We talk with author and screenwriter Rene Gutteridge about the mental work of revision, from receiving feedback to editing with grace. We also talk about how to have a healthy author’s identity.
Rene Gutteridge has been writing professionally for over twenty years, with diversified expertise in fiction, non-fiction, comedy sketches, novelizations and screenwriting. She is the multi-genre author of 24 novels plus several non-fiction titles. Her indie film SKID won deadCenter’s Best Oklahoma Feature in 2015, and in 2016 her novel My Life as a Doormat was adapted into the Hallmark movie Love’s Complicated. She is co-writer on the feature film Family Camp, a Movieguide award winner and a Dove Award nominee for 2023. She is also a Screencraft finalist in true-crime.
RENE’S LINKS
Website: https://www.renegutteridge.com
Coaching: https://bookme.name/renegutteridge
Writing Momentum: https://www.writingmomentum.com/
Movies: https://www.renegutteridge.com/movies-2024/
Books: https://www.renegutteridge.com/books-2024/
HEY JON MEYERS
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CALL TO ACTION
Make a list of unhealthy traits you’ve acquired that signal an unhealthy author identity. Think of ways to acknowledge then neutralize the negativity.
AFFILIATE LINKS:
Rene’s Author Page: https://amzn.to/3Bw1gGt
Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers, WRITE ANYWAY: https://amzn.to/4erbV3G
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