I'm frequently asked for advice about writing a business book. Some people want to understand if writing a book might be right for them. Others are beginning the process and would like to know how to get published. Here, in one place, are some practical ideas based on my experience writi...
I was reading an article with David Vann's top tips for writing short stories–he is a published writer, his most famous book being, "Legends of a Suicide, " First of all he states that there are no rules, but if he were forced to create rules for short stores, then they would be...
When writing a book, tips can save you a lot of time in revisions. Read ten top tips from Now Novel's monthly writing webinars.
The author offers tips to book authors on how to market their books using the social media (SM). Some suggestions to improve one's Web site are hiring a professional to develop the site, choosing a well-recommended Web-designer and knowing how to update a site. Other tips include learning...
One idea that emerges very clearly from tips from established writers is that they often do not know how their books will end. This is not always true: J. K. Rowling is alleged to have written the last chapter of the last Harry Potter book before writing anything else. However, she almo...
Professional writers across the world employ full-time editors to chop and change their creations, but with care and attention you can edit your own work, and improve your writing trade in the process. Here are our top tips for editing your own writing. ...
5 tips on writing a helpful book outline 1. When writing a book outline, you have the opportunity to make each scene of your novel have purpose. K.M. Weiland of Helping Writers Become Authors offers this goodadvice on outlining individual scenesin a guest post for Writer’s Digest: ...
Short stories are tricky beasts, and when I first attempted them, I couldn’t figure out what was going wrong. To save you time (and hopefully some angst), here are my tips for writing short fiction – the ones I wish I’d known from the beginning!
20 Tips for Writing Your Novel Whether you’re writing science fiction, young adult, or a contemporary story based on events in your own life, many aspects of writing a novel remain the same. You need to manage your time well, figure out how to pitch your book, and learn how to proble...
Here are my 20 top tips for writing memoir. They will take you through a definition of memoir, knowing the difference between memoir and autobiography, how to get started writing memoir, how to write someone else’s story, how to structure a memoir and much more. And then, because I ...