Unpolished Words
Sabrina Estudillo ButlerInsights on writing and publishing from a Latina Book Coach who's on a mission to add more color to the bookshelves by helping Black, Brown, and otherwise melanated writers learn how to plan and write the books they can't stop thinking about.
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The Em Dash #119 | the thing that kept me from writing
There was a time when I’d sit at my computer staring at a blank Notion page titled “The Em Dash #XXX” for anywhere between 45 and 90 minutes. And just to get going, I’d have to pull the old “write about writing” trick to get something—anyth...
The Em Dash #118 | 5 signs you're ready to write a book
“Not yet.”
“I would, but I have no idea where to start.”
“Who would want to read something I wrote?”
These, my dear Friend, are the stories we all tell ourselves when we’re running from the thing we (deep down) really want to do:
Finall...
The Em Dash #117 | Don't let "creativity" hold you back
“Don’t worry about being creative, I plead. It’s not about that, it’s about sharing our stories. We must be heard.” –Felicia Rose Chavez
When I read this line in The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop (I’m in need of a reread tbh), I was like…...
The Em Dash #116 | What does your book *want* to be?
Today’s topic: Discovering what your book really wants to be
But Sabrina, don’t I decide what my book is?
Yes, Friend, you do. But sometimes, you get to writing and you realize that the plan you had just doesn’t seem to fit as well as you...
The Em Dash #115 | you deserve to be unpolished: on not performing in our writing (or lives)
I was on a podcast last Friday, and our conversation led to me saying something out loud that I don’t talk about enough:
It’s OKAY to be unpolished.
Permission to be unpolished is just not something we are typically given. But guess what?...
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Book Coach, Editor, Chronic High Achiever, and Human Design Projector. I help ambitious Black + Brown writers confidently plan and write a book they're proud of.
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