Mastering the Business of Writing (ft. Author and Screenwriter, Leslie Anne Lee)

In this episode, host and award-winning podcaster, Vedant Akhauri speaks with author and screenwriter, Leslie Anne Lee. We cover how one can turn their passion for writing into a viable, profitable career.Discover Leslie’s proven strategies for defining her authorship as a business, demanding professionalism and investment, having learned that skimping on professionalism costs more in the long run. Learn how she uses social media for branding, adapting her approach from simple word-of-mouth in the early days to researching SEO and hashtags. She reveals her powerful technique for handling setbacks, viewing every no from a publisher or film festival as data for refinement, emphasizing that persistence is the essential ingredient for success.We explore Leslie’s diverse works, from her early Historical Fiction pieces, including The Rock and the Wind, to her success in the Romantic Fantasy and Sci-fi genres. She recently pivoted as a screenwriter, adapting her novel Child of Dawn into an award-winning screenplay. She details the challenges of adapting a descriptive novel into the concise, visual screenplay format, mastering the brutal need to cut her 200-page first draft.Leslie’s journey provides essential advice on adaptability and the necessity of courage in the creative field. She stresses the importance of partnerships and aligning yourself with people who will take your hand and help you out. Tune in to understand why, for Leslie Anne Lee, you must simply just do it if you have a vision, and how to make your writing skills a sustainable career.Leslie can be found on her website (https://www.leslieannelee.com/) and Instagram (@lepie21). Her published works can be found on Amazon. Her podcast, The Written World Podcast, is available on YouTube.If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating to be notified of future episodes. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow us on Instagram @letstalkmediava.