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 â 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! Todayâs Sub-Theme â Passionate Redheads Our ninth sub-theme in Augustâs âAll About Youâ theme is passionate redheads. Todayâs 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? Iâm…
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Out of a U.S. population of approximately 316.5 billion people, 81 percent want to write a book. Yet, only about 2 percent ever follows through on that desire. What Happens if You Donât Write Your Book If you feel you are supposed to write a nonfiction book, but you keep your book in your head, you: deny others the inspiration…
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NaNonFiWriMo is for Nonfiction Writers 71 days left until NaNonFiWriMo 2013! Time is ticking! I hope you have been enjoying Augustâs focus on lesser-known bloggers in our âAll About Youâ month. Please help us create a buzz for NaNonFiWriMo! You will receive a virtual token of appreciation by helping us spread the word. Thanks! Tokens of Appreciation Awarded to these…
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