How to Pace Your Novel with Ines Johnson

Episode 157 / Romance author, screenwriter, and educator Ines Johnson joins us to talk about why pacing is so important when crafting your novel as well as self care, direct sales, and her new podcast, Ines Johnson is Having a Breakdown.

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Show notes:

How Ines rescheduled her time to include self care
Her best business lesson: selling direct
How Ines uses Facebook ads to reach new readers with her direct sales
Using a print omnibus for direct sales
Why mistakes are “little gifts” because we can learn from them
How Ines took her knowledge as a screenwriter and created the Page Turner Pacing course
The most important thing authors need to know about pacing
How genre a pacing gives you guide rails and teaches rules
You’re doing a podcast too. Tell us about how that’s going and why you’re doing a podcast in addition to the course.

Author website and other links mentioned:

Ineswrites.com

ineswrites.com/ptp

Ines Johnson is Having a Breakdown Podcast: https://ineswrites.com/breakdown/

Episode 99: Ines Johnson on Happiness, the Surprising Benefits of Failing, and Tips to Organize Your Writing Life: https://wishidknownforwriters.com/99-2/

Episode 145: Becca Mysoor, the Fairy Plot-Mother, on Collaboration https://wishidknownforwriters.com/145-2/

Buzzcast Podcast: https://buzzcast.buzzsprout.com

Pirate Ship: PirateShip.com

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The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast

Jami’s Launch Plan https://www.jamialbright.com/launchplan

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