Welcome to episode #38.

Lately, I've been focused on my own writing and a large part of that for me right now is rewrites. It's the bane of many writer's existence -- why can't our first drafts just be perfect? But, the reality of it is that writing is, essentially, rewriting. But it can also lead down a rabbit hole of never completing a work. So, today we're talking about when, why, and how you should be rewriting your story.
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Got my manuscript back from the developmental editor and while a lot of what he had to say was great, one word stuck out: ReWrite. He may have even pluralized it. So what’s next? What do you do? How do you do it?

This week we talk reasons and strategies for rewrites and build in some practical work for Kāsie during our conversation. It’s time to roll up our sleeves and do the real work of writing a great book.

Get the full show notes out on the blog here.

In series 2 episode 6, we discuss the challenges of editing. Do we let our egos get in the way of refining our work? How hard is it to remove writing that we are proud of, for the good of the story - especially when we have such limited time to put down any words at all? We also discuss our writing resolutions for 2022. We hope you enjoy 'Kill Your Darlings' - and as always, good luck with your writing!

Sharon Coleman is no stranger to failure and difficulty. At 26, she was living in poverty, divorced, and alcoholic. From the depths of despair, Sharon began searching for a path out of failure and into success.   She embarked on an incredible spiritual journey that turned her life around producing full spectrum wealth, a wildly successful career, deep meaningful connections with family and friends and most importantly, an EASY system that anyone can use to bring their dreams into reality!

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Page One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.

About the guest author:

Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series, which is set in Seattle and has sold more than seven million books worldwide. His latest book, The World Played Chess was published by Lake Union Publishing in October.

He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series and the David Sloane series of legal thrillers. He has written several stand-alone books, including the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary, which was a Washington Post best book of the year and he’s written three other stand alone novels The 7th Canon and Damage Control; The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, for which he won an AudioFile Earphones Award for narration. Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series, most recently The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell.

Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for fiction and a three-time winner of the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He is a two-time finalist for the Thriller Awards and the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, and a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for mystery and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards.

Robert Dugoni’s books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages.

You can visit his website at www.robertdugonibooks.com, and follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authorrobertdugoni.

And many thanks to Tom Joyce, for submitting your first page to us! It was great to have you on the show and hear you read from your debut novel, The Missing Peace. Joyce is a creative director and designer at Creativewerks and partner at Company History Productions, with offices in Tiburon, California and Washington DC. Previously creative director at Cohn & Wells Advertising and Retail Concepts; associate creative director at Visa USA, and art director at Cunningham & Walsh, Doyle Dane Bernbach and Allen & Dorward, Tom was a founding partner of Johnson Joyce Brennan, Inc. in San Francisco and a design consultant to other marketing communications agencies in the Bay Area. He has created corporate identities, print, broadcast and on-line advertising, product branding, B2B marketing, event graphics, posters, magazines, books, websites and social media campaigns.

About the host and producer:

Holly Lynn Payne is a writing coach and the CEO and founder of Booxby , a startup helping authors succeed. Holly is also an internationally published novelist in eleven countries whose work has been translated into nine languages. Her most recent novel, Damascena:The Tale of Roses and Rumi, has been optioned for a film series. She is the founder of Skywriter Books, an award-winning small press, publishing consultancy and writing coaching service. She lives in Marin County with her daughter and enjoys mountain biking, surfing and hiking with her labrador retriever, Lady Gaia. To learn more about her writing coaching and editing services, please visit hollylynnpayne.com.

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As an author and writing coach, I know that the first page of any book has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. So I thought to ask your favorite master storytellers how they do their magic to hook YOU. 

After the first few episodes, it occurred to me that maybe someone listening might be curious how their first page sits with an audience, so I’m opening up Page One to any writer who wants to submit the first page of a book they’re currently writing. 

If your page is chosen, you’ll be invited onto the show to read it and get live feedback from one of Page One’s master storytellers. Page One exists to inspire, celebrate and promote the work of both well-known and unknown creative talent.  

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Thank you for listening to the Page One Podcast, where master storytellers discuss the stories and struggles behind the critical first page of their books. If you liked this episode, please share it on social, leave a review on your favorite podcast players and tell your friends! 

I hope you enjoy this labor of love as much as I love hosting, producing, and editing it. Please keep in touch by signing up to receive my newsletter at www.hollylynnpayne.com with the latest episodes each month. Delivered to your inbox with a smile. 

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Should music stars write and direct? What do you do when a mediocre rapper gives you script notes? What is a “vomit draft”? Is writing reaaalllyy rewriting? Find out this and more in this week’s episode!

This week Alex, Amy and Sean interview their colleague Dr Lisa Bennett/Lisa L Hannett about her eerily beautiful dark fantasy fiction, her first draft agonies and second draft ecstasies, and her obsession with writing on trains. Turtles and tableaux, fine art and flying flips, Canadians, Scandinavians, and hillbillies from the Deep South - what more can you ask for? Writing talk? Oh yeah, we've got that too.

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This week Alex, Amy and Sean interview their colleague Dr Lisa Bennett/Lisa L Hannett about her eerily beautiful dark fantasy fiction, her first draft agonies and second draft ecstasies, and her obsession with writing on trains. Turtles and tableaux, fine art and flying flips, Canadians, Scandinavians, and hillbillies from the Deep South - what more can you ask for? Writing talk? Oh yeah, we've got that too.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some updates on fun things around the release of THE FIERY CROWN, including a super fun virtual event and a chance to get a signed copy early! Also musings on rewriting vs revising and how word processing Changed Things.

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ये इस टप्री की आखरी कहानी है | आशा करते है कि आप घर पे रहकर खुद का corona virus से बचाव कर रहे होंगे | घर पे कई चिजे बदल रही है | वो क्या है? सुनिये इस कहानी मे |

This is the last story on this tapri. We hope that you are at home, protecting yourself from Corona virus and reaching out to help. With this pandemic, the stories within the house are changing. What are they? Find out in this story.

Thank you for being a part of this Tapri. We will be back with season.2 soon, hoping that we would have overcome this situation. Meanwhile, stories should live on. You can keep listening to me on my YouTube channel as well as on my instagram handle where I will be putting up more stories. Sharing the links below. Phir milenge.

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चलो बचपन के इस खेल को खेलते खेलते टप्री के कुछ दिलचस्प किस्सों को सुनते है | मीना , वसावा , आरती ओर रोहिन्शा अपनी ज़िन्दगी के पेहलू सुनाते है इस चाय की चुस्की पर |

Through this childhood game, women at tapri are here to share their tales. Let's join them as Meena, Vasava, Arti and Rohinsha get ready to tell you what these stories are with their cup of tea!

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चेतावनी : इस कहानी मे शोषण की बात की गई है | अद्रीजा को नींद मे भी सुवर दिखाई देता है | वो उसका पीछा नहीं छोडता | कौन है ये सुवर? शारीरिक ओर मानसिक शोषण से कोई कैसे बाहर आ सकता है ? सुनिये इस कहानी मे |

Warning : There is a content on abuse in this story. Listen to it with a critical and open mindset. Adrija cannot sleep. The pig never leaves her alone. Who is this pig? How can one ever overcome the physical and emotional abuse? Find out in the story.

Heartfelt thanks to Adrija for sharing her story and growing stronger with each passing day. More power to you!

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कई तरह के सपनो मे एक सपना देखा है सोफिया ने - एक छत का सपना | इसी सपने मे जाने अंजाने मे अपना जनुन लेकर जुडते है - जुईन और अनिशा | कैसे होगा यह सपना सच ? सुनिये इस कहानी मे |

A story on a dream includes Sofiya's dream about roof. This dream is simultaneously being constructed by two passionate people- Juin and Anisha. How will all these characters meet under one roof? Tune in to the story to find out.

Thank you Anisha and Juin Di for sharing your stories and trusting me with it.

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इस कहानी मे बातों का सिलसिला जारी रखते हुए कुछ दोस्त है जिनकी नजरो से हम कई किरदारो से मिलते है, जैसे की शुभो, वासु आंटी, खातुन और पक्कु | इनकी बाते सुनिये और किसकी कहानी है वो परखिये |

Three friends talk about multiple characters as they meet for a cup of chai/ coffee. What do these conversations entail? Is there an exchange of a story as they tell us about Shubo, Vasu Aunty, Khatun and Pakku? Find out who are they.

Special thanks to Sampada and Prakash for inspiring me with their conversations.

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मंजुला टेलर की कहानी सुनो जिसमे ऊसकी ज़िन्दगी के कई पेहलू से हम वाकीफ होते है | इस कहानी मे बटन के फेशन के साथ ऊसकी दासस्ता का भी बयान है |

Meet Manjula Tailor in this story as we get to see different stories of her life woven through the buttons she stitches on her daughter's clothes. This is a story about the new trend she starts in her neighborhood, from clothing to her personal choices.

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इस कहानी मे मिलिये एक घरवाली से जो किसिकी माँ है, किसी की पत्नी है और लोगो के नजरिये मे एक घरवाली | अगर उसे एक दिन बाहर निकलकर अपनी बेटी की ज़िन्दगी ज़िने का मौका मिले, तो वो कैसा होगा? क्यू है वो घरवाली ? सुनिये इस कहानी मे |

Why is a 'gharwali' called thus? Why is someone enclosed within the precinct of four walls? One day someone's mother, wife and gharwali steps out in her daughter's shoes. What difference will that make? Find out in the story.

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इस कहानी मे मिलिये पूजा से जो एक सपना देखती है - अपनी रेसेपी को लोगो तक पहोचाने का | क्या वो भी लिली सिंघ की तरह अपने बच्चो तक अपनी आवाज पाहोचा सकती है ? पर उसे YouTube कौन सिखाएगा ?

Pooja wants her culinary skills to reach more people. How will she navigate that amidst all the household chores? Who will teach her the language of YouTube? Tune in to this story to know about this YouTube Window.

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इस कहानी मे कथाकारा मानसिक स्वास्थ्य (Mental Health) की बात करती है एक ऐसे पात्र के माध्यम से जो देश मे घटती हर घटना से प्रभावित है | रोज हो रहे विरोध के चलते , मानसिक स्वास्थ्य का ध्यान कैसे रखे ? अपनी माँ को इसके बारे मे कैसे समजाये? सुनिये |

Affected by the everyday happenings around the country and the world, the central character of the story feels anxious. How can she take care of her mental health? How can she talk to her mother about the same? Find out in the story.

You can follow Kathyayini Dash who rendered her voice to the words of Samudra Kajal Saikia "Din Dahaade": @kathyayinidash

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इस कहानी मे एक छाते की बात की गयी है जो हमारे विषेश अधिकार का प्रतीक है | क्या हम इस छाते को दूसरो तक पहोचा सकते है ? कैसे? क्या इस छाते की किसिको भी ज़रुरत है ?

A symbol of privilege- the white umbrella travels places to see more and become inclusive. How? Find out as you listen to this tale, talking to us when we sit on the edge of discrimination and violence.

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