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Motivation To Write
Motivation To Write is a show where I talk to experts ranging from entrepreneurs, marketers, psychologists, wellness coaches, and authors who offer their knowledge and advice to help writers like you and me reach our potential and become the best versions of ourselves.
Episodes
How to Capture the Essence of Food
10m · PublishedLearn how to create food imagery that tickles your reader’s taste buds and makes their mouths water!
Read the article here.
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Cited Works
Greenlee, Cynthia. “A Real Hot Mess: How Grits Got Weaponized Against Cheating Men.” Vice, Vice Media Group, 14 Feb. 2019, www.vice.com/en/article/xwbgen/a-real-hot-mess-how-grits-got-weaponized-against-cheating-men.
Dahl, Roald, and Quentin Blake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated, Puffin Books, 2007.
Cooper, Becky. “Bar Omar: Tables for Two.” The New Yorker, Condè Nast, 9 July 2019, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/bar-omar-tables-for-two.
Suggested Reading
Killingsworth, Silvia, and Kenji López-Alt. Best American Food Writing 2020 (The Best American Series ®). Best American Paper, 2020.
Ephron, Nora. I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. Reprint, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008.
It All Started with a Blog Featuring Tomi Makanjuola
46m · PublishedTomi Makanjuola is a Nigerian-born chef, blogger, and author living in London with a never-ending love for food, travel, writing, and cooking. Eight years ago, Tomi changed from a meat-based diet to a vegan diet. She explored new vegan recipes and shared them on a blog.
Since then, she has hosted culinary events, taught online courses, and published four cookbooks, including Plantain Cookbook and 4-Week Alkaline Meal Plan. Here’s where you can find her:
Her website
Youtube
For more episodes, articles, essays, and journal prompts, visit ZayZoh.com. Also, learn Why I Podcast.
Pickin’ Up What I’m Throwin’ Down?: How Anaphora Works
7m · PublishedLearn how anaphora can focus, emphasize, and clarify your message. Read the article here.
Suggested Resources:
Harris, Robert. Writing With Clarity and Style: A Guide to Rhetorical Devices for Contemporary Writers. 1st ed., Routledge, 2002.
“Anaphora Examples.” Your Dictionary, Love To Know, examples.yourdictionary.com/anaphora-examples.html. Accessed 18 Apr. 2021.
Cited Works:
“The Declaration of Independence.” National Archives, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript. Accessed 18 Apr. 2021.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories. Scribner Book Company, 2010.
King, Jr., Martin Luther. “‘I Have a Dream,’ Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Stanford University, kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/i-have-dream-address-delivered-march-washington-jobs-and-freedom. Accessed 18 Apr. 2021.
Shanelle, Ka’Maya. I Love Myself: A Coloring and Activity Book with Self-Love Affirmations. The Shana Danielle Company, LLC, 2021.
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Say Yes!: Pivot Your Career, Life, and Legacy
48m · PublishedShiela Logan is the founder of Yes! Women’s Network, a networking community of female professionals supporting and lifting each other. As a single mother raising five children, she hit rock-bottom and decided to make a significant shift in her career.
She started a business with a clear intention to help other single mothers who needed to create change in their lives. Sheila is dedicated to inspiring and assisting women to start, build, or grow a business. Here’s where you can find her:
Her website
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Why I Love Joan Didion: A lesson in parallelism
10m · PublishedWhy I Love Joan Didion
In this week’s mini-episode, learn how parallelism can hook your readers.
Read the article here.
Suggested Resources:
“Chomp Chomp: Parallel Structure.” Chomp Chomp, Robin L Simmons, chompchomp.com/terms/parallelstructure.htm. Accessed 30 Mar. 2021.
Works Cited:
Didion, Joan. “Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics).” Los Angeles Notebook, edited by Joan Didion, First, Kindle ed., New York, Zola Books, 2013, pp. 217–24.
Angie Legg Bonus: The Courage to be Successful
14m · PublishedLearn how Angie Legg negotiated her contract, doubled her salary, and how our fear of success keeps us stuck.
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Share Your Story, Build Your Brand
57m · PublishedAngie Legg is a personal brand strategist who is passionate about helping people find their unique message to build a brand and a legacy. She believes creating content is important and essential for entrepreneurs.
Angie teaches experts and thought leaders how to harness the power of their stories and grow their audience. She shares her own compelling story to inspire others to step out of their comfort zones and into their power.
Here’s where you can find her:
Her website
Visit ZayZoh.com for more episodes, articles, essays, and journal prompts. Also, learn Why I Podcast.
The Life of Verbs: How to Breathe Life into Your Writing
7m · PublishedThis week’s episode is all about verbs! Learn why these deceptively insignificant words matter and how they can transform your writing.
Read the article here.
Read my piece published on Constance Hale’s blog here.
Suggested Resources
Hale, Constance. Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing. W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Thesaurus.com
Cited Texts
Miller, Madeline. Circe. Reprint, Back Bay Books, 2020.
Rise, Shine, Write!
51m · PublishedShana Danielle is a remarkable, inspirational spoken word artist, author, and entrepreneur. She uses powerful imagery to encourage people to become the best version of themselves.
In 2020, Shana published her first book, Rise, a collection of inspiring poetry and essays. And in 2021, her six-year-old daughter Maya published her first book, I Love Myself, a coloring book of affirmations designed to encourage and uplift young people. Shana is passionate about helping others through her inspirational poetry as she ignites their desire to overcome challenges and live their best life.
Here’s where you can find her:
Her website
For more episodes, articles, essays, and journal prompts, visit ZayZoh.com.
BEING Energy: An Author’s Journey
50m · PublishedNoa Ronen is a coach, speaker, and author who helps her clients dare to create change. She has over 20 years of experience in change management, human resources, and project management. Noa believes two primary energies help us thrive: the Being energy and the Doing energy. And when we don’t balance the two, we feel stuck.
Noa encourages writers, entrepreneurs, and leaders to lean into both the Being and Doing energies to create change in their families, careers, and communities.
Here’s where you can find her:
Her website
Visit ZayZoh.com for more interviews, articles, journal prompts, and essays.
Motivation To Write has 100 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 53:58:07. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on October 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on November 19th, 2022 14:13.
