Episode 195 - The Anatomy of a Bestseller with Sacha Black
July 18, 2023
This week on The Indy Author Podcast, I talk with Sacha Black about THE ANATOMY OF A BESTSELLER, including the three-step process of reading, deconstructing, and implementing; the importance of reading like a writer; the power of constructive comparison; the fact that bad examples can be as instructive as good examples; the need to factor in genre expectations; being purposeful, focused, and intentional; and advice not to let analysis stand in the way of your writing.
If one of those topics piques your interest, you can easily jump to that section on YouTube by clicking on the flagged timestamps in the description.
You can also check out News from THE HOT SHEET, courtesy of Jane Friedman, at https://bit.ly/TIAPNewsHotSheet
If one of those topics piques your interest, you can easily jump to that section on YouTube by clicking on the flagged timestamps in the description.
You can also check out News from THE HOT SHEET, courtesy of Jane Friedman, at https://bit.ly/TIAPNewsHotSheet
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"For me, comparison isn't a negative kind of exercise. It's actually very generative because I'll see, okay, well I'm here but I want to be here and therefore that generates motivation in me to get there." —Sacha Black
Sacha Black is a best-selling and competition-winning author, rebel podcaster, and professional speaker. She writes educational nonfiction books for writers and sapphic books for Young Adults. She also writes under a super-secret pen name. She has five obsessions: words, expensive shoes, conspiracy theories, self-improvement, and breaking the rules. She lives in Cambridgeshire, England, with her wife and genius, giant of a son.
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Links
Sacha's Links:
https://sachablack.co.uk/
https://www.tiktok.com/@rubyroeauthor
From the interview:
Episode 164 - What Writers Can Learn from Short Fiction with Gabriela Pereira (a great companion episode to this one)
Matty's Links:
Affiliate links
Events
https://sachablack.co.uk/
https://www.tiktok.com/@rubyroeauthor
From the interview:
Episode 164 - What Writers Can Learn from Short Fiction with Gabriela Pereira (a great companion episode to this one)
Matty's Links:
Affiliate links
Events
I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Sacha Black! Did any of what Sacha describe run counter to your assumptions about what’s needed to write a bestseller? Did she convince you to rethink any of those assumptions?
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When AI transcription improves to the point that it doesn't require the time and expense of a human edit, or once my earnings from the podcast enable me to cover the costs of a human editing, I will resume that offering!
