28: Book Coaching, Creative Writing, and Overcoming the Inner Critic with Dr. Bailey Lang
About this episode
Dr. Bailey Lang discusses her journey as a book coach and the importance of personal creativity processes.
What if the stories you grew up with weren’t just entertainment… but training? Dr. Bailey Lang didn’t become a book coach and editor by accident. Her path moves from hyperlexic child… to marketing professional… to PhD… to founder of The Writing Desk . And when you zoom out, none of it is random. Every season sharpened how she sees story, structure, mindset, and the humans behind the pages. In this conversation, Bailey and I talk about creative writing beyond fiction, the realities of academia, the power of marginalized voices, and why standing out has less to do with tactics and more to do with telling the truth about who you are. Highlights Creativity processes are personal and they evolve So many writers assume there is one correct way to be creative. One correct routine. One correct drafting method. One correct productivity system. And when their process doesn’t look like someone else’s, they assume they’re doing it wrong. Bailey gently dismantles that myth. “People kind of assume there’s one right way to do it. And that is where people get stuck. The same thing is true with our creative processes, right? The actual practice of showing up to write, I think people often assume…
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Chung
Guest: Dr. Bailey Lang
Topics covered
- creative writing
- book coaching
- overcoming inner critic
- marginalized voices
- storytelling
- academic realities
Keywords
- creative writing
- book coaching
- inner critic
- storytelling
- marginalized voices
- writing process
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Writing Desk
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