Notes on Being a Writer

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The Founder Story Kit, for paid subscribers
Find the story you tell when someone asks how you got started, and give it a home on your About page.
 • Nikki Edwards
The Story You Tell at Dinner Belongs on Your About Page
Your credentials earn respect, and one specific detail is what people remember.
 • Nikki Edwards
From inside the manuscript, No. 1
How one buried sentence can make a reader question something they've believed for years
 • Nikki Edwards
The one-sentence worksheet, step by step
How I help clients decide exactly who their book is for, the way we do it in our first sessions together.
 • Nikki Edwards
Every stalled book I've read got stuck in the same place
One sentence to write before you write anything else.
 • Nikki Edwards
My voice edit, one pass at a time
The six passes I run on every chapter so it reads like the person whose name is on the cover.
 • Nikki Edwards

October 2026

How I turn a story you tell out loud into a page
Finding the opening, the tension, and the cuts in a story you already know by heart, one step at a time.
 • Nikki Edwards
I can tell when a chapter was written by AI. So can your readers.
The four habits that make a page sound like nobody wrote it, and how I fix each one.
 • Nikki Edwards
You've told this story a hundred times. Why isn't it a book?
The gap between living a story and shaping one is a craft, and craft can be learned.
 • Nikki Edwards
Two toolkits for paid subscribers
Hear how you actually sound, and find the stories your book needs.
 • Nikki Edwards
Start here: who this newsletter is for
For anyone who's been told "you should write a book."
 • Nikki Edwards
What a ghostwriter actually does
The question everyone asks me: if someone else writes it, how is it still your book?
 • Nikki Edwards
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