{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6888dda8e0a86cc3ab36f742/6a7ee600f8e81c4395d3db49?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Cussing on Camera Tripled Her Channel in a Week with JENNA MORECI","description":"<p>Jenna Moreci's YouTube channel almost didn't happen. She scripted ten polished, bleeped-out, professional-sounding videos before posting a single one — and none of them worked. Then, mid–bachelorette party, she posted a raw, unfiltered rant about the worst parts of being a writer. In one week she went from 100 subscribers to 7,000. This episode — pulled from the Activated Authors vault — is a reminder that the advice holds up no matter when it was recorded.</p><p><br></p><p>Jenna Moreci is a bestselling author known for combining sweet, swoony romance with extreme violence and bloodshed. She's also a YouTuber with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, where she shares blunt, funny, no-filter advice on writing and publishing. She's the author of <em>The Savior's Champion</em> and its companion novel <em>Savior's Sister</em>, along with the widely recommended nonfiction guide <em>Shut Up and Write the Book</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>We get into the real numbers behind building an author platform on YouTube — including the honest truth that most subscribers are there for free advice, not to buy your books — and how authenticity, not polish, is what actually grows a channel. We also talk candidly about writing her second novel while serving as full-time caregiver to her fiancé after a spinal injury and chronic pain diagnosis, why she deliberately swears and writes adult content to filter for the right audience, and where she thinks a writer's imagination actually comes from.</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ What we get into:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why her first ten scripted, \"professional\" YouTube videos flopped — and what changed once she stopped bleeping herself out</li><li>The real percentage of her 200K+ subscribers who actually buy her books, and why that number doesn't discourage her</li><li>Why she deliberately swears and writes explicit content on camera to filter for her actual target readers, not a broader audience</li><li>Writing <em>Savior's Sister</em> over roughly two years while serving as full-time caregiver to her fiancé through repeated surgeries for a chronic pain condition</li><li>Her blunt distinction between \"writer\" (someone who writes) and \"author\" (someone who's sold their writing)</li><li>The unique, gendered abuse she receives as a woman on YouTube, and why she still believes the platform was worth it</li><li>How she diversified income through ad revenue, sponsorships, merch, and affiliates instead of relying solely on book sales</li><li>Why she never covers topics she doesn't feel qualified to speak on, even when heavily requested</li><li>Her actual monthly production schedule: one week out of four devoted entirely to scripting, filming, and editing videos</li><li>Where her imagination comes from, and the recurring dream that stopped once she returned to writing full-time</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links &amp; Resources:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Jenna Moreci: <a href=\"https://jennamoreci.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://jennamoreci.com</a></li><li>Jenna Moreci on YouTube: youtube.com/jennamoreci</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Writer's Chair</p><p>If you enjoyed this conversation, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a fellow writer.</p><p>📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@willcocksauthor</p><p>🎧 Listen on your favourite app: https://pod.link/1829723468</p><p>🖥️ Find out more: https://danielwillcocks.com/thewriterschair</p><p><br></p><p>📚 About Jenna Moreci</p><p>Jenna Moreci is a half-human, half-weaponized robot hellbent on overthrowing mankind. She's also a bestselling author specializing in \"so cute you could barf\" romance interspersed with extreme violence and bloodshed. A Silicon Valley native, Jenna hosts a YouTube channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, where she uses her passion for storytelling and background in business to help other creators navigate their writing and publishing journey.</p>","author_name":"Daniel Willcocks"}