This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. You can help brand yourself as an author by becoming a writer entrepreneur, or an authorpreneur. Consider turning yourself into a brand, like Nike, which began with a pair of running shoes and expanded to clothing and…
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What is Write Nonfiction in November – a.k.a. NaNonFiWriMo? As of today, nonfiction writers have 80 days to prepare for NaNonFiWriMo 2013 – – a month-long marathon of writing nonfiction in November (the nonfiction version of NaNoWriMo). Promotion is under way. Are you on board with us? Create a Buzz for NaNonFiWriMo I’m incredibly grateful that several of you have…
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What is Write Nonfiction in November – a.k.a. NaNonFiWriMo? As of today, nonfiction writers have 83 days to prepare for NaNonFiWriMo 2013 – – a month-long marathon of writing nonfiction in November (the nonfiction version of NaNoWriMo). Are you getting ready? Create a Buzz for NaNonFiWriMo As promised on Wednesday, Nina Amir and I will start rewarding bloggers who create…
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When you get vague in your manuscript, the reader wonders, “What am I not getting here?” She reads and rereads your story and ends up frustrated and does not quite “get it.” The reader may well give up—on reading the memoir or on you Here are a few ideas as to why vagueness may happen and some solutions for creating…
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What is Write Nonfiction in November – a.k.a. NaNonFiWriMo? As of today, nonfiction writers have 85 days to prepare for a month-long marathon of writing nonfiction in November. Are you busy writing nonfiction these days? If so, we want to hear from you! Let’s get some momentum going for Nina Amir’s uber-clever alternative to NaNoWriMo. Kudos to those who love…
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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. If you take the time to brainstorm spin-offs, additional books ideas related to the one you want to write now, you’ll be amazed what you think of. You’ll soon discover you are not a one-book author. And…
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What is Write Nonfiction in November – a.k.a. NaNonFiWriMo? As of today, nonfiction writers have 87 days to prepare for a month-long marathon of writing nonfiction in November. As a recap, NaNonFiWriMo is: Like a marathon because writers are encouraged to write a lot, write every day, and write a complete nonfiction work during the month of November, The nonfiction…
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