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Writing Adaptation
Maybe you have years of writing scattered across blog posts, newsletters, essays, or notes. Somewhere in all that material, there may be the makings of a book—but turning it into one takes more than collecting your favorite pieces and putting them between covers. In this episode, we’re exploring writing adaptation: how to shape existing work into a cohesive book while keeping the voice that made it yours in the first place.
Start by looking for the idea beneath the individual pieces. A book needs a throughline: a question, change, or central promise that gives readers a reason to move from…
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