Rachelle Gardner, Literary agent, and writing, publishing and platform builder coach talks to Jo and Steph today about what coaching writers looks like for her.
Listen in now to discover:
- What she looks for in someone she might represent as an agent,
- What writing coaching looks like and why it is worth it
- How she redirects people who aren’t ready for publishing yet
- Whether she thinks everyone has a book in them
- What she thinks the best social media platform to use is
- Her opinions on the current hot topics in Western culture.
Some questions for writers:
1) Am I writing for myself or am I writing for a reader?
2) Can I identify who my reader is and why they would want to read this?
3) Have I worked hard to become a strong writer? (Am I getting outside input, improving my craft, reading books in my genre etc.?)
4) What are your personal forms of resistance when it comes to writing? Write a list and watch out for them!
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