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Got “sell a story or script” on your bucket list?

2 min readMay 6, 2025

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Just this morning, our LIFEWRITING PROFESSIONAL student posted this in our Lifewriting community:

“One of my goals for 2025 was to get paid for my fiction and I’m pleased to report an acceptance by a paying market this morning that allows me to check that off!” — Karama Neal

Let’s break down EXACTLY how she did it — and how you can too (before our Screenwriting Workshop sells out).

M.A.G.I.C. Principle How Karama Used It, how YOU Can Apply It

Mentorship (Map):

How she used it: She leaned on our feedback, not guesswork. How YOU can use it: Get LIVE critiques in our LIFEWRITING PROFESSIONAL group.

Action: Wrote and submitted until she won!
How YOU can use it: Draft + pitch ideas in your free membership to Lifewriting Professional, stay on track and study submission guidelines.

Gratitude: Celebrated rejections as ‘data.’
Your move: Master emotional resilience drills.

Intent: Chose ‘paid publication’ as her #1 goal.
Your move: create Long and short term goals.

Core Alignment: Felt “born to write” — even before proof.”
Your move: follow Lifewriting exercises to zero in on who you really feel you are, and align with the person you need to be.

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Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes

Written by Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.

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