Ryan J. Pelton

pay attention / be astonished / tell about it

I write, speak, and coach around the intersection of attention, creativity, and spirituality.

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A weekly(ish) newsletter on things I'm paying attention to around creativity, spirituality, and life.

A weekly(ish) podcast where I interview writers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and world class leaders paying attention to what matters most.

Remember these? These days, I use my blog for updates, trying out new ideas, and occasional essays.

I love teaching on writing, creativity, building stuff, and spirituality.

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Ryan has been a great mentor and inspiration to me. He has helped me overcome many of my personal hurdles and roadblocks. He understands the real-life struggles of the writing life, as he is a writer himself. I especially benefitted from learning his 7 Step Story Structure, which helped me get unstuck with my current writing project. Whether you're an aspiring author working on your first book, or you're an author who is stuck on a project, I highly recommend Ryan as your new writing coach.

- Dr. Thien Doan

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Ryan is always wonderful to work with, communicative, provides everything promptly and is responsive. Look forward to working with him again.

- Danielle Larkin

I truly appreciate Ryan's commitment to helping other writers succeed. Not only is the course incredibly informative from a practical standpoint but is also full of wisdom, motivation and encouragement. This isn't a “get rich” scheme. It a general blueprint for authors to find success – but we have to sit down and be willing to do the work.

- Quinn N.

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Philosophy

I believe life is boiled down to what poet Mary Oliver once said: "Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it."