Author Description

Get UNSTUCK. Lean into your yuck. First drafts are rough. Unwieldy, unpolished, and ugly. No writer likes them. Lean Into Your Yuck provides the guidance and tools the pros use to flesh out structure and fast draft a book that engages your readers. Learn how to create a better manuscript from word one and: Clarify your hook, middle build, and conclusion Target your readership in the literary marketplace Develop an effective writing schedule-and stick to it Nobody writes a perfect draft out of the gate. In fact, Alexandra challenges you not to! Embrace the sucky, love on the messy, and lean into your yuck. Your book will thank you for it. Alexandra O'Connell is Your Resident Wordsmith, an award-winning editor and writing coach. She received a Master's in Linguistics from Trinity College Dublin and is a past president of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. She has worked with over a hundred writers, many of whom have become award-winners and bestsellers.