Important Tips for New Fiction and Nonfiction Writers
Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
Some of these simple tips may be familiar to you, and some may not. They can make or break your ability to be considered a serious writer by an agent, editor, or publication.
See if you practice these tips consistently. If not, choose to begin to.
Read More..>>Use These Tips to Make Dialogue Say a Whole Lot More
Posted on June 19, 2008 - Filed Under Writing | Leave a Comment
In any short story or novel dialogue is the element that raises the readers level of interest and moves the story on. But dialogue isn’t just dialogue. Here’s how to make it a whole lot more exciting than ‘he said’, ’she said’.
What your characters do throughout the story forms the backbone of what your tale is about. But it’s what they say and how they say it that puts the flesh and muscle on the bone. Here are some tips on how to add that extra something to your dialogue.
Read More..>>How Can You Achieve Your Writing Goals In 2008?
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
First, you have to know what those goals are. Second, you need a plan. (Cue theme song from “Rocky.”) Whether you write full-time, part-time or when time permits, you need a business plan. Your business plan should include an Executive Summary. The goals you hope to achieve this year should comprise your executive summary. Let’s say yours looks like this:
Executive Summary: A) Complete novel. B) Sell ten articles to magazines. C) Attend one writers’ conference.
Next comes your Plan of Action. How do you plan to achieve these goals? I’ll prepare three model plans of action. POA1 is for those who write full-time. POA2 is for those who write part-time. POA3 is for those who write when time permits.
Read More..>>Serialized Free Novels On The Internet Are Really In
Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
The Good Book says, “Cast your bread on the water and be sure it will return to you.” The publishing industry seems to be hueing to this philosophy more every week as the number of free serialized novels available on the internet increases exponentially.
I have been offering my novel, Horizons Past, for free in serialized form ( www.horizonspast.com ) for about five months. I had no illusions of inventing the wheel with this unusual approach, because I knew a handful of authors had preceded me. Now I read several times a week of yet another novel going out in e-book serialized format for free.
Read More..>>My Journey Into Self Publishing
Posted on June 11, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
It’s often said that everyone has a book in them. All it takes is the writing. Well, three days out from self publishing my very first work of fiction I’d have to say that actually writing the book is the easy part! My journey began on 3rd January this year when I got it into my head to write a novel. You see I had been doing a lot of reading and writing in the area of self development over the last ten years and I came to the point where I had a question that just would not go away. The question was,
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