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Greg Smith – The Eight Stages of Writing a Story

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Listen to the Publish to Thrive Podcast on your favorite podcast app.

On this podcast episode, Greg Smith talks about the eight stages of writing a story.

Greg shares how he helps authors write the first draft of their novel in six months.

With Greg’s Agile Writing Method, he takes the creative process of writing a novel and fuses it with an almost scientific approach to telling a story.

He shares how the Hero’s Journey influenced his Agile Writer Method

With the Agile Writer Method, there are 8 steps to his storytelling approach. Plus, how each step of the novel is about 30 pages.  

He shares how he helps writers mold their idea into these 8 stages.

With his agile writer method, you write 10 pages each week for 25 weeks and have a finished first draft of 250-pages.

How heroes and villains are similar and different

Moreover, he shares about marketing from social media to blog posts.

Finally, he discusses authors building a fan-base and connecting with fans.

Listen to this podcast episode as Greg shares how he helps authors with the 8 stages of writing a story to finish their first draft in six months.

Connect with Greg Smith

Website: www.AgileWriters.com 

Download Greg’s Free Report- The 8 Stages of Writing a Story


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