Episode 257 Become a #Better Faster Stronger Writer with Becca Syme

Who wouldn&#8217;t want to write better and faster? I can&#8217;t even imagine. Our guest this week is Becca Syme, creator of the Better Faster Academy, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780997970616">Dear Writer You Need to Quit</a> as well as other books in the Quit series and the author of the MatchBaker series of cozy mysteries (with such glorious titles as &#8220;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781548024437">Vangie Vale and the Murdered Macaron</a>&#8221;). Her superpower is helping writers find what they do best&#8212;their strengths&#8212;and do more of that instead of worrying about trying to &#8220;fix&#8221; the things we aren&#8217;t naturally good at.<br/><br/>Links from the pod<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx">The Clifton Strengths Test</a><br/><br/><a href="https://betterfasteracademy.com/ted-lasso-and-woo-fictional-top-five/">The Ted Lasso blog post</a><br/><br/><a href="https://betterfasteracademy.com/">Better Faster Academy</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZPgFDF5NQ&#38;list=PLaq-qQcraC_S-Um5HoYBN5B4tSnpOV8z4">The Quitcast on YouTube</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Becca:<br/><br/>Mandy M. Roth <br/><br/>Yasmine Galenorn <br/><br/>Rajani LaRocca <br/><br/><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8134186/">DEVS</a> (TV show)<br/><br/>Sarina: Unguarded by Jay Hogan (part of Sarina&#8217;s&#160;<a href="https://hearteyespress.com/wotn">World of True North</a>)<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1309201">The S**t No One Tells You About Writing</a> (podcast)<br/><br/>Have y&#8217;all heard about the Writing Class Radio podcast? Writing Class Radio is a podcast of a writing class. &#160;If you love stories and get inspired by hearing other people tell their stories and want to learn a little bit about how to write your own stories, then this podcast is for you. Check it out <a href="https://www.writingclassradio.com/">here</a> or search for it in your pod-player.<br/><br/>KJ here, popping in to tell