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Writers’ Rough Drafts – Episode #10 With Sarah Peck
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Sarah Peck is the writer, storyteller and designer-entrepreneur behind It Starts With, a stories-based website focused on psychology, motivation, and human behavior; and Landscape Urbanism, a website that explores the future of cities from a design perspective. With more than a decade of graphic design, marketing, and writing experience, she plays behind-the-scenes with brilliant people, projects, and businesses, helping them take their ideas from initial concepts to finished creations. Sarah also teaches writing workshops and speaks at conferences around the world about the importance of great storytelling and communications design.
This Week’s Guest: Sarah Peck
What You’ll Learn About Writing This Week:
- Sarah’s transition from landscape designing to professional writing.
- Helpful tips to understand and manage your inner critic.
- The power of evergreen content.
- An in depth look at Sarah’s business model.
- Different ways to improve your storytelling skills.
Mentioned In This Episode:
- Landscape Urbanism
- Sarah’s $29,000 Birthday Swim
- Lisa Frank
- Playing Big – Tara Sophia Mohr
- Grimm’s Fairy Tales
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M. Pirsig
- The Year Without Pants – Scott Berkun
- The Fear Project – Jaimal Yogis
- Still Writing – Dani Shapiro
- Why it Takes 5 Years to Become an Entrepreneur – Kevin Dewalt
- Class Notes Essays – Peter Thiel
- Ashley Ambirge’s website
- MindSet – Carol Dweck
- The Fizzle Show Podcast
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About the Author Elisa Doucette
Elisa Doucette is a writer and editor who works with professional writers, entrepreneurs, and brands that want to make their own words even better. She is the Founder of Craft Your Content, and oversees Client Strategy and Writing Coaching. Her own writing has been featured in places like Forbes, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Yahoo! Small Business, and The Huffington Post, among others. She also hosts the Writers' Rough Drafts podcast here on CYC. When she isn't writing, editing, or reading words, she can usually be found at a local pub quiz, deep in a sun salutation, or binging TV shows for concept ideas and laughs.