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The Writing Coach Podcast with Rebecca L. Weber Rebecca L. Weber
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Rebecca L. Weber coaches with the sustainable strategies, mindset shifts, and creative skills development she uses to help independent writers around the world.
If you’ve got what it takes to make it as a freelance writer, but struggle with confidence, imposter syndrome, overwhelm, procrastination, time management, writer’s block, improving your craft, marketing, pitching, underearning, pursuing meaning in your work, or getting in your own way, this is the writing podcast for you.
Learn, grow, and succeed as a freelancer by identifying the wants and needs of your editors, your readers, and yourself.
Rebecca draws on her experience as a journalist covering social justice, the environment, international development, the arts, and travel for publications like CNN, the New York Times, Dwell, and Ebony.com. Download a free guide on how to pitch at www.rebeccalweber.com/5-proven-steps
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WCP247 Coach me
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
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WCP 1: What’s your problem?
WCP20 Setting freelance writer goals
Writing Coach Podcast Greatest Hits Playlist on Spotify
🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas, “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”
www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch
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WCP246 First Tuesday: Write that pitch
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.
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WCP 245 Archives: 🐶 Monday mornings on the mountain with Mishka
WCP 217 Title TK
WCP 16: Freewriting for freelancers
WCP 4: Pitching: The perfect black T-shirt
🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas, “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”
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
⭐ Support the Writing Coach Podcast by reviewing on Apple Podcasts, sharing a link on your website or in your newsletter, or in your next social media post. Let other writers know why you listen.
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WCP245 Archives: 🐶 Monday mornings on the mountain with Mishka
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.
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WCP 244: Freelance feast or famine
WCP 231 Archives: Writing through grief
WCP 43: Bridge thoughts
WCP 15: How Nelson Mandela taught me to write faster
Writing Coach Podcast Greatest Hits Playlist on Spotify
🔗 Mentioned on this episode …
Essential books for writers
Laura Feasey on Instagram
Yolisa Qunta on Instagram
Mishka on Instagram
Twyla Tharp’s “The Creative Habit”
🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas, “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”
www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch
⭐ Support the Writing Coach Podcast by reviewing on Apple Podcasts, 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
🔥 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
📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast245 -
WCP244 Freelance feast or famine
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.
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WCP 150 Archives: Company policies
WCP 239: You set your freelance writing rates
WCP 214 Cultivate flow
WCP 1: What’s your (writing) problem?
✏️ 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
🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas, “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”
www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch
📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast244 -
WCP243 Gift of specificity
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.
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WCP 187 You’re invited
WCP 180 Learning mindset
WCP 4: Pitching: The perfect black T-shirt
WCP 182 Archives: Annoying pitches
🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas, “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”
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
📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast243 -
WCP242 Miss that exit
On a road trip, you might see a dozen reminders about an upcoming exit. The frequency doesn’t mean that you should get off the highway for an unwanted detour.
Following the trail of habitual thoughts can derail your writing life. Learn to stay the course.
Also: The last session for the year of my small group coaching program, Freelance Writer Bootcamp, starts in mid September. Details and application info: www.FreelanceWriterBootcamp.com
🔗 You might also like …
WCP 1: What’s your (writing) problem?
Writing Coach Podcast Greatest Hits Playlist on Spotify
✏️ 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
🔥 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
🎁 Download my free guide on how to pitch freelance article ideas, “5 Proven Steps to Writing Queries that Sell.”
www.rebeccalweber.com/howtopitch
📝 More info and complete show notes: www.rebeccalweber.com/podcast242
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