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The Written Compass

The world needs more inclusive and intuitive stories and voices. If you are here, then you are curious about disrupting the status quo and activating the power of language, specifically your voice, by writing and sharing your non-fiction stories from your life and experiences. Shana V. Hartman, PhD turned embodied writing coach, hosts The Written Compass. A podcast for inspiration, education, and activation of powerful new narratives that leave a lasting legacy.

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Average duration
16 minutes
Episodes
100
Years Active
2022 - 2024
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Episode 64: Top 20 Writing Tips Part 3: Making Your Words Sing

Episode 64: Top 20 Writing Tips Part 3: Making Your Words Sing

Ok, so in our 4-part series, we are now to Part 3. You've gotten your words down, you have a draft going, and now how do you really make your words appealing to the reader and jump off the page?

Her…

00:12:37  |   Mon 06 Feb 2023
Episode 63: Top 20 Writing Tips Part 2: Getting Your Words Down

Episode 63: Top 20 Writing Tips Part 2: Getting Your Words Down

Welcome to Part 2 of our four-part series where I share the top 20 tips my team and I feel best support anyone on their writing journey. In this episode, I share the next five tips focused on getting…

00:10:21  |   Mon 30 Jan 2023
Episode 62: Top 20 Writing Tips Part 1: Getting Started

Episode 62: Top 20 Writing Tips Part 1: Getting Started

This is a kickoff for a series on what my team and I feel are the top 20 writing tips to support anyone on their writing journey.

Part 1 focuses on getting started, and I share 5 simple tips to help…

00:12:39  |   Mon 23 Jan 2023
Episode 61: What is the Best Support For Writing?

Episode 61: What is the Best Support For Writing?

Once you decide you are finally going to write your book, you may be looking for the best ways to support your writing process. Today's episode breaks down the most common approaches I see people usi…

00:13:25  |   Mon 16 Jan 2023
Episode 60:  How To Build Your Author Legacy

Episode 60: How To Build Your Author Legacy

You not only know you want to write a book, but you want to write multiple books and leave a legacy of core messages from your business and life experiences that will live beyond your lifetime. In to…

00:12:09  |   Mon 09 Jan 2023
Episode 59: This IS The Year You Write Your Book

Episode 59: This IS The Year You Write Your Book

Want to learn the behind-the-scenes way that I support clients in finally planning their process for writing and publishing their book? Today's episode includes a breakdown of:

  • How to begin planning…
00:19:17  |   Mon 02 Jan 2023
Episode 58: Free Training! “3 Ways to Know If You Are Ready To Write Your Book”

Episode 58: Free Training! “3 Ways to Know If You Are Ready To Write Your Book”

In today’s episode, I’m giving you access to one of my most popular trainings: “3 Ways to Know If You Are Ready To Write Your Book”

Here is what you can expect:

  • How to know if a book is right for yo…
00:34:22  |   Mon 26 Dec 2022
Episode 57: To Book Launch or Not to Book Launch… That is the Question!

Episode 57: To Book Launch or Not to Book Launch… That is the Question!

I have an amazing new client who my team and I are helping complete the final formatting of her book and helping her submit to Amazon KDP. We were getting a bit tangled on when to publish her book, w…

00:16:01  |   Mon 19 Dec 2022
Episode 56: What Goes In My First Chapter? Creative Ways to Begin Your Book.

Episode 56: What Goes In My First Chapter? Creative Ways to Begin Your Book.

If you have ever had to do any kind of planned communication whether verbally or written, you probably have had to consider how you want to begin. In today’s episode, I break down the common ways fol…

00:11:37  |   Mon 12 Dec 2022
Episode 55: Laura Wieck, author ”The BodyMind Method”

Episode 55: Laura Wieck, author ”The BodyMind Method”

Get excited because we have a special guest today!

In a world that praises and centers the brain as the primary source for healing and transformation, Laura Wieck has spent her career helping others…

00:41:48  |   Mon 05 Dec 2022
Episode 54: The Problems with The 5 Paragraph Essay

Episode 54: The Problems with The 5 Paragraph Essay

In 2008, I co-authored an article in the English Journal called "The Five-Paragraph Essay and the Deficit Model of Education." I have not let up since on my mission to eradicate this "form" of writin…

00:12:49  |   Mon 14 Nov 2022
Episode 53: What To Do When You Are Not Quite Ready To Write Your Book

Episode 53: What To Do When You Are Not Quite Ready To Write Your Book

Ok, so you aren't quite ready to start writing your book. That's ok! In today's episode, I share 3 tips on how you can best prepare yourself for when you are ready to write your book. I focus on the …

00:09:42  |   Mon 07 Nov 2022
Episode 52: Treat Time...Hitting Publish!

Episode 52: Treat Time...Hitting Publish!

When I start working with a new client I often ask them one really powerful question: What will it feel like you publish?

In this week's episode, I'm going to share two new books that are out in the…

00:12:55  |   Mon 31 Oct 2022
Episode 51: Mini-Book + Micro-Course = Legacy

Episode 51: Mini-Book + Micro-Course = Legacy

I know you are in the business of helping people get huge transformations in their lives. Most of the people I work with deliver that transformation in a book, but they also have programs, courses, a…

00:13:25  |   Mon 24 Oct 2022
Episode 50: Vulnerably Authentic with Halinka Prevett

Episode 50: Vulnerably Authentic with Halinka Prevett

Have you ever worked so hard & so long for a dream, only to realize it was no longer aligned with you? Have been so determined to push yourself and hustle, only to have your body completely fail you …

00:39:42  |   Mon 17 Oct 2022
Episode 49: Writing your Soul’s Wisdom with Regyna Curtis

Episode 49: Writing your Soul’s Wisdom with Regyna Curtis

I don’t often bring on guests, but as The Written Compass has grown, so has my connections with amazing authors! In this week’s episode, I talk with Regyna Curtis, founder of Atmaitri. We begin the e…

00:27:44  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
Episode 48: Embody & Spew

Episode 48: Embody & Spew

Recently one of my clients had a big aha! She realized that her job was not to figure out all the different parts of her book right now when she is just starting out on her book writing journey. What…

00:10:42  |   Mon 03 Oct 2022
Episode 47: Write Like a Kid

Episode 47: Write Like a Kid

When you were a kid did you ever write stories? Me too! But somewhere along the way, that kid-like approach to writing got swapped for heavy pressure and concern for being and writing "right."

In to…

00:12:55  |   Mon 26 Sep 2022
Episode 46: Verbal Writing

Episode 46: Verbal Writing

There is a stigma around what writing is supposed to look like. What is the image that shows up for you? Do you picture someone at a typewriter or computer? Do you picture a lovely journal and fancy …

00:09:02  |   Mon 19 Sep 2022
Episode 45: My Writing Business Journey

Episode 45: My Writing Business Journey

I love when business owners share some of their journey and "behind the scenes" of how and why they do what they do. In today's episode, I'll share:

  1. How I became an embodied writing coach
  2. My experie…
00:17:45  |   Mon 12 Sep 2022
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