Writing a memoir involves remembering bits and pieces of your life and putting them down on paper. After all, a…
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Archives for November 2011
Three Ways to Write a Short Book in Under 30 Days
I love producing short books fast, and I often teach workshops on this topic. Writers get very excited about becoming…
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8 Tips for Taking the Psychological Trip of Writing a Memoir
Many of this year’s Write Nonfiction in November participants are writing memoirs. I don’t find this surprising, since so many…
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Using a Mind Map to Plan Your Nonfiction Book
Mind mapping offers the most effective tool I’ve ever discovered for creating a content plan and organizing ideas. I use…
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How to Evaluate Your Book Idea’s Success Potential
I’m a big advocate of not beginning a project–especially a big project–unless you know it has chance to succeed. Failure’s…
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How to Write a Nonfiction Book in a Month
Today’s post goes out to all those Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) participants writing a complete nonfiction book in 30…
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5 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block
Writer’s block. Just the word turns a writer’s blood to ice. We dread this malady, especially at times when we…
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