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Mar 21, 2024

William Kenower is the author of Everyone Has What It Takes: A Writer’s Guide to the End of Self-Doubt, Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write With Confidence, and Write Within Yourself: An Author’s Companion, and the Editor-in-Chief of Author magazine. In addition to his books he’s been published in The New York Times, Writer’s Digest, Edible Seattle, Parent Map, and has been a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. He also hosts the popular podcasts Author2Author, and Fearless Writing With Bill Kenower. 

 

In this episode:

  • How Bill came up with the concept for his book [2:40]

  • Following curiosity in your reading [12:20]

  • Letting yourself write about what you want to write, without worrying about selling your writing [18:09]

  • Advice for getting into the writing flow [16:54]

  • Writing with the ‘three narrative arcs.’ [22:33]

  • Bill’s opinion on gatekeepers in this industry [29:31]

 

Connect with Bill:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.kenower

Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/wdbk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/williamkenower/



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