Archives for November 2011

Mining Your Memories to Write Memoir

November 9, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell 3 Comments

Writing a memoir involves remembering bits and pieces of your life and putting them down on paper. After all, a…
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Three Ways to Write a Short Book in Under 30 Days

November 8, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell 3 Comments

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

November 7, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell 5 Comments

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

November 6, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell 5 Comments

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

November 5, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell Leave a Comment

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

November 4, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell 3 Comments

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

November 3, 2011 By Ruth Tuffnell 1 Comment

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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