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Writing Fiction: 5 Tips to Get More Creative
Anyone can sit down and start writing fiction, but not everyone can sit down and start writing good fiction. Learning how to write fiction is an art form that takes a lot of patience, practice and determination (it also is nice to get a little help, which is where we...
Choosing The Right Book Cover For Your Manuscript
You’ve heard the saying, “don’t judge a book by its cover”, and felt that your book cover doesn’t matter and only the content does. Well, sorry to disappoint you, but every voracious reader judges a book by its cover, which is why choosing the right book cover for...
How to Promote Your Book with Quote Images
Did you know that nearly half of all Internet users have reposted a photo or video they have found online? Or that 54 percent of all Internet users have posted an original photo or video that they personally have created. Tweets with images, Facebook posts with...
Your Key Guide to Publishing A Book
Publishing a book can be so much of a herculean task, especially if you do not know or have the right information to get you started. Once your manuscript is ready, you have to release it to the care of competent editors who will take it through the developmental...
14 Books Every Writer Needs on their Shelf
Here is a list of fourteen books on writing every writer needs on their shelf. Some of these books could be used as a reference to solve a specific problem, like “Form the possessive singular of nouns with ‘s.” That answer is on page one of The Elements of Style. Or maybe you have a dragon called Resistance every time you try and sit down to write and you need to read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Or maybe you need to figure out how to make the reader care about your villain, and you need to read Save The Cat by Blake Snyder.
5 Ways to Come Up with Great Story Ideas
Been racking your brain about great story ideas? We all have a million excellent ideas for stories, but, without fail, they magically disappear the minute we sit down to write. It seems impossible, but it happens constantly. Hours are wasted staring at a blank page....
Why You Don’t Have to Be a Great Writer to Be a Successful Writer
I’m not the best writer. Heck, I know I’m not the greatest writer out there either. But, many new writers think or feel they need straight A’s in English or to major in Journalism to be a freelance writer. But, that’s not the case. Online writing is much different...
10 Steps To Getting A Literary Agent
Here are 10 Steps to getting a literary agent, though I have to warn you, the most important steps are the novel-writing ones. 1. Finish the book You will annoy everybody you query if your novel isn’t finished. You want to be in the position where you can press ‘send’...
Being Able to Publish Without Editing Doesn’t Mean You Should
“The first draft of anything is shit.” — Ernest Hemingway Since I joined Medium a few weeks ago, the sheer volume of incredible writing on the site has left me floored. Unfortunately, I’ve also encountered my fair share of great articles bogged down by the most...
6 Tips For Young Writers Who Want To Get Published
When you imagine what a “typical author” looks like, do you picture a gray-haired, bearded professor, or a refined, mature woman old enough to be your…mom? You may think that all published writers have spent many years honing their craft. But believe it or not, some...
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