Analyze Your Audience Part 4
For the past few days I’ve been talking about how you can try to maximize the size of your audience for a novel. Today I’m
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Analyze Your Audience Part 3
I mentioned in yesterday’s post three elements common to all of the bestselling movies and books of all time–the fact that ALL of them are
Analyze Your Audience Part 2
I took a lot of writing classes in college, and I think that in just about every one that I took, the professor pointed out
Writing the Big Fat Book
I got this question from Jim: “So much advice to writers is about suspense, or scene goals, or characters overcoming conflict. One published author told
Imagination – NaNoWriMo Daily Writing Tips
The first thing that I seek in a great story is originality. You may not realize it, but the most common problem with stories is
Balancing Productivity and Art – NaNoWriMo Daily Writing Tips
If you are producing anything—toy dolls, bread, vacuum cleaners, or novels—there are some variables that you have to work with. Ideally, a publisher would like
Fixating on a Story – NaNoWriMo Daily Writing Tips
Remember when you were young and your mother or father read a favorite story to you over and over? Or do you recall that one
Writing on the Run – NaNoWriMo Daily Writing Tips
Many wannabe writers are pretty sedentary. We tend to watch too much television, read too much, play video games too much, and chat online too
Branding Yourself
It’s always good before you begin to write to really understand who your audience is and what their needs are, so that you can
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Accepting Responsibility for Your Titles
It’s fairly common for editors to want to change titles. Sometimes a title might be too much like that of another book. For example, one
