SSP116 The Guys Watch: The Godfather

06/03/20 • 53 min

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In today’s episode of The Story Studio Podcast Sean and Johnny rewatched The Godfather and Dave watched it for the first time and asked some great questions of each other.

How does a movie live up to the legacy of being one of the best movies ever?
How do all of the cliches and moments endlessly referenced in other films fall when finally seeing the original source material for the first time?
What makes this movie such a classic? And how does it compare to so many of the movies and shows that it inspired which came afterward?
Sopranos vs The Godfather.
Goodfellas vs The Godfather.

Most of all, you’ll want to tune in to today’s episode to find out what Dave hates about The Godfather and what authors can take from classic films like The Godfather and apply to their own work.

In today’s episode of The Story Studio Podcast Sean and Johnny rewatched The Godfather and Dave watched it for the first time and asked some great questions of each other.

How does a movie live up to the legacy of being one of the best movies ever?
How do all of the cliches and moments endlessly referenced in other films fall when finally seeing the original source material for the first time?
What makes this movie such a classic? And how does it compare to so many of the movies and shows that it inspired which came afterward?
Sopranos vs The Godfather.
Goodfellas vs The Godfather.

Most of all, you’ll want to tune in to today’s episode to find out what Dave hates about The Godfather and what authors can take from classic films like The Godfather and apply to their own work.

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SSP115 The Guys Discuss: Avoiding Burnout

Getting to do what you love for a living is pretty incredible. But when you are building your author career through writing and releasing books in series, there is a high possibility of burning out.

In today’s episode, the guys discuss what they have learned about avoiding burnout during the past decade of writing and self-publishing books, both from their experiences getting burned out in the past and how they avoid it now.

Here are a few things they have learned about tapping in to different headspaces while working on different kinds of projects and at different stages in projects as well. We’d love to hear from you on what you do to avoid burnout with your writing.

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SSP117 Making a Living Writing with Rachael Herron

Being a writer requires doing the seriously hard work of writing. But making a living writing requires more. In today’s episode, Rachael Herron talks about all the different income streams she has created to make a living as a writer.

Rachael is happily hybrid, being both traditionally and self-published. The traditional publishing is purely for prestige because it makes little money, and she self-publishes for income. She has just finished her 27th book. In 2006 she did NaNoWriMo to complete her first book and has been on a roll ever since.

Rachael worked for 911 after getting her MFA and tells the guys the story of her favorite/hardest-to-believe call. Which made Dave’s eyes light up and everyone laugh in amused horror. She wrote while working in emergency services for 10 years.

4 and half years ago Rachael made the leap to writing full time, and for the last 3 years, she has broken 6 figures in her writing business, including last year when she netted over 6 figures. Rachael is a serious hustler with many different revenue streams.

Listen in to learn more about the multiple revenue streams she uses in her business and how she finds ways to get paid for doing things she wanted to do anyway. And click here to learn more about Rachael’s methods for making revisions fun: http://www.howdoyouwrite.net/episodes/108

And you can find Rachael’s Patreon account right here: https://www.patreon.com/rachael