Theodora Taylor: Universal Fantasy and How to Make Readers Love Your Stories

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 097 / Romance author Theodora Taylor, author of 7 Figure Fiction: How to Use Universal Fantasy to Sell Your Books to Anyone, joins us this week. She shares her top tips for new authors and she breaks down the universal fantasies of four movies:</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Beauty and The Beast, Knives Out, Notting Hill,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crazy Rich Asians</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show notes:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why your writing career is progressive and it’s important to not let perfectionism stop you in the early stages</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Theodora’s top tips for new writers: writing in a series and setting up your backlist to work like an annuity</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why writing a single book is not the usual path to success</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How genre-hopping can diversity your writing portfolio </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Theodora’s list of universal fantasies in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beauty and The Beast, Knives Out, Notting Hill,</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Crazy Rich Asians</span></em></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/304647074240099/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">WIKT Facebook group</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">! You can find show notes and links at</span> <a href="https://wishidknownforwriters.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">wishidknownforwriters.com</sp