What’s the one thing you consider your most important asset in your writing—in your present or future ability to bring you fans? Obviously you want to shine across the board, but what is the greatest strength you have to showcase?

I have a reason for asking that I think can help you figure out how to best market your work, but first I want to know where you’re coming from. — Holly Lisle

Grad Novelists: This is an ongoing discussion on the Renegade Marketing board, where we’re brainstorming ways to connect with readers. Login, then join us.
Your Most Important Asset

The course offers a “Back to the Beginning” board for students who have either finished the course once and want to run through it again, or who had life land on their heads while they were taking it, and who want to start back at the beginning once things have calmed down.

The intro discussion to the board says:

Talk through what happened to you, find out what happened to others, offer support, tips, and encouragement.

Students and grads can read about everything from NaNo burn-out to new babies crashing into writing schedules and enthusiasm. Join in here.

If you’re among the number of students who have not been able to get to some or all of the forum boards you’re supposed to be able to reach, I’ve done major work on the boards today, hoping to fix this.

Please login to your account.

Then head over to the forum:
http://howtothinksideways.com/forum

If you can reach and use all the boards you’re supposed to be able to reach, excellent. You don’t need to let me know.

If you STILL can’t, however, please e-mail me directly at:

hollylisle AT gmail DOT com

Let me know your Student ID/Username, which boards you can’t reach, what browser you’re using, and what sort of error messages you receive.

Thank you,
Holly

If you’re a student who has reached at least Lesson 5, or a course grad, Section 1 of THE WRITING CRAFT: How To Motivate Yourself is now available in the classroom. You’ll find it listed with your lessons as TWC #2- Motivation.

Just log in and you’ll find it.

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REACHED LESSON 5, please be patient. It will arrive on the same day as your Lesson #5.

From a current student:

I’m curious. Do you have a writing playlist?

Or do you have several, one per book? Or even one per character per book? One for action scenes, one for quiet scenes?

Do you listen to songs in a language you can understand, or does that distract you and you prefer instrumental music or songs in a language you don’t understand?

Tons of discussion on this. Students log in and visit the conversation.