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    The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book: Writer's Fun Zone, #2
    The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book: Writer's Fun Zone, #2
    The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book: Writer's Fun Zone, #2
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    The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book: Writer's Fun Zone, #2

    By Beth Barany

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    A Self-Coaching Guide to Writing Your Book, A Spiritual Inner Work Guide From an Experienced Author and Coach.

    A home study coaching guide and workbook

    A Hero's Journey adaption with you the author as the hero in your own journey/adventure of writing your book

    "Beth Barany's kind, passionate approach to all things writing is such a refreshing change from others that shout 'Do This' or 'Read My Book'." -- Sharon Hamilton, bestselling romance author

    "It's like having a writing coach at your side." -- Stephanie Beeby, author & coach

    Do you have a book inside you that can't find its way out?

    Are you having trouble even getting started on your book writing journey?

    The Writer's Adventure Guide helps you step off into the unknown of a writing project and see it through to its destination -- from the first exciting flash of an idea to that dark moment when you think you'll never write a decent paragraph again.

    This 164-page guide gives you tips and tools for keeping an eye on your inner landscape so you can achieve your goal of writing a book.

    In 12 clear, organized steps, find out how you can:
    -- Build confidence in your writing instincts
    -- Forge a clear path from inspiration to completion
    -- Learn how to write the book while living your active life
    -- Delight in the creative adventure, both its ups and downs
    -- Complete your novel or nonfiction book

    What this book is not: A guide to the craft of fiction. Check out Beth Barany's Plan Your Novel Like A Pro for help with crafting your novel.

    236 pages.

    Series: Writer's Fun Zone, book 2

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's Fun Zone Publishing
    Release dateJan 6, 2020
    ISBN9781944841263
    The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book: Writer's Fun Zone, #2
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    Beth Barany

    Award winning author, Beth Barany writes in several genres including young adult adventure fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction mysteries. Inspired by living abroad in France and Quebec, she loves creating magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives. For fun, Beth enjoys walking her neighborhood, gardening on her patio, and watching movies and traveling with her husband, author Ezra Barany. They live in Oakland, California with a piano and over 1,000 books.

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    The Writer's Adventure Guide - Beth Barany

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    BETH BARANY

    BARANY PUBLISHING

    Oakland, CA

    Copyright © 2009 by Beth Barany

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, scanning, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

    Published by Barany Publishing, 771 Kingston Ave., #108, Piedmont, CA 94611

    www.writersadventureguide.com

    Printed in the United States of America

    First Printing: July 2009

    ISBN 978-0-9823442-5-5

    Cover Design by Heather Smith, Heatha B Designs Book Design by Edie Fogel

    Edited by Robin Reisberg and Ezra Barany

    Barany Publishing books are available for special promotions to organizations and other groups. Please contact us for details.

    This book is dedicated to my parents, Robin and Martin Reisberg, without whom I would have never embarked on my writer’s adventure.

    Contents

    INTRODUCTION

    11

    Writing as an Adventure: The Basics

    14

    Stage 0: Prepare to Prepare to Write

    17

    PART I: THE PREPARATION PHASE

    STAGE 1: START FROM WHERE YOU ARE

    23

    Exercise 1.1: GMCS

    24

    Write to Reflect

    29

    Exercise 1.2: Your Vision of Your Future Life 30

    Assignments

    32

    Starting Points

    32

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 32

    STAGE 2: CALL TO ADVENTURE

    34

    First Steps

    34

    Exercise 2.1: Describe Your Book

    35

    Exercise 2.2: Time Commitment

    36

    Exercise 2.3: Timeline

    38

    Exercise 2.4: Preliminary Marketing Research 38

    Exercise 2.5: Cover

    48

    Exercise 2.6: Symbol

    49

    Assignments

    52

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 53

    STAGE 3: REFUSAL OF THE CALL

    54

    Exercise 3.1: Top 20 List of Your Writer’s Block 55

    Exercise 3.2: Flip It

    57

    Exercise 3.3: Interview the Inner Critic

    59

    Assignments

    61

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 62

    STAGE 4: IT TAKES A VILLAGE

    64

    Exercise 4.1: Allies and Support

    66

    Tip 1: Tracking

    69

    Tip 2: Capturing Random Thoughts

    71

    Assignments

    73

    Exercise 4. 2: Writer Archetype

    74

    Write to Reflect

    77

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 78

    CONTENTS

    7

    PART II: THE WRITING PHASE

    STAGE 5: ACCEPT THE CALL

    81

    Write to Reflect

    82

    Reward

    83

    Tracking

    84

    Accountability Buddy

    85

    Assignments

    86

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 87

    STAGE 6: THE ADVENTURE IS REAL

    89

    Challenges = Tests

    90

    Resistance, My Friend or Enemy

    91

    Exercise 6.1: Writing Your Book

    91

    Editing

    92

    Exercise 6.2: Editing vs. Writing vs. Rewriting 94

    Assignments

    96

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 97

    STAGE 7: REST AND ASSESS

    98

    Exercise 7.1: Assess What You Know and Acknowledge 99

    Exercise 7.2: Assess Your Challenges

    101

    Exercise 7.3: Rest

    102

    Exercise 7.4: List of 20

    103

    Assignments

    104

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 105

    STAGE 8: THE CHALLENGE

    106

    Meditation

    107

    Exercise 8.1: Writing Meditation: Face the Dragon 108

    Assignments

    110

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 111

    PART III: THE COMPLETION PHASE

    STAGE 9: THE REWARD

    113

    Exercise 9.1: Envision

    114

    Exercise 9.2: Celebrate

    115

    Exercise 9.3: Appreciate What You Have Done 115

    Exercise 9.4: Prepare for the Road Home

    116

    Assignments

    117

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 117

    8

    THE WRITER’S ADVENTURE GUIDE

    STAGE 10: WRITING IS REWRITING

    118

    Exercise 10.1: Editing vs. Rewriting

    120

    Exercise 10.2: Refine Vision

    121

    How to Edit and Rewrite

    123

    List 10.1: Editing and Rewriting Options

    125

    Exercise 10.3: Steps to Editing and Rewriting 126

    Exercise 10.4: Scheduling

    126

    Assignments

    127

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 127

    STAGE 11: TRANSFORMING YOUR BOOK

    128

    Exercise 11.1: Face the Dragon Again

    129

    Exercise 11.2: Quiet the Mind and Vision

    131

    Exercise 11.3: Evaluate

    132

    Assignments

    134

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 134

    STAGE 12: THE RETURN WITH YOUR GIFT

    136

    Exercise 12.1: Celebrate

    137

    Exercise 12.2: Next Steps and New Choices 139

    Exercise 12.3: Organize Your Time

    141

    Exercise 12.4: Support

    142

    Assignments

    143

    A Writing Spark to Ignite Your Creativity 144

    APPENDIX

    Project Timeline Chart

    146

    Steps to Self-Publishing Success

    148

    Traditional Publishing

    154

    Hero’s Journey and Plotting

    160

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    161

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    163

    Acknowledgments

    Every writer stands on the shoulders of those who have gone before. I give a huge acknowledgment to the work of Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, and to Christopher Vogler, author of The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. I also give homage to all who wrote down the countless fairy tales and folk tales I’ve devoured from a very young age.

    This book grew out of many workshops and talks. I’d like to thank all the students and clients who attended and played with this new material.

    A heartfelt thanks goes to Karen Stanwood, Don Kirchner, and friends in Point Roberts, WA, where I presented my workshop for the very fi rst time.

    A big thanks to creative colleague Peter J. Ferguson who held my feet to the fi re from the fi rst moments this idea was a mere inkling of a passion. A special thanks to Richard Stromer who helped me create my Writer Archetypes. A deep thanks to the women who have midwifed this book in various ways: Edie Fogel, Cara Gardner, Cheryl Liquori, Deborah Le Sueur, Derri Pollack, Robin Reisberg, Jeri Schobe, Heather Smith, Sarah Streicher. I lift a glass of thanks to my inestimable critique partners: Kay Keppler and Patricia Simpson. And this book would not even be here if it were not for the steadfast and unwavering support in so many ways of my husband, Ezra Barany.

    Introduction

    The Writer’s Adventure Guide was designed for writers who want support every step of the way while they write their books.

    This book will help you keep an eye on your inner landscape so you can fully harness your skills and abilities to go from start to fi nish on your novel or creative nonfi ction book.

    The Writer’s Adventure Guide has been designed to inspire and motivate fi rst-time book authors who write fi ction and creative nonfi ction:

    • TO FORGE A CLEAR PATH FROM INSPIRATION TO COMPLETION

    • TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN YOUR WRITING INSTINCTS

    • TO CREATE MORE TIME AND SPACE TO ENJOY THE BOOK

    WRITING PROCESS

    • TO DELIGHT IN THE CREATIVE ADVENTURE, BOTH ITS UPS AND

    ITS DOWNS

    • TO COMPLETE YOUR NOVEL OR CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOK

    HOW THE WRITER’S ADVENTURE GUIDE CAME TO BE

    We all experience blocks. At times, we all experience a lack of inspiration. Following these twelve stages will allow you to be re-inspired, recommitted and get your book done. With the twelve stages you will improve your productivity, tap into your inspiration much more quickly, come up with ways and tools and your own personalized techniques for overcoming your own writer’s block, and get your book fi nished.

    This book was designed for writers who want support every step of the way while they write their books. The Writer’s Adventure Guide helps you keep an eye on your inner landscape so you 12

    THE WRITER’S ADVENTURE GUIDE

    can fully harness your skills and abilities to go from start to fi nish on your novel or creative nonfi ction book.

    The Writer’s Adventure Guide was developed out of my desire to stay in touch with the inner workings of my own writing process. It was not enough for me to learn the craft, I wanted to also acknowledge and work with the inner dimensions of being a writer. I looked for a framework, something big enough to encom-pass all of my life, but found

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