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Stories turn songs into symphonies, events into memories, and lives into legends. In our crowded world "knowing your story" cuts through the noise so you can make your mark -- whether you want to sell more books, increase profits, or just make a difference.
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The Smarter Artist Show-29: What Should I Write? (opens the original)
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This week we responded to a recent conversation I had with a struggling writer. Which led me to ask Sean and Johnny what made them start writing, why they chose the books they wrote as their first books, and how do they decide what to write next. Despite knowing one another for 15 years, this is the first time we actually talked about our early inspiration. And, oddly enough, we all share one common writer in common as being the most influential on us. Can you guess who? We also talked about dis
The Smarter Artist Show: Episode 15 - The Smarter Artist Method (opens the original)
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Sean Platt built a publishing company that shipped hundreds of titles over 14 years. And somewhere in the middle of all that output, he realized the model was broken. In this episode, Sean, Dave, and Johnny introduce The Smarter Artist Method : the idea that most working creators are stacking inventory when they should be building IP. One produces diminishing returns. The other compounds. They're not the same thing, even if they look identical from the outside. They cover what the shift actually
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