Episode 4: Laura Elliott, Ghostwriter
Marketing, Market, Audience, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Memoir Draft, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Outline, Memoir Outline, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea Mary Kole Marketing, Market, Audience, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Memoir Draft, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Outline, Memoir Outline, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea Mary Kole

Episode 4: Laura Elliott, Ghostwriter

A podcast interview with ghostwriter Laura Elliott, all about deep research, finding inspiration from various sources, and telling stories … even other people’s.

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Unconventional Writing
Picture Book Idea, Picture Book Draft, Picture Book Publishing, Novel Draft, Novel Idea, Novel Publishing, Memoir Draft, Memoir Idea, Memoir Publishing, Freelance Draft, Freelance Idea, Freelance Publishing, ER/CB Draft, ER/CB Idea, ER/CB Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Short Story Draft, Short Story Idea, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole Picture Book Idea, Picture Book Draft, Picture Book Publishing, Novel Draft, Novel Idea, Novel Publishing, Memoir Draft, Memoir Idea, Memoir Publishing, Freelance Draft, Freelance Idea, Freelance Publishing, ER/CB Draft, ER/CB Idea, ER/CB Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Short Story Draft, Short Story Idea, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole

Unconventional Writing

Publishing loves its buckets. In children's books, there are several buckets that you need to fit into, with word count guidelines and all of that. There are buckets and tropes in adult publishing as well. Books that don't lend themselves easily to categorization can be a really difficult sell.

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Someone is Publishing My Idea!?
ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Memoir Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Memoir Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole

Someone is Publishing My Idea!?

We've all heard people who claim that somebody took their idea and is now publishing it, or that somewhere somehow, another writer has come up with basically the same idea, sold it, and now, what does that mean for your idea?

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Permission To Write
ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Novel Idea, Picture Book Idea, Short Story Idea Mary Kole

Permission To Write

Writing invariably is a passion for a lot of people that I work with. And they just, for whatever reason, have not been able to sort of devote themselves to it until now. And that's usually when they come to me and I plug into their process.

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Creative Nonfiction
Craft, Market, Writing, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Nonfiction Outline, Nonfiction Editing Michal Leah Craft, Market, Writing, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Idea, Nonfiction Outline, Nonfiction Editing Michal Leah

Creative Nonfiction

Nonfiction gets a bad rap for being dry and dull, but it doesn’t have to be. Many of the same liberties can be taken in creative nonfiction as in fiction. If you have something important to share with the world from your own life, this may be your category. Some literary flair can amp up your story and make it more approachable to your readers.

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The Body and Soul of Story
Craft, Novel Idea, Novel Outline, Picture Book Idea, ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Short Story Idea Kristen Overman Craft, Novel Idea, Novel Outline, Picture Book Idea, ER/CB Idea, Freelance Idea, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea, Short Story Idea Kristen Overman

The Body and Soul of Story

Stories are like people. They have a body, and a soul. The body is the plot, the actions that happen. And the soul is the character, the protagonist, the key person (or persons) bound by the circumstances of the plot and forced into decisions.

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