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Activated Authors is an online author community centered around principles of healthy productivity, community, and shared knowledge. Founded by international bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, and author coach, Daniel Willcocks, the group aims to help authors and creatives of all levels achieve their creative goals and thrive as part of a healthy, positive community.
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![#022: Craig Falconer – Lessons in writing Sci-Fi, modeling specific success, and quality versus quantity.](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog12375381/5f444a8ac89b74f8253b9b3bb1415e55_300x300.jpg)
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Craig A. Falconer is a bestselling Scottish novelist, specializing in science fiction. He has written several widely popular series in his career, including the Not Alone series, Terradox series, and the Sycamore series.
In this episode we go deep into:
- What it feels like to win a ‘Best Dressed’ at a ceilidh
- Advantages of leveraging a box set
- Changing your mindset from minimum work to maximum output
- Importance of specializing in one ad platform instead of trying to juggle them all
- Best ways to market a box set
- Modeling specific success
- Finding your ideal writing routine
- Going beyond what you believe you’re capable of (writing 113,000 in 13 days)
- How speed can help the quality of your writing
- Tips to increase your odds of creating a runaway success
- Studying trends across mediums to find what could sell
- Knowing your genre inside and out
- Craig’s research process
- Capitalizing on emotional resonance and playing with contrasting lines
- Sticking in your own lane and abiding by your own pace
- Working with agents on your audio deals
- Taking risks and thinking outside of the box to secure success (with audiobooks)
Craig answers questions from Patrons:
- Jenn Mitchell: What kinds of things did you do to deal with the pressure of trying to write the next few books following such a huge initial success?
- Mark McClure: Do you plot, pants, or dance between the two?
Find out more about Craig:
Links from the show:
www.facebook.com/groups/greatwritersshare
Special thanks to:
Intro vocals: Persephone Rose
Show theme: Karl Hughes
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Jenn Mitchell
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