources & links mentioned in this episode:  

Learn more about Sagan’s books at SaganMorrow.com/books  Tune into the “secret” version of this podcast to access the (free!) character development writing prompts AND the word count tracker spreadsheet at SaganMorrow.com/secretpodcast  Submit your questions at SaganMorrow.com/question  Episode 17 of Indie Author Weekly: An exercise to improve character development  Episode 4 of Indie Author Weekly: How to stay disciplined to write & publish books  Episode 8 of Indie Author Weekly: Time management tips  

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