Out of a U.S. population of approximately 311.5 million people, 81 percent want to write a book. While the number of books published each year increases, the number of people—and publishers—who buy them decreases annually as well. That means aspiring nonfiction authors must ensure they write a book deserving one of the few open spots on bookstore shelves. Yet, most…
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Welcome to week 1 of our 44-week marathon training! Today, I offer you Writing Prompt 001. Numbering the writing prompts in sequential order will make it easy for you to revisit the prompts throughout the year or possibly do them over! The training will be offered on WNFIN starting today and running through the end of October 2013. By the…
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On Wednesday, I published my first guest blog post on Write Nonfiction in NOVEMBER!. That blog post successfully broke the tradition of seeing this blog go dark for 10 or 11 months preceding November’s nonfiction writing challenge, which takes place during National Nonfiction Writing Month. From now until the end of October 2013, you will see my guest blog posts keeping…
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On Wednesday, I published my first guest blog post on Write Nonfiction in NOVEMBER!. That blog post successfully broke the tradition of seeing this blog go dark for 10 or 11 months preceding November’s nonfiction writing challenge, which takes place during National Nonfiction Writing Month. From now until the end of October 2013, you will see my guest blog posts keeping…
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In mid-October 2012, I entered my seventh month of consistent blogging, successfully laying to rest my original misgivings about blogging in the first place. Yes, that’s right—I had been blogging less than a year and was so proud of my accomplishments I decided to up the ante and give myself another challenge. Personal Blogging Challenges What if I challenged myself…
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