Developing a Writing Practice With Award-Winning Author and Writing Coach Kim Wright

Charlotte Readers Podcast

In this episode 390, we focus on how to develop a writing practice and tips for making it stick. Our featured guest with extensive experience on this topic is award-winning author Kim Wright, who has worked as a novelist, journalist, teacher, and speaker. She also is known as The Story Doctor, who deeply believes that everyone has an artist within and that living a creative life is its own reward.
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Also listen to the Author’s Earlier Podcast Episode:
You can listen here:
https://charlottereaderspodcast.com/kim-wright-takes-readers-to-the-carolina-coast-in-the-longest-day-of-the-year-where-four-women-discover-the-truth-about-their-lives/
In this earlier episode that released on January 1, 2021, we feature “The Longest Day of the Year,” set in a single day on the Carolina coast, with a wonderful cast of characters.
“The Longest Day of the Year” explores the longing and regrets of four very different women whose lives converge around their love for this one particular beach. Sounds sweet? Don’t be fooled. The twist ending will drive you back to the book for a second reading. Love, after all, is full of surprises.
Author bio:
Over the past thirty years, Kim Wright has worked as a novelist, journalist, teacher, and speaker. She offers both individual coaching for blocked creatives and interactive workshops for groups. Kim deeply believes that everyone has an artist within and that living a creative life is its own reward - helping us be more focused and productive at work, giving meaning to the rituals of our daily lives and, most importantly, creating joy.
Kim's own creative work has been granted a range of honors, the most recent being the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, which she won for her novel Last Ride to Graceland. Carolina born and raised, her interests include competitive ballroom dancing, rescue dogs, travel, and playing with her two granddaughters.
Author website: http://www.kimwright.org
Show discussion highlights:
• Why developing a writing practice is so important
• A daily writing practice is like brushing your teeth everyday
• How two books a year is not a blistering pace
• Writing stories out of sequence
• Getting inspired as you write
• Finding pockets of time as a binge writer
• Stop writing in the middle of a scene
• Experimenting with where and when you write
• Once you learn what works for you, plan for it
• Find your writing tribe and engage in the writing community
• Getting feedback from other writers
• Surround yourself with hard-working writers
• Don’t put the idea of creativity on a pedestal
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