167. You're invited to the Story Success Clinic with Beth Barany

”I believe that your unique vision that you are sharing in your stories can impact the readers in unknown and amazing ways.” - Beth Barany

How To Write the Future podcast host, Beth Barany, invites listeners to sign up for a free Story Success Clinic session. In these sessions, Beth will coach you and give you feedback on a short piece of your writing. You’ll gain insights into how to enhance scenes in your world-building and brainstorm ideas to bring your story world to life. The Story Success Clinic is designed to leave you confident and ready to take the next step in your writing. All recorded sessions get featured as an episode on the podcast.

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167. You're invited to the Story Success Clinic with Beth Barany

[00:00:00] Introduction to Story Success Clinic

Hey science fiction and fantasy authors, would you like to get more exposure for your books, and get some support to uncover story ideas, enhance story cohesion, and get some ideas for marketing?

Then sign up for my 30 minute Story Success Clinic interview on my podcast, How To Write The Future.

 Every 30-minute story success clinic is recorded and gets aired as an episode of the How To Write The Future podcast. 

So sign up today. The link is in the show notes. And now let's get on with the show.

[00:00:44] Meet Your Host: Beth Barany

Hi everyone. This is Beth Barany with How To Write The Future podcast. This podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures. 

Because when we vision what is possible, we help make it so. 

In this week's episode, I want to share about why I decided to launch the Story Success Clinic. 

I am a writing coach and have been one for over 16 years, and actually started helping writers, years before that. I taught English to non-native speakers when I was 30, did it here in the United States, as well as abroad in Paris, France. 

 I have been a writing teacher since, gosh, since about over, over 20 years now. I actually started teaching short story writing when I was teaching English to non-native speakers. 

All that to say, I am passionate about storytelling, passionate about helping writers. 

[00:01:47] The Power of Storytelling

And I believe that your unique vision that you are sharing in your stories can impact the readers in unknown and amazing ways. 

Stories shape how we see ourselves. Stories shape how we see the world. In fact, I would say that everything is a story -- our belief systems, our organizations, the way we do things. Culture. Even science is a story. 

Being human means being story makers, and this applies whether you are a writer or a creative or an artist of any kind. We are all looking through the lens of stories to see the world. Another way of talking about this is mental maps. We all see the world through our own particular lenses. 

If all we know is maybe a hundred miles radius from where we live, then our sense of self and our sense of the world is entirely shaped by that. 

On the other hand, if we could travel to a space station in high earth orbit and turn around and see the earth, from that vantage point how would our sense of self and the world change? 

 Over the last three years of running How to Write the Future Podcast, I have done several story success clinics and I've answered questions like, how do I not overload background into my stories? Also, how do I do collaborative writing? Everyone's always asking me how to handle backstory. We did that with Amy Johnson.

Uh, in episode 21, we did a story success clinic with Melissa Green, who's a sci-fi writer, and one of my clients also, we did a story success clinic with Hugh Tipping, also one of my clients, and discussing his questions about deep point of view. We did one on tropes and niching and this was with Fantasy novelist, Katie, Willem, also one of my clients.

And then I spoke with Ann Burack, who's an educator and a writer. And we spoke to her about her writing and I took her questions. So you can see I have helped different writers, with their issues 

 The kinds of questions that I have been asked in the Story Success Clinic range from editorial craft questions to story structure and marketing.

[00:04:33] Understanding the Story Success Clinic

I started off this podcast sharing with you about my Story Success Clinic and why I'm offering this service. It is a way that I can help writers do a few things. Get more exposure for your books. Brainstorm ideas to make your story world come alive, and also brainstorm ideas around marketing. 

[00:04:56] Marketing and Exposure for Authors

So I will cover those topics in our discussions and help you gain clarity and inspiration and motivation. Because by the time you're done with our chat, I want you to leave with your next step. We're not trying to solve all the world's problems in 30 minutes. We're just going help bring some clarity and get you inspired and motivated for the next step. And of course, this is my way to showcase my skills as a coach. 

So, if you want to work with me further, you are invited to have that conversation with me. That's a separate conversation. This is not a selling conversation. This is conversation, me being helpful to you. Also me giving you the opportunity to get some exposure as an author. Learning how to market your books and yourself as an author is such a key skill. 

 I look forward to speaking with you. If you have any questions about the Story Success Clinic, contact me through email, or LinkedIn . Those details are in the show notes. 

[00:06:02] Final Thoughts and Contact Information

All right, everyone. Have a wonderful writing day and I look forward to speaking with you in our 30 minute Story Success Clinic.

 Write long and prosper.