Final Two Months of Training: Marketing and Nonfiction Writing Definitions Happy Labor Day! What an appropriate day to announce the final two themes in our 10-month writing marathon training program for nonfiction writers. The final two themes will make you work harder than you’ve worked before. I am here to help you get serious about your quest to be a…
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Today’s Sub-Theme – Frugal Living Today is the last day of August and the end of August’s “All About You” theme. Just 62 days left until NaNonFiWriMo 2013 is here. Please start preparing now! Our eleventh and final sub-theme is “frugal living.” The concept of frugality involves spending less. It is a basic principle of life that applies to people…
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As a writer, you probably set goals for yourself. You want to get your book published this year, land your first byline in a magazine, increase your income as a professional writer, or get more subscribers to your blog. You may even set New Year’s resolutions or write these goals down or create a vision board for yourself once a…
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Today’s Sub-Theme – Positive 64 days and counting until November’s NaNonWriMo 2013. Are you ready? Our tenth sub-theme in August’s “All About You” theme is “positive.” Each of today’s featured bloggers writes about a variety of things in a positive way. Whether through joy, happiness, shifts in the mindset, starting over, or living your best life, the manner in which…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. Like most aspiring authors, when inspiration hit you probably assumed you were the right person to carry out your idea from start to finish. You also probably wanted to complete and publish your book as soon as…
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Celebration – 100 Writing Prompts! In 66 days, NaNonFiWriMo 2013 will be upon us! Until then, please help me celebrate our 100th writing prompt here at Write Nonfiction in November! Today’s Sub-Theme – Passionate Redheads Our ninth sub-theme in August’s “All About You” theme is passionate redheads. Today’s featured bloggers have varying degrees of red hair, but they all…
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NaNonFiWriMo is Coming! 69 days left until NaNonFiWriMo 2013! Is ANYONE attempting the writing prompts listed here on WNFIN? I have received good feedback from the featured bloggers but no indication that anyone is remotely interested in doing the ACTUAL prompt. Bueller? Bueller? Is anyone out there interested in practicing, honing, and training themselves to be better nonfiction writers? I’m…
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