This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. The path to becoming a published author can seem long and arduous at times. Some writers get too tired, find it too difficult and give up before they see their name on the cover of their books….
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Pop Culture Monday Welcome to our second blog post in Pop Culture Monday as part of our month-long focus on the pop culture theme. Miss last Monday’s prompt? No problem. Here it is again. This is week 2, Writing Prompt 004 in our 44-week, 120-prompt training program en route to the WNFIN challenge! In today’s writing prompt, we are focusing on the young royal…
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Celebrity Quotes Friday Welcome to our first Celebrity Quotes Friday! Here is Writing Prompt 003 in our 44-week, 120-prompt training program en route to the WNFIN challenge! Every Friday in the month of January we’ll be featuring celebrity quotes. Time to Research: Which Celebrity Said What? Look at the celebrity quotes below. Can you figure out which celebrity said these things? “I don’t…
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January Jones Wednesday Welcome to our first January Jones Wednesday! Here is Writing Prompt 002 in our 44-week, 120-prompt training program en route to the WNFIN challenge! Wednesdays in January are about to get hot – – smoking hot, if you find blondes attractive (or even if you don’t). Every Wednesday in January, we’ll be writing about some aspect of January…
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So many writers balk at getting involved in social networking, yet in this day and age the Internet provides the key to book marketing. That’s not to say that traditional book marketing, like speaking and radio and television appearances, doesn’t still help sell books; it does. But ignoring—or rebelling against—social networking can prove a mistake for any writer wanting to…
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Out of a U.S. population of approximately 311.5 million people, 81 percent want to write a book. While the number of books published each year increases, the number of people—and publishers—who buy them decreases annually as well. That means aspiring nonfiction authors must ensure they write a book deserving one of the few open spots on bookstore shelves. Yet, most…
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Welcome to week 1 of our 44-week marathon training! Today, I offer you Writing Prompt 001. Numbering the writing prompts in sequential order will make it easy for you to revisit the prompts throughout the year or possibly do them over! The training will be offered on WNFIN starting today and running through the end of October 2013. By the…
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