Crafting and marketing well-told tales
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Ways to Get Paid for Words That Aren’t Your Book, by @vidlit thewritekit.substack.com/p/w… For twenty years, people paid extra for DVDs so they could hear a director explain why the lamp was blue.
The Dentist Will See You Now vespilloclamo264872.substack… What are the six most frightening words in the English language? "The dentist will see you now."
What I trust in the room stewartcubley989527.substack… I write this for anyone who has felt the pull to paint without knowing why. If it speaks to you, subscribe to get each new post, and if you can, become a paid subscriber to help sustain it.
The No-Show Epidemic vespilloclamo264872.substack… The epidemic that is sweeping dental offices has nothing to do with Covid, and there’s no vaccine for it: it is no shows, along with her cousin, the last-minute cancellation.
Something Caught My Eye: Who Owns the Audio, by @vidlit thewritekit.substack.com/p/s… One of the buyers explained the deal like this: “What streaming did for independent musicians, digital audio is doing for independent authors.”
I read that sentence three times.
I Spent Years Teaching Seniors How to Use Uber. Here's What It Taught Me About Why Schools Are Panicking Over AI., by @vidlit thewritekit.substack.com/p/i…
Why Didn't You Paint a Picture?, by @vidlit thewritekit.substack.com/p/w… Go on - read it - I dare you.
Why Marketing Feels Terrible?, by @vidlit open.substack.com/pub/thewri… For generations, artists were handed a false choice: Be pure or be visible. Be serious or be successful. Make art or sell out.
The Echo System, by @vidlit open.substack.com/pub/thewri… Someone told me recently that they felt like they were “doing publishing wrong.”
They had written a book — a real one, a good one, years in the making. They had an agent. The book was on submission.
All of the Above, by @vidlit open.substack.com/pub/thewri… There’s a question people ask at parties, on first dates, and in the opening minutes of every networking event that has ever made me want to hide behind the cheese plate:
“So, what do you do?”
KHAAAAAAAN! … and Me (or How I Learned to Love Star Trek - Part I) open.substack.com/pub/nichol…
I want to tell you something I almost didn’t write. Not because it’s autobiographical — it isn’t, not exactly — but because the question at the center of it felt too large and too embarrassing to put a character through honestly. open.substack.com/pub/thewri…
When the Rain Falls: Finding Solace in the Stories We Tell Strangers open.substack.com/pub/boazse… What was it about that particular moment — or that particular person — that made honestly feel possible?