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Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the podcast. Today, and for the next few weeks, we're talking about the second Pillar of Genre. Let’s talk about Poetry. How do you define what Poetry even is? Would you say that it has a meter or cadence? That it has to rhyme and have multiple verses? That it has to take a specific form? All of those things may be aspects of poetry, and yet poems exist that cou...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the podcast. Today, and for the next few weeks, we're talking about the second Pillar of Genre. Let’s talk about Poetry. How do you define what Poetry even is? Would you say that it has a meter or cadence? That it has to rhyme and have multiple verses? That it has to take a specific form? All of those things may be aspects of poetry, and yet poems exist that cou...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the podcast. Today, and for the next few weeks, we're talking about the second Pillar of Genre. Let’s talk about Poetry. How do you define what Poetry even is? Would you say that it has a meter or cadence? That it has to rhyme and have multiple verses? That it has to take a specific form? All of those things may be aspects of poetry, and yet poems exist that cou...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the podcast. Let’s talk about Fables, shall we? It’s the last subgenre in the Folk Tale pillar of genre and like all folk tales, originally was told from the oral tradition. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the podcast. Last week I went over the difference between Fairy Tales and Fables, because they are very often lumped together, yet they are two separate folk tale subgenres. This week you will get individual posts that look at each more specifically, starting with Fairy Tales, and continuing next week into Fables. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrach...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the podcast. Today I want to go over the difference between Fairy Tales and Fables, because they are very often lumped together, yet they are two separate folk tale subgenres. In the weeks following you will get individual posts that look at each more specifically, but for now, let’s look at how the two subgenres compare. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at au...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the blog. A few weeks ago, we talked all about the difference between myths and legends, because they are very often lumped together, yet myths and legends are two separate folk tale subgenres. This week, I want to go more specifically into the idea of legend as a genre, and give you some examples of the hallmarks that make up a legend. Get full access to Author Rach...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the blog. Last week, we talked all about the difference between myths and legends, because they are very often lumped together, yet myths and legends are two separate folk tale subgenres. This week, I want to go more specifically into the genre of myth, and give you some examples of the hallmarks that make up a myth. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorr...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the ppodcast. Last week, we talked all about the Folk Tale pillar of genre and I introduced you to the main subgenres within the Folk Tale category. This week, I want to talk in brief about the difference between myths and legends, because they are very often lumped together, yet myths and legends are two separate folk tale subgenres. Get full access to Author Rachel...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the podcast. Last week,we talked all about the Folk Tale pillar of genre and I introduced you to the main subgenres within the Folk Tale category. As a reminder, Wikipedia defines a folktale or folk tale as “a folklore genre that typically consists of a story passed down from generation to generation orally.” This week, I want to talk specifically about Tall Tales, g...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the blog. Last week, I gave you an introduction to the five main pillars of genre. Today we’re diving deep into the first pillar, talking all about the Folk Tale genre. I’ll also be giving you an introduction to the specific subgenres that folk tales encompass. http://authorrachelcooper.com/?p=2582 Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substac...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the blog. Today I want to go over the five biggest genre categories that encompass nearly every book you will ever write. There are a few exceptions, but these main categories are considered the five pillars of genre. Genre is a tool that you can use at any stage of the writing process, not just at the marketing end, and these genre categories will be the basis of wh...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the third introductory talk on genre. In our first week, we talked about what genre is. Last week, we spent some time defining something a little more controversial, or what is not considered a genre. As our last introductory post before we jump into the first genre category, I want to touch upon three reasons why learning about genre is so important for everyone wan...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the second talk on genre. Last week, we talked about what is a genre and why it matters. Today I want to spend some time defining something a little more controversial, and that is, what is not considered a genre. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the first talk on Genre. Today I want to spend some time defining what genre really is. This definition will be important for building our understanding the rest of the year on genre. I am specifically going to be talking about the literary genres, but keep in mind that there are musical genres, movie genres, and genres of many different types, and they are worth loo...

At the end of every year, I get organize-crazy. Do I have all my paperwork sorted so I can get my taxes done? How long has it been since I’ve updated my passwords and uploaded all the stuff on my phone and desktop to the cloud? Oh, shoot. I’ve been meaning to get around to finding a spot for that new thing I got in the office and never got around to it. All year. Since last holiday season when I b...

Starting is hard. Starting is one of the hardest things you can do, no matter if you are starting a new habit, a new project, or even a new email message. There is almost nothing worse than starting a new blog series, a new product, a new scene. Why? Well, there are more reasons than you might think. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe

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Let’s talk about making daily writing goals. I think that everyone tries to make daily writing goals of some sort, but it’s not often that I find somebody who actually keeps them. Starting a new habit is extremely difficult, and keeping that habit is even harder. So today I want to talk about making a realistic daily writing goal that you are able to keep. First let me explain that most writing go...

The more internet searches I do, the more I realize that there are a whole lot of ways that people work out their task lists. One of the most simple and most effective is the to-do list. Making a to-do list works for a lot of people, because not only can you see everything that needs to get done, but you can also add in extra tasks easily, and you feel super accomplished to mark a bunch of things...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome back. Every year since 2018 I have picked one word to focus my goals around for the entire year. In 2018, I chose Focus because I had too many projects and none of them that were completed, so I really wanted to practice focusing in on just one project and seeing it through to completion. In 2019, I chose Hustle, because while I largely was able to teach myself the focu...

Hello Lovelies, and welcome back. In this post we're going to briefly recap all the things we've learned about writing drafts and about revising them throughout the year. If you've missed any of these lessons, you can find them all linked on the blog. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe

Hello lovelies. Today I want to go over goal setting for the new year. I know I’ve gone over this for short-term planning before, but I want to give you a way to plan your entire year realistically so that in December of next year you can look back and know you accomplished something. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe

In this #PrepTober episode I want to talk about 3 simple steps to optimizing the time you have without guilt and without losing your mind. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe

This week, I want to talk specifically about how a self-published author can signpost to their readers that they do more than just writing one type of book series. Get full access to Author Rachel Cooper at authorrachelcooper.substack.com/subscribe