I hope you have decided to take the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge and join in the excitement of National Nonfiction Writing Month. (If you write fiction, you can try National Novel Writing Month.) When you set a goal to start and finish a work of nonfiction in a month, whether it’s a full-length book, a short ebook, an article,…
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Writing Prompt 122 Describe what is meant by a bipartisan resolution in Congress. The talk du jour in politics is the shutdown of the federal government and a looming deadline by which the members of Congress must come to an agreement in order to prevent the United States Treasury from defaulting. After sixteen days of keeping American citizens on edge…
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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. No difference exists between the Promotion section you will create for your business plan and the one you would include in a book proposal. In both cases you tell a publisher—even when you are the publisher—what you…
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Writing Prompt 121 Has the federal government shutdown affected you? Today marks the fourteenth day of the federal government shut down. Despite ongoing discussions between the heads of the Senate and the House of Representatives, officials have not been able to come to an agreement. Reports claim that if the leaders do not agree to terms by this Thursday, the…
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Writing Prompt 120 What do you think is the real purpose of having a military presence in foreign countries? After 9/11, the United States began aggressively seeking to put into effect anti-terrorism measures in other countries by regularly deploying troops, most recently in Afghanistan. News agencies often report these efforts as a war. If the people in the United States…
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