Why Abandoning Your Novel Could Be Your Best Decision Yet
BOOKFOX LAB. Get a mentor and join a community of writers: https://thejohnfox.com/bookfox-lab/ COURSES: Use my 10 courses in Bookfox Academy, with 230+ videos, to write your novel: https://thejohnfox.com/writing-courses/ EMAILS: Get emails about writing from me: https://thejohnfox.com/subscribe/ MY BOOK: Buy my book, "The Linchpin Writer": https://amzn.to/3U5ul14 Timeline: 0:00 Intro :23 Accept the Possibility 2:26 How Do You Know? 9:07 Exercise Caution 11:54 Why not just Self-Publish? 13:55 The Benefits of Throwing Away a Novel

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