Stop Booking Around!

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about what "show don't tell" actually means for writers, and how it can be applied to characterisation and description. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get y

Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now live on Amazon. If you're listening to this podcast on July 15-22, 2018, you can get the book for free on Amazon here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. And, if you get something useful from the book, please leave a review.     Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Russ finds out that balancing writing and life isn't as easy as he thought it was going to be. Jon talks about how to find time and the strategies different authors use to get their words on the page.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   After using Save the Cat! as a guide, Russ goes over the outline for his first novella.   Check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932907009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1932907009&linkId=15c7f643c37866f3600f5af89f61c904">Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder HERE</a>.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Jon and Russ work on turning Russ's idea for his first novella into a workable story.   Check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932907009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1932907009&linkId=15c7f643c37866f3600f5af89f61c904">Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder HERE</a>.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://ama

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Russ has a false start applying Save the Cat! to his story, but what Russ thought he had in his head was just a series of ideas and moments.   The pair discuss the scale and scope of his story, and realise that perhaps writing a full novel isn't right for a first project.     Check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932907009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1932907009&linkId=15c7f643c37866f3600f5af89f61c904">Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder HERE</a>.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions t

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Russ uses Save the Cat! to analyse a film of his choosing -- Transformers, the Animated Movie (1984).   Check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932907009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1932907009&linkId=15c7f643c37866f3600f5af89f61c904">Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder HERE</a>.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a h

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about story structure, and looked at how we can use Blake Snyder's Save the Cat! to understand the structure of Star Wars IV: A New Hope.   Check out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932907009/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1932907009&linkId=15c7f643c37866f3600f5af89f61c904">Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder HERE</a>.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://jo

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about Russ's ideal reader so we can get a handle on who the book is for.   For homework, Jon asked Russ to watch the following videos about story structure.   - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KwBJlWPzHQ">The Hero's Journey</a>. - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFaUmXIobuE">Dan Harmon's story circle</a>. - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcmiqQ9NpPE">Seven-point Story Structure.</a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRZxqAVXUHs">Save the Cat!</a>   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about Russ's first piece of writing with his protagonist and antagonist.  They delve into the idea of writing stories that resonate and discuss how to give characters depth.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a>   Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to Jon's Wasteland series, by visiting <a hre

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss Russ's main character and talk about some of the different techniques authors can use to get to grips with their antagonist.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a>   Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to Jon's Wasteland series, by visiting <a href="https://tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland">tin

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss Russ's main character and talk about some of the different techniques authors can use to get to grips with their protagonist.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>  Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.  You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a>  Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to Jon's Wasteland series, by visiting <a href="https://tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland">tinyurl.com/addicto

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode, Jon and Russ start to get to the core of Russ's story. We discuss his story core and Russ shares his elevator pitch for the story.   Jon talks about the importance of understanding what your story is about before sitting down to write it.      The story core idea was outlined in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UKC0GHA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00UKC0GHA&linkId=323b53f05b0c20d8db117686d400e5f8">Libby Hawker's Take of Your Pants!</a>   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Subscribe now to rece

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode Jon and Russ talk about <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936891026/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1936891026&linkId=e6c1f0bf68816fbd16a365fb5b46a260">The War of Art by Steven Pressfield</a>.   We discuss what is stopping Russ from reaching his full potential and give him the first set of tools he'll need to complete his first novel   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Subscribe now to receive a new episode every Tuesday.    Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out m

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   In this episode Jon and Russ talk about the purpose of the podcast, and Jon gives Russ his first piece of homework: to read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936891026/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1936891026&linkId=e6c1f0bf68816fbd16a365fb5b46a260">The War of Art by Steven Pressfield</a>.   Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>   Subscribe now and receive a new episode every Tuesday.    Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com.   You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="htt

Stop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw will help his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel.   Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.   Subscribe now and receive a new episode every Tuesday.    Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a>