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Writing the Query Letter

Negative or non-responses to query letters are why some writers give up and self-publish. Self-publishing is an entirely different process that is not...

The Writing Style of Agatha Christie

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The works of Dame Agatha Christie are still a part of popular culture. In a writing career lasting more than 55 years, she wrote 72 novels (66 mystery novels...

How to Write a Detective Novel

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Writing a detective novel requires careful story planning, clues, criminals, and motives. Check out our 13 detective novel building blocks to get started.

Writing For The Spiritual Market

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The last decade or so, we've seen a huge surge in spiritually based books. They've sold so well (both fiction and non) that most of the big houses have some...

Teaching a Memoir Workshop: Easy is Usually Not Best

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In leading memoir writing workshops, the teacher's task is to help individuals to go through and beyond two kinds of barriers to their writing: the technical...

10 Smart Moves For Getting Published in Top Magazines

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Freshen up perennial topics. Some magazines revisit the same topics again and again because relationships, or toilet training, or camping in national parks...

5 Ways To Nurture and Defend Your Muse

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Arrogance has a bad rap. We think of arrogant people as unpleasant to be around, full of themselves, and incapable of taking an interest in anyone else....

The Many Paths to Plotting

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As a writer, I can't help but see the similarity between my experience as a reading teacher and what writers go through with plotting. You can read six books...

Proposal Writing Samples Don't Tell the Whole Story

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Proposal writing samples or examples you find in a web search seem to offer a quick and easy way to prepare a proposal

How To Make Your Memories into a Memoir

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Why should you consider creating a memoir of your personal experiences for publication?

The Purpose of the Science Fiction Novel

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Where fantasy goes into uncharted territory, the kind of story that couldn't exist, science fiction, a term made famous by the likes of Philip K. Dick, Isaac...

Ghostwriting Tips: Selling Yourself in a Virtual Market

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One of the most important skills you need as a ghostwriter selling yourself in a virtual market is strong computer skills. You need to know more than the...

Plotting in Storytelling

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And if there are no rules, why on earth would anyone want to write about the writing process? If there are no rules, what is the point in scripting an...

6 Reasons Prose Writers Should Attempt Poetry

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As part of my MFA program, I was told I had to take a class outside of my comfort zone, which happens to be in fiction. I signed up for a poetry class not...

Power Writing Skills: What's Your Readability Score?

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You may write fine memos, reports, or literally any other kind of document. But, if no one reads what you�ve written, there is no chance you�ll get your...

Memoir Writing Help, Memoir Writing Ideas

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Here are a few prompts to stimulate your memory and to encourage your creativity...of which you have plenty to work with and to share.

Hey, Just A Minute, Buster! My Memoir Is More Tragic Than Yours!

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The memoir. For years a former agent of mine - who happened to represent one of the country's most commercially successful memoirists - had been after me to...

9 Steps to Write the Best Short Story

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Whenever I begin a short story, I remind myself of two things: to try to get in touch with readers' senses as much as possible by writing something to see,...

Generating Passive Income Through Your Writing

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Earning passive income on-line can be a trying and difficult process. even for some of the best writers around. Just the shear quantity of writing that is...

Pick a Writing Niche, Any Writing Niche

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Unless you've been working in a small town, doing bits and pieces of different types of legal work for everyone, it's quite likely you've become a specialist...

How to Write and Publish a Book About Your Historic Neighborhood

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What better way to preserve your neighborhood's history than with a book? It's a permanent document that can be passed down through the generations.

How To Write Great Children's Poetry & Rhyming Stories

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Children love rhyme. The rhythm of the text, the way the words bounce off the tongue can be especially appealing to young children who are mastering language...

19 Questions to Help You Write a Memoir

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There are more than six billion people on the planet and I am a firm believer that every one of us has a story to tell.

Tips on How to Become a Comic Book Artist

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Comic book artist David Cassaday is one of the most well-known names in the comic book industry today.

How To Pitch A Story

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Here are some helpful tips on how to pitch a story to an editor and how you can 'hit a homerun' with your article pitches.

Don't Lose Readers, Get the Narrative and Dialogue Balance Right

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A good story deserves a good narrative-to-dialogue balance to keep your audience enthralled and turning those pages. How do you get the balance right? Read...

A Problem in Fiction Writing: Writing Truthfully Versus Writing Accurately

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A writer can reveal his story accurately if he chooses to. If he chooses to insert inaccuracies to emphasize or exaggerate a point that imparts a truthful...

Write the Story of Your Life

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I want to write my life story, but I don't know where to start. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this statement. Many people have a story to tell....

Why Authors Should Care About Copyright

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Authors' works are habitually plagiarized, infringed upon and otherwise exploited without their permission and without fair compensation. Just as frequently,...

Why Book and eBook Authors Still Need Literary Agents

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A competent literary agent knows the literary requirements that different book editors and publishers demand right now. He knows the length and style of...

The Option Clause in a Book Contract: A Trap for the Unwary Author

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Reputable publishers almost always will drop or modify the option clause. Vanity presses are notorious for tying up your next book. And many smaller or...

Titles that Talk: How to Create a Title for Your Article or Manuscript

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The first words of a manuscript that catch the editorial eye are those of the title. Anytime you submit a manuscript or article, you should make your title...

Part 1: The Craft of Writing for Self-Publishing

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In this series of articles, I'd like to focus on those areas of the craft that are helpful in publishing your own work. To illustrate the process I'll share...

Part 2: The Craft of Editing for Self-Publishing

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Learn how to edit your manuscript before you self-publish your book or ebook. Going through traditional publishing channels is getting harder and harder as...

Part 4: The Craft of Marketing Your Self-Published Book

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In marketing my own self-published books, I've found a number of helpful (and some not so helpful) channels to get the word out which I'll share in this...

How to Throw Your Own Successful Book Signing

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Of course everyone wants to have a book signing at a big bookstore, but sometimes that's difficult to negotiate, especially if your book is self-published....

Part 3: How to Print and Distribute Your Self-Published Book

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Authors who want to self-publish their books have unprecedented options. There are many successful authors who are going straight to ebooks and skip the...

4 Ways Self-Publishing on Amazon is a Great Content Marketing and Lead Generation Opportunity

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Self-publishing on Amazon is like putting an infinite number of your books in the center of the world's largest bookstore. Amazon is like a miniature search...

Organic Writing - The Garden Within

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Who you are as a writer has grown from your life experiences, your passions, your soil. You are fertilizing and weed pulling in your mind's garden.

How to Write a Riveting Romance - Anima/Animus Archetype - Part 2

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Every archetype has a positive and a negative side. As we saw in the Three-Dimensional Villains article, the villain is the negative aspect of the shadow,...

The Crossroads Between the Arts of Writing and Traveling

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In Alain de Botton's book, The Art of Travel, he distinguishes between the anticipation and recollection of travel versus the reality of actually traveling.

The Joy of Journaling: How to Get Started

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Don't be surprised if during your next visit, your doctor hands you a prescription for a journal with instructions to write a minimum of 30 minutes a day!

Where, Oh Where, Has My Creativity Gone? 5 Steps to Bring it Back

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Creativity is the key to every writer's craft. Without it, we are nothing more than people sitting at desks with paper and pencil, or blank computer screen.

5 Tips for Writing a Good Narrative Essay

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Writing a narrative essay is an essential talent for field research. It presents your experience and allows audiences to draw their own conclusions.

Two Keys to Writing Effective Dialogue

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Writers expend a great deal of creative energy developing a story line and limning well-balanced prose with evocative sentences. Here are two helpful tips.

How to Write a Murder Mystery

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An author must first and foremost always tell a compelling story, involving, to one extent or another, recognizable three-dimensional characters.

A Quick Guide to Manuscript Format

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Writing a manuscript? If conflicting advice on format has left you confused, the following tips should help clarify the issues.

Being Creative: The Right-Brain/Left-Brain Myth, and Achieving Flow

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The wonderful state in which words just flow from our fingers is caused by certain kinds of brain activation--which means there's nothing mystical about it.

5 Steps to Getting Started in Erotica Writing

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Ever thought about writing erotica, but don't know where to begin? Here are a few tips to help get you started on the road to writing bedroom fiction.

Truth or Lies? How to Approach Truth and Healing Ethically as a Memoir Writer

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As a memoir teacher, I find that people are very worried about the ethical issues involved in memoir writing. Here's how to think about truth and lies.

6 Continents, 6 Monsters, and 6 Ways to Make a Truly Demonic Horror Story

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Horror writing takes many forms. Here are 6 monsters from 6 different continents that you can use to add terror to your horror story.

How New Authors Can Keep Their Manuscripts Coherent

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In the world of publishing, many manuscripts make it to the editor's desk, simply because they are badly disorganized and downright incoherent.

How to Co-Write a Memoir in 5 Steps, and Why

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Chances are, the subjects of many intense stories don’t realize the potency of their tales. So what to do? You co-write their memoirs.

How to Recognize and Monetize Your Expertise and Passion

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Thousands of people have harnessed the unbelievable power of their writing talents to not only enrich others, but literally enrich themselves financially.

How to Write a Love Scene

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The most critical lesson in writing a love scene is that it is similar to making love in the real world: when done well, it is messy, chaotic and somewhat...

How to Write an Authentic Martial Arts Scene

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Most fight scenes rely heavily upon the vague, and somewhat inaccurate, public perceptions of how martial artists would use their skills in a real fight.

7 Ways to Increase Your Writing Range and Raise Your Income

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Here are seven strategies you can use to increase your writing range and boost your income potential in the process.

How to Make Characters Memorable: Highlight Their Distinctive Characteristics

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Readers best remember the characters you create for your novel by focusing in on their mannerisms, habits and traits. Here's how to write them effectively.

Strange Resources for Writers: Giants, Dwarves, and Monsters as Literary Sources

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The world of fantasy creatures is an invaluable resource for fiction writers. This article aims to raise awareness of the literary traditions that exist.

Eleven Unusual Cures for Writer's Block That Actually Worked

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Take a cue from famous and uncelebrated writers alike in adopting one of these unusual cures for writer's block that do actually work.

How To Teach a Moral In a Short Story

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Probably the best and simplest moral that people can get from any story is just the capacity to empathize with others, to care about the characters and their...

How to Write Powerful, Exciting, and Realistic Battle Scenes

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The biggest challenge in writing a battle scene is the point of view. To make the experience exciting and moving, it's best to stick to the perspective of a...

4 Top Memoir Writing Lessons Tips - How To Write A Great Memoir

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Memoir writing can be a great process if it is done properly. However, if you've never been taught how to do it properly then it can be an extremely...

10 Tips For Writing a Memoir

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What differentiates memoir from autobiography is that it deals with only a slice, a portion or event in your life, rather than your whole life. Memoir is a...

Character Development: Questions for Creating Character Facts and Personalities

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Creating a character questionnaire for each major character can lead to richer fiction and greater focus. Following are some sample questions to ask your...

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We have 66 articles in Self-publishing

Writing the Query Letter

The Writing Style of Agatha Christie

How to Write a Detective Novel

Writing For The Spiritual Market

Teaching a Memoir Workshop: Easy is Usually Not Best

10 Smart Moves For Getting Published in Top Magazines

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5 Ways To Nurture and Defend Your Muse

The Many Paths to Plotting

Proposal Writing Samples Don't Tell the Whole Story

How To Make Your Memories into a Memoir

The Purpose of the Science Fiction Novel

Ghostwriting Tips: Selling Yourself in a Virtual Market

Plotting in Storytelling

6 Reasons Prose Writers Should Attempt Poetry

Power Writing Skills: What's Your Readability Score?

Memoir Writing Help, Memoir Writing Ideas

Hey, Just A Minute, Buster! My Memoir Is More Tragic Than Yours!

9 Steps to Write the Best Short Story

Generating Passive Income Through Your Writing

Pick a Writing Niche, Any Writing Niche

How to Write and Publish a Book About Your Historic Neighborhood

How To Write Great Children's Poetry & Rhyming Stories

19 Questions to Help You Write a Memoir

Tips on How to Become a Comic Book Artist

How To Pitch A Story

Don't Lose Readers, Get the Narrative and Dialogue Balance Right

Social Media: How to Use Geographic Targeting to Attract Clients

A Problem in Fiction Writing: Writing Truthfully Versus Writing Accurately

Write the Story of Your Life

Why Authors Should Care About Copyright

Why Book and eBook Authors Still Need Literary Agents

The Option Clause in a Book Contract: A Trap for the Unwary Author

Titles that Talk: How to Create a Title for Your Article or Manuscript

Part 1: The Craft of Writing for Self-Publishing

Part 2: The Craft of Editing for Self-Publishing

Part 4: The Craft of Marketing Your Self-Published Book

How to Throw Your Own Successful Book Signing

Part 3: How to Print and Distribute Your Self-Published Book

4 Ways Self-Publishing on Amazon is a Great Content Marketing and Lead Generation Opportunity

Organic Writing - The Garden Within

How to Write a Riveting Romance - Anima/Animus Archetype - Part 2

The Crossroads Between the Arts of Writing and Traveling

The Joy of Journaling: How to Get Started

Where, Oh Where, Has My Creativity Gone? 5 Steps to Bring it Back

5 Tips for Writing a Good Narrative Essay

Two Keys to Writing Effective Dialogue

How to Write a Murder Mystery

A Quick Guide to Manuscript Format

Being Creative: The Right-Brain/Left-Brain Myth, and Achieving Flow

5 Steps to Getting Started in Erotica Writing

Truth or Lies? How to Approach Truth and Healing Ethically as a Memoir Writer

6 Continents, 6 Monsters, and 6 Ways to Make a Truly Demonic Horror Story

How New Authors Can Keep Their Manuscripts Coherent

How to Co-Write a Memoir in 5 Steps, and Why

How to Recognize and Monetize Your Expertise and Passion

How to Write a Love Scene

How to Write an Authentic Martial Arts Scene

7 Ways to Increase Your Writing Range and Raise Your Income

How to Make Characters Memorable: Highlight Their Distinctive Characteristics

Strange Resources for Writers: Giants, Dwarves, and Monsters as Literary Sources

Eleven Unusual Cures for Writer's Block That Actually Worked

How To Teach a Moral In a Short Story

How to Write Powerful, Exciting, and Realistic Battle Scenes

4 Top Memoir Writing Lessons Tips - How To Write A Great Memoir

10 Tips For Writing a Memoir

Character Development: Questions for Creating Character Facts and Personalities

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