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Using Personal Experiences in Your Writing with Brett Godfrey

Using Personal Experiences in Your Writing with Brett Godfrey

FromBecome a Writer Today


Using Personal Experiences in Your Writing with Brett Godfrey

FromBecome a Writer Today

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Brett Godfrey is a multitalented author of the thriller Black Sunrise. He's worked as a lawyer, an engineer, and a pilot, which has given him some hair raising experiences.In this episode, we discuss those experiences and how Brett draws on them to help write his thriller books. He also talks about his writing process and how he spent many years developing the premise for Black Sunrise until he was happy to publish it, and he also touches upon his approach to self-censorship. In this episode we discuss:Why you should hire both a developmental editor and a copy editorGoing back through your manuscript to hone and refine the story Drawing on your own personal experiencesReferring to old diaries and journals for inspirationUsing vivid language to express emotionsStaying faithful to a characterLearning to turn off your inner censor and let the writing flowResources:brettgodfrey.comBlack SunriseSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/becomeawritertoday)
Released:
Jan 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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