Podcast: Stephanie Smith on Writing & Soul Care
In this episode, editor Stephanie Smith joins Abbie and Sonya to talk about how being specific always benefits your writing life, how everyone gets imposter syndrome – and how to help push past it, and why looking at writing with scarcity in mind won’t help you share the message that you are meant to share. It’s an episode full of both practical tips and the encouragement you need to keep writing, and we’re so grateful Stephanie spent some of her time with us.
Stephanie Duncan Smith is a senior editor at Baker Books, where she takes great joy in coaching and championing authors to bring the best out of their message. She’s worked in book and digital media publishing for over a decade, developing bestselling and award-winning writers, and personally pens SLANT LETTER, an email newsletter for writers looking to deepen their craft and tend to the soul of their work. She is also working through her masters from Western Theology Seminary. Stephanie lives with her husband, Zach, and their daughter on the east coast. You can sign up for SLANT LETTER and follow Stephanie on Twitter and Instagram.
Resources we mentioned in this episode:
Sonya’s resource in the Creative Library called Be Specific touches on one of the tips Stephanie had for us.
Abbie mentions Lois Lowry’s book The Giver – if for some reason you missed out on this one as an adolescent, it’s worth a read.
Struggling to name your goals for your writing? Sonya’s lesson on Success is a good place to start.
Struggling with someone else who has a similar message to yours? Sarah Hauser talked all about her experience in Episode 15: When Someone Else Writes Your Book.
A quote from this episode:
“I talk a lot about what I’m looking for in a word: I’m looking for sparks… it’s the craft of taking something that is true and putting it into fresh language that makes me as the reader do a double take.” – Stephanie Duncan Smith
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