How to Begin (& Finish) Your Book: Meet the Instructor
Sarah Renee Beach September 25, 2026
“I can’t write for every person. But I know that stories are universal enough that if I’m interested in it, others will be too.” —Samantha M. Clark
“I can’t write for every person. But I know that stories are universal enough that if I’m interested in it, others will be too.” —Samantha M. Clark
“This is the beauty of memoir: it can make the alien familiar and the familiar surprising.” —Mallary Tenore Tarpley
“I love how my writing has put me in rooms with people that I’m proud to be in community with.” —Bianca Alyssa Pérez
“When the rejections come (because they will) don’t let them stop you. Persistence and patience aren’t just nice qualities to have in this industry, they’re essential.” —Elizabeth Copps, Confluence Literary Agency
“I always ask writers if they want to write a book or if they want to publish one – one is a matter of hard work and discipline, and the other launches you into small-scale entrepreneurship.” —Clare Mao, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
“Make sure your book has narrative momentum – something to keep us turning the pages.” —Jade Wong-Baxter, Frances Goldin Literary Agency
“I can’t write for every person. But I know that stories are universal enough that if I’m interested in it, others will be too.” —Samantha M. Clark
“We must write that first sentence and then the next, and the next, and so on.” —Alex Temblador
“…a great story structure will make you unstoppable.” —Sherry Thomas
“I hope writers learn that writing has no boundaries outside the ones we make. ” —Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton