Your Words Unleashed Leslie Wang

Today's episode is inspired by a recent breakthrough I had with one of my writing coaching clients. Incidentally, she’s an article writer and not a book writer, although it doesn't really matter for our purposes. 
But I want to talk about why you need to do less, both in actual practice, as well as on a mental level. In other words, I'm going to try to convince you why you need to stop striving for perfection and let things go earlier. 
Hopefully, by the end of this episode, you will see that striving for 100% in your writing, or in your life for that matter, is never the way to go. 
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Today I’m going to talk about something that I believe is a really important part of good scholarly writing.
And that is the power of storytelling.
I'll discuss how you can harness the power of storytelling in your own writing, regardless of the subject matter.  
I’m also going to read a few pages from my first book to illustrate some of these points.
And I’ll give you some tips for how you can start incorporating storytelling into your writing in the most effective and enjoyable ways possible. 
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I don’t need to tell you how heavy things are feeling across the globe right now.
Like most of you, I've been watching disaster unfold in Israel and Gaza from a privileged position of security and safety.
In this era of the 24-hour news cycle and the ability to document and share our every movement in real-time, we’ve been flooded with images of human beings much like ourselves and children much like our own undergoing unimaginable suffering. 
So how do we maintain equilibrium and move forward with our daily lives and routines in the face of so much tragedy? 
 I’m going to give you a few ideas on ways to get through the day in one piece.
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The scholarly book proposal is truly an art form that is very difficult to master. It's THE most important part of getting a book contract. And yet there’s so much conflicting information out there that it can be hard for people to write one in a way that truly puts their best foot forward.
On today’s episode, I talk about the top 5 most common mistakes I see scholarly authors make in their proposals. If you can avoid making these mistakes, you are that much more likely to be taken seriously by editors and get a book contract!
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I've made it to my 40th episode! In fact, podcasting is not something I ever seriously considered before I created my coaching business less than two years ago. It blows me away that I’ve reached this milestone. So this week I want to share with you my reflections about podcasting and the four main lessons it has for YOUR scholarly writing projects.
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Today I’m going to go in-depth about one of the very best and most important things you can possibly do to improve your book. And this is to host a manuscript workshop! If you’ve never heard of these before, they’re like a best-kept secret in academia. These are essentially a half-or-full day event where you discuss a draft of your book with other experts in your field before you ever submit it to the press for review. The goal is to work out any major issues with the book and get a jumpstart on addressing, or even prevent, many of the potential critiques you may receive from peer review.  

This episode talks about the pros and cons of manuscript workshops as well as answers the most common questions about how to organize one effectively. By the end of this episode, you’ll hopefully be convinced why a manuscript workshop is one of the best things you can do for your book.
Check out Leslie's website at www.YourWordsUnleashed.com