Submission Anxiety & Character Development with Liesl Swogger and Kathleen Flynn

We hear from two writers today who suffer from some pretty common obstacles when it comes to what holds them back from their writing. The first talks about her submission anxiety, a fear of both failure and success. The second wonders how she can write character-driven prose instead of plot-driven prose that pushes her characters into unlikely scenarios. We’ve got writers and performers Liesl Swogger and Kathleen Flynn to help us out.Watch a recording of our live webinar here. The audio/video version is available for one week. Missed it? Check out the podcast version above or on your favorite podcast platform.Liesl Swogger is a graduate of Novel Incubator, with a new pretend deadline of March for her current revision of her novel, A Single Season. Her novel is based in part on her own experience in the world of ballet.Kathleen Flynn is a classical singer, educator at Berklee College of Music and Tufts University, and an alumna of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator program. Photo by Simran Sood on Unsplash This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com