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How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page – a Lesson on Shaking Off the Burden of Knowledge

by Jennie Nash on July 13, 2016 19 Comments

Are you getting the story out of your head and onto the page in your opening chapter? Here’s how to recognize and shake off the burden of knowledge.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

How to Start Your Book in the Right Place (and Save Your Reader from Boredom, Frustration and Despair)

by Jennie Nash on June 8, 2016 10 Comments

In order to write a great first chapter for a book, you have to start in the right place. There are two main ways writers tend to get this wrong.

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Are You Writing the Right Chord?

by Judith Briles on May 25, 2016 8 Comments

Do you write the right chord or fill your paragraphs with words that don’t move the story or premise forward because you feel you’ve got to fill up space?

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: blog writing, Judith Briles, Writing

Yank Your Reader Into Your Story With a Great Opening Line

by Jennie Nash on May 4, 2016 25 Comments

It pays to write a great opening line that hooks your reader and yanks them into your story. A great first line serves as a promise and an invitation we can’t refuse.

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3 Mistakes You Made Writing Your First Book (and How Not to Make Them Again)

by Joel Friedlander on February 15, 2016 15 Comments

By Jennie Nash In publishing, everything starts with the quality of the book. Today you’ll hear from editor and book coach Jennie Nash. In the course of her work, Jennie sees firsthand what authors tend to get wrong as they write their books–the rookie mistakes, the glaring errors, the fatal flaws. Her post today digs […]

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How to Create Titles to Hook Your Readers

by Judith Briles on February 10, 2016 22 Comments

Are you sometimes stuck when it comes to adding a title to a blog or article? Would you like to create one with some snap, crackle and pop? Here are three of my favorite tools.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Judith Briles, self publishing, Writing

Wannabe Author to the Real Thing in 5 Steps

by Judith Briles on June 10, 2015 8 Comments

Wannabe Author to the Real Thing in 5 Steps by Judith Briles explains how to get unstuck and move forward and go from a wannabe author to the real thing this year.

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So You Want to Write a Book? Just Do It!

by Nina Amir on March 18, 2015 11 Comments

So You Want to Write a Book? Just Do It! by Nina Amir explains how writing a book is like exercising and that at some point, if you truly want to become an author you have to stop finding excuses and start a book manuscript and just do it.

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20 Ways to Become a More Productive Writer

by Nina Amir on December 3, 2014 38 Comments

20 Ways to Become a More Productive Writer by Nina Amir suggests ways writers can change to become more productive and achieve their book writing goals.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: Nina Amir, resolutions for writers, Writing

How to Create a Blog Plan for Any Type of Book

by Nina Amir on August 20, 2014 28 Comments

How to Create a Blog Plan for Any Type of Book by Nina Amir explains why planning to include book-related content on your blog, increases the likelihood readers find you and your book.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: blogging, Nina Amir, Writing

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