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This week, Alida and Robert welcome author and writing coach Beth Barany back to the Round Table for this author statement workshop. Grab your paper and pen, and write along with us as she takes us step-by-step through the creation of your author’s statement of purpose. No kidding, this might be the most important sentence you write in 2021!
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What is an author’s statement of purpose? And how can you use it? Beth walks the round table through a workshop to create their own statement. Surprise! It’s not just for marketing!
You can connect with Beth on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/BethBarany.
School: https://school.bethbarany.com/p/home
Blog: http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/
Fiction: http://author.bethbarany.com/
Main site: http://bethbarany.com/
Get feedback on your statement!
What we talked about:
What is the author’s statement of purpose? (3:26)
How has Beth used her author statement? (8:00)
How do you start thinking about your author statement? (11:20)
Number One: Genre. (16:00)
Number Two: Readers. (20:35)
Number Three: What they want. (21:35)
Number Four: Your Impact upon the Reader. (31:43)
Now it’s time to construct your sentence. (41:35)
It’s not just for marketing! (50:10)
Final Words from Beth. (57:44)
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About Your Hosts
Alida Winternheimer is an award-winning author with an MFA in writing from Hamline University. She pursues her fervor for all things story as a writing coach, developmental editor, and teacher. Two of her short stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of The Story Works Guide to Writing Fiction Series. Alida lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her Golden Retriever, Seva the Wonder Dog. She camps, bikes, and kayaks in her free time. Unless it’s winter, in which case she drinks chai by the fire. You can find more at www.alidawinternheimer.com.
Kathryn Arnold writes fantasy and anything else that sparks her creativity from her home in Kingston, Washington. She currently earns her living as an insurance underwriting assistant, where she also creates marketing and web copy. When not writing, she plays (and teaches) piano and keyboard in a band (or two), and is working on starting a ministry team with her husband. You can find Kathryn at www.skyfirewords.com.
Robert Scanlon was born in Australia, but whisked off to England when only a baby. After many years complaining about the weather, he did the sensible thing and moved back to Australia. Despite a career in the music industry, followed by decades teaching public speaking, Robert is an introvert who adores reading. Robert grew up on a diet of sci-fi masters, eventually discovering he had read the library’s entire science fiction section. Now he has to write his own. Robert is the author of Constellation, book one of the Blood Empire space opera series. Find out more at www.RobertScanlon.com