The Zing is a curated weekly newsletter for sophisticated writers navigating the self-publishing journey. Get bite-sized essays, swoon-worthy strategies, and practical how-to guidance from an author and writing publication coach. Whether you're dreaming of writing a book or have already drafted yours, join a circle of high-caliber authors who deserve encouragement, guidance, and kindness on the path to publication. Bonus: Goofy jokes occasionally included.
You're invited--Storytelling Forum
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You’ve given so much...to your family, your career, your community. Now it’s time to turn toward something for you. What if that “something” is your story? The free Storytelling Forum is a 45-minute workshop designed for people who are ready to explore creative writing, which can mean poetry, short fiction, or personal stories. You don’t have to be a writer. You just have to be curious. Each session of the Forum is different, so whether it’s your first or your fourth, you’ll find something new: new prompts, new ideas, new voices. Join others who are also making time for themselves again. Write what you’ve lived. Or imagine what you haven’t yet. You're welcome in the Storytelling Forum. Register here: https://www.radiantmedialabs.com/storytellingforum Signing up will keep you informed of upcoming sessions. The next one is tomorrow, July 27 at 2 pm Eastern. After that, they'll be offered August 18th and in September and beyond! Cheers, Deborah Ager PS: Here's the link to register to express yourself and craft your stories. https://www.radiantmedialabs.com/storytellingforum |
The Zing with Deborah Ager
The Zing is a curated weekly newsletter for sophisticated writers navigating the self-publishing journey. Get bite-sized essays, swoon-worthy strategies, and practical how-to guidance from an author and writing publication coach. Whether you're dreaming of writing a book or have already drafted yours, join a circle of high-caliber authors who deserve encouragement, guidance, and kindness on the path to publication. Bonus: Goofy jokes occasionally included.
To get a monthly summary of these letters instead of weekly, please click this link. Hello there,Lately, several folks asked me about the steps involved in writing a book. In case you're wondering, I'll share a short story below. Arvashni had a story she needed to tell. When I first spoke with her, she said: “I can't even write a long email." That's normal! To navigate around that, we used my Clarify-Storify-Amplify process. Clarify Her story was rooted in her family’s history as part of the...
To get a monthly summary of these letters instead of weekly, please click this link and your wish will be honored. Last week, my husband and I caught an advanced showing of the documentary “LORNE, which is about the creator of Saturday Night Live (a comedy show in the United States). Initially, I was skeptical of this documentary about Lorne Michaels. Yet, I ended up surprised that I absorbed useful lessons from his work life. A lot of these lessons apply to both writing and life in general....
In the Paris Review, the writer Emmanuel Carrère talked about how he drafted a book that wasn’t working out. (That's pretty normal, by the way.) To say goodbye to his project and honor the effort he put into it, he wrote a letter to himself about what he had tried to do with the book. The process of writing about his ideas led him to a breakthrough, and he was able to finish. So, why did this work? My theory is that something called our "reticular activating system" (RAS) played a role. The...