Comments on: From Newbie to Master—Understanding the Writer's Journey https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Author Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56842 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:55:28 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56842 In reply to Pam Phillips.

You need a blog/platform/brand the moment you decide to go pro. I am so happy I could help you and my book can help you get that platform started. But seriously, start NOW. You do NOT want to be trying to sell books and pull a brand out of the ether.

]]> By: Pam Phillips https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56841 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:46:23 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56841 Thank you, thank you, a millon (ok not a million but a bunch) of times thank you. I’ve been beating my head against the wall for, I’m sorry to say it… MONTHS!
I have been doubting myself and ask myself what ever gave me the harebrained idea that I could write? Geeze….

I know there is a story that if fighting, screaming and kicking to come out. It’s popped into my head a few times in my life, but some how it just hasn’t managed to turn into a butterfly, YET! I’m thankful a fb friend put me on a path to learn, I’m so glad I didn’t self publish my attempts at writing. I’ve came far enough to be glad I did embarrass myself and I’ve learned enough that I want to write the best story that is in me. It may not, ok probably won’t win a ton of awards before it even comes out, or even after it is out. But thats ok, there are far more books published every year than there are awards. I just want to write the BEST ONE IN ME! One that everytime I read it, it makes me smile and laugh in all the right places. It makes me proud that I poured it out of my heart and soul onto a peice of paper, ok at least 32 pages of paper. I want – scratch that! I am going to be a children’s book writer and illustrator. And as an author I’m so glad to see this, it’s easy to forget that you have to go through the levels one at a time.

I am still neophyte enough that I do not have a blog yet, at what point do you think a blog is necessary? I figured I needed at least one of my ms close enough to revised, revised and revised a few more times to warrant a blog. Or do you think I should have one now to start building a following? I’m sure it is probably inappropriate to ask these questions in this way. I had a point to all of this blog blah blah. I don’t have a blog but I will happily share this. Most of my fb friends are also PB authors and or illustrators but I’m sure there are… Pearls of wisdom here for anyone who looks for them. I am very interested in your branding concepts and I would like to thank you for making all of these tools more affordable than of the usual avenues of learning and growing.

Sincerely, Pam Phillips
RMCSCBWI
PB author/illustrator

]]> By: What is a Fairytale? No… Seriously. | Maxi Bransdale https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56840 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 08:26:38 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56840 […] Image courtesy of Kristen Lamb’s Blog […]

]]> By: A Newbie Gets Ready for SCBWI LA 2015 | L. M. Quraishi, Children's Book Writer https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56839 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:06:47 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56839 […] status to young apprentice. I’m facing the very hardest part of my early career–the sucky middle. I know enough to know what I don’t know, but not quite enough to know how to figure it out. […]

]]> By: Monthly Mention: March 2015 | Coolerbs Reviews https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56838 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 02:42:02 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56838 […] From Newbie To Master—Understanding The Writer’s Journey […]

]]> By: Gail Werner https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56837 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:00:28 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56837 First-timer to your site and SO happy to have found it. What a treasure trove of info for writers it is! Along with commenting here, I’m more than happy to share your blog as a resource on my new web site I’ve just launched: http://gailwerner.com/resources/

]]> By: katkent2014 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56836 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:48:45 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56836 Reblogged this on writersback and commented:
I agree with Kristen; writing is a process and for most of us there are no shortcuts. Keep writing, learning and never give up.

]]> By: katkent2014 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56835 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:47:24 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56835 I love this aritlce, Kristen. “Write with the abandon of a Neophyte and then edit…” So true. A teacher at a University told me it would take an average ten years for me to finish my first novel because that is how long it takes to learn to write. I started at the end of 2010, went to some writing classes, conferences, critiques and pitching. Found out everything I didn’t know and worked hard to apply what I learned…and kept writing (now on book three in my YA trilogy). One thing I learned from a writing coach: do not try to write and edit at the same time. (Thought I could shorten the process if I combined some of it). When I took her advice, the ‘Neophyte’ stage came back. WOO-HOO! Its the real reason I decided to write to begin with. If you don’t get it right the first time; its okay. You can fix it during the rewrite and revision phase. What other profession can you commit a total release of your imagination; to let it soar without boundaries? Its like being a kid in a candy store…true joy. And it really is a process. (During my first chapters; my POV hopped so much; you’d think I was writing about bunnies and not supers.) Once you understand this; it get easier; but only if you keep writing. I haven’t used every single chapter I’ve written and some have been transformed into something completely different. I agree with you, Kristen; you have to keep writing, keep learning and never give up.

]]> By: LV Barat https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56834 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:07:26 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56834 Great post. Thank you for reiterating that when we just start out, we don’t have to know or do everything at once. It lessens the stress a million fold.

]]> By: Boredom, Recession & Imposters | https://authorkristenlamb.com/2015/03/from-newbie-to-master-understanding-the-writers-journey/#comment-56833 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:40:43 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16909#comment-56833 […] ready for that now where I wasn’t just six months ago as I’ve been working through the frustration of the apprentice stage.  I’d still be modeling with my latest spreadsheet:  The writing one.  I wish I could […]

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