WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #6 Guest post by Toni Robino (@ToniRobino) If you’re properly prepared, you can ghostwrite the first draft of a nonfiction manuscript in thirty days. Planning a book that’s shorter than full-length will make this goal a lot easier, but you can ghost a full-length first draft in a month if you’re highly organized, have ninety percent…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #5 Post by Nina Amir (@NinaAmir) Many people don’t believe they are writers. However, they want to become authors. This leaves them in a quandary. They want and—maybe need—a book, but they don’t feel they can write it. Others are in a hurry and don’t have the time to write, even though they know they can….
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #4 Post by Nina Amir (@NinaAmir) You’ve got an idea for a blogged nonfiction book. Maybe you’ve even brainstormed some ideas for content, completed a mind map or come up with a tentative outline. Now you’re wondering about how to structure your book. It’s really not that difficult to create a structure for a nonfiction book….
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #3 Guest post by Marcia Riefer Johnston (@MarciaRJohnston) “Write when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after.” These wise words come to us from Ernest Hemingway, master of minimalism. Wait. Did he minimize here? Consider this tighter version: Write when you know something; and not before; and not…
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WNFIN Challenge/NaNonFiWriMo Day #2 Guest post by Michael J. Gelb (@MichaelJGelb) If I were to recommend just one method for mastering the creative process, it would be mind mapping. Originated by English author and poet Tony Buzan, Mind Mapping is a versatile tool for generating and organizing ideas using images and keywords in a nonlinear format. It’s best to…
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