The Writing Coach Podcast with Rebecca L. Weber

What’s one thing you’d like help with in your writing life today? I’d like to coach you about it—and share the recording with other listeners of the Writing Coach Podcast. To apply for a free coaching session with me, visit www.rebeccalweber.com/coachme [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/coachme] 🔗 You might also like to listen to … WCP 1: What’s your problem? [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast1] WCP20 Setting freelance writer goals [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast20/] Writing Coach Podcast Greatest Hits Playlist on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hUMTWXdBk2Cxo9n4DufMw?si=6236245c0f5044f3] 🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch], “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”   www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch] ⭐ Support the Writing Coach Podcast by reviewing on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1435527746?mt=2&app=podcast&ls=1], sharing a link on your website or in your newsletter, or in your next social media post. Let other writers know why you listen.

Sometimes you AND your pitch need to get out of your head and out into the world.  On the first Tuesday of the month, I’m hosting co-pitching calls where freelancers work on their pitches together.  This month I offered a few short prompts for those who needed it. Here I elaborate on ways to approach these prompts, your story idea, your editor, your readers, and your mindset. 🔗 You might also like … WCP 245 Archives: 🐶 Monday mornings on the mountain with Mishka [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast245] WCP 217 Title TK [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast217] WCP 16: Freewriting for freelancers [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast16] WCP 4: Pitching: The perfect black T-shirt [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast4] 🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch], “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”   www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch] 🔥 Work with me 1:1 Private coaching is for the writer who wants a personalized agenda and transformative breakthroughs. You’ll experience new clarity about what’s been holding you back and choose new patterns of thinking and behavior to propel you forward toward your writing goals.  Apply for private writer coaching: www.rebeccalweber.com/coach [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/coach] ⭐ Support the Writing Coach Podcast by reviewing on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1435527746?mt=2&app=podcast&ls=1], sharing a link on your website or in your newsletter, or in your next social media post. Let other writers know why you listen. 📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast246 [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast246]

On Monday mornings I used to be cranky and anxious. It’s not a great combo any time, and not a great foundation for the week ahead.  Then I created a ritual to help me transition … and I actually look forward to that time when I get to look at my writing projects from a totally different perspective.  Creating a ritual or two in your writing life can provide structure, meaning, and momentum. This episode is in memory of the patron puppy saint of the Writing Coach Podcast, Mishka. 🔗 You might also like to listen to … WCP 244: Freelance feast or famine [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast244] WCP 231 Archives: Writing through grief [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast231] WCP 43: Bridge thoughts [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast43] WCP 15: How Nelson Mandela taught me to write faster [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast15] Writing Coach Podcast Greatest Hits Playlist on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hUMTWXdBk2Cxo9n4DufMw?si=6236245c0f5044f3] 🔗 Mentioned on this episode … Essential books for writers [https://rebeccalweber.com/on-my-bookshelf-essential-books-for-writers/] Laura Feasey on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/laurafeasey/] Yolisa Qunta on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/yolisaqunta/] Mishka on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/missmishkaza/] Twyla Tharp’s “The Creative Habit” [http://www.twylatharp.org/works/creative-habit-learn-it-and-use-it-life] 🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch], “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”   www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch] ⭐ Support the Writing Coach Podcast by reviewing on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1435527746?mt=2&app=podcast&ls=1], sharing a link on your website or in your newsletter, or in your next social media post. Let other writers know why you listen. ✏️ Work with me in Freelance Writer Bootcamp Break into your dream publications and get paid well while covering stories that matter. Alumni of my group coaching program have used the proven Bootcamp processes to break into the New York Times, the Guardian, Bustle, Fodor’s, Ms., Nat Geo Travel, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and many more.  Apply now for the next session: www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com [http://www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com] 🔥 Work with me 1:1 Private coaching is for the writer who wants a personalized agenda and transformative breakthroughs. You’ll experience new clarity about what’s been holding you back and choose new patterns of thinking and behavior to propel you forward toward your writing goals.  Apply for private writer coaching: www.rebeccalweber.com/coach [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/coach] 📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast245 [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast245]

In one week, you might have a pub that you’ve written for for years fold, receive an email from an editor who said she loved your pitch now asking for a ton of edits, sign a contract for a new book, and have a source ask to reschedule an interview. It seems there’s nothing as constant in change in the freelance writing world … and yet so many freelancers seem continually surprised by the meta pattern of change. In this episode we look at handling change as a freelance writer in general, and then focus in on the pattern of feast and famine.  🔗 You might also like … WCP 150 Archives: Company policies [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast150] WCP 239: You set your freelance writing rates [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast239] WCP 214 Cultivate flow [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast214] WCP 1: What’s your (writing) problem? [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast1] ✏️ Work with me in Freelance Writer Bootcamp Break into your dream publications and get paid well while covering stories that matter. Alumni of my group coaching program have used the proven Bootcamp processes to break into the New York Times, the Guardian, Bustle, Fodor’s, Ms., Nat Geo Travel, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and many more.  Apply now for the September 2023 session: www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com [http://www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com] 🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch], “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”   www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch] 📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast244 [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast244]

They say it’s the thought that counts when it comes to gifts. But if you’ve ever had the experience of receiving a gift that was clearly intended for somebody else (but the tags got swapped or similar), or if you received a generic Secret Santa present, you know that the thoughts leading to those gifts were fundamentally different than when somebody offers you a gift that surprises and delights you because it is just so perfect. Freelancers who pitch regularly have had the experience of sending the wrong idea to the wrong publication at the wrong time. If who you are pitching is an afterthought, that randomness shows.  Sending your next editor a pitch that makes their day is an empowering experience for both of you. Learn more about the gift of specificity. 🔗 You might also like … WCP 187 You’re invited [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast187] WCP 180 Learning mindset [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast180] WCP 4: Pitching: The perfect black T-shirt [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast4] WCP 182 Archives: Annoying pitches [https://rebeccalweber.com/podcast182] 🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch], “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”   www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch] ✏️ Work with me in Freelance Writer Bootcamp Break into your dream publications and get paid well while covering stories that matter. Alumni of my group coaching program have used the proven Bootcamp processes to break into the New York Times, the Guardian, Bustle, Fodor’s, Ms., Nat Geo Travel, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and many more.  Apply now for the next session: www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com [http://www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com] 📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast243 [http://www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast243]