Most nonfiction writers don’t employ fiction techniques. It’s no wonder sometimes their writing is judged as dry or boring. Today writing teacher and New York Times bestselling author Jerry Jenkins (@JerryBJenkins) explains how to write nonfiction as if you were a novelist. Our job as writers—whether we write fiction or nonfiction—is to tell a story so compelling that readers…
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You notice the call for submissions. An influencer or expert is compiling an anthology, or someone well known is creating a compendium of stories on a specific subject. You can submit your writing and, if accepted, pay for inclusion in the book. If you throw your name in the hat, your chapter might be accepted and included in the published…
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It’s easy to get distracted or off track with your writing projects. However, knowing your mission and vision for your writing career helps you set priorities. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how to prioritize your projects so you stay on track and achieve your writing goals. You stand a better chance of writing success if you know your current writing…
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You’ve been sitting at your desk for 15 minutes staring at the screen. So far, you haven’t written a word. Even when your mind happens to throw you ideas, they don’t seem worth pursuing. So you continue to sit there, frustrated because you just don’t know what to write. Have you been there and done that? Pretty annoying, right, especially…
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Writers often embark on their writing journeys with great clarity about the direction they want to sail. Feeling like the captains of their writing ships, they know what topics they want to cover and the types of writing they want to do. Later, that clarity may wane, though, and their ships may drift off course. Losing your writing career direction…
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You’ve heard the stories about the most productive and prolific writers. They sit down at their desk on a schedule—five or seven days per week at the same time. Then they knock out a predictable number of pages or words every single time. No excuses. No procrastination. No distraction. To succeed as a writer, you, too, have to write consistently…
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I’m a sticker for old-school grammar rules, but times change, and so have the rules I write by. In today’s post, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB), discusses several grammar rules that have changed over the years. Have you ever sat down to read a new book, and, just a few pages in, you notice the writing seems grammatically incorrect? Many old-school grammar…
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Your ebook is ready for publication, but you still have one important decision to make. How will you get it in readers’ hands. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) discusses three strategies for ebook distribution. Earlier this year, we published a summary of the benefits and advantages of only publishing an ebook. If you’ve decided that publishing an ebook is the right…
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You may call yourself a writer, but are you really a writer? Writers have the habit of writing. Do you write consistently every day or week? Writers write. Be honest. Are you a writer? Or do you like to call yourself a writer when, in fact, you write sometimes…rarely…sporadically…when you feel like it…or hardly ever? How to Become a…
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