Writing Resources

Revealed: The $12,500 Copywriting Formula - Sopan Greene  Have you heard of Brian Keith Voiles?  Probably not, but if you have eyes you've seen his ad campaigns and you probably even bought products that he created ad campaigns for.  Would you like to have the formula he gets paid $12,500 to put into use for Fortune 500 Companies?

Cookbook Publishing - The Basic Ingredients and the Secrets to Success - Denise Hamilton  You are about to embark on the most exciting enterprise of your life -- publishing a cook book!  You will soon learn that writing a cook book is truly a fun, exciting and challenging project – more than you can imagine.

Writing Well-- 6 Steps to Being Your Own Best Editor - Marige O'Brien  One of the first important lessons a writer learns is that writing is a process, a series of steps that take an idea from concept to completed work.  This is true whether the work is an article, a poem, a report, a short story or a book.

How To Select a Great Topic For Your Book or Ebook Part 2 of 5 - Aaron Morganstern  There are groups of people who are willing to buy nonfiction ebooks:  hobbyists.  At any given time, these people are looking for ways to spend their money on their hobbies.  Their passion is your financial gain.

English as a Medium For Indian-Writer - Samir K. Dash  In a paper at Regional Conference of the Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Held at India International Centre ,New Delhi on February23-6,1975,R.  Parthasarathy , while exposing the position of Indian writers in English reffered to the comments of American poets Allen Ginsberg ,Gary Snycler and Peter Onlovsky:

Successful Audio Book Narration - Scott Perreault  It sounds easy, just open the book and read.  You ever listen to a book on tape?  Often a recognizable actor is the voice.  Sounds like a winner, lets have Dustin Hoffman read us a story.

Top Ten Ways to Design Each Part of your Book to Sell More - Judy Cullins  Whether you are an ebook author/publisher or a print book author/publisher, you can get your unique, helpful information out to your audience.  You'll help make other people's lives better, become a household name, gain clients, sell more books and make much more money when you design each part of your book to attract more readers.

What Maks Fiction Special - Rebecca Guevara  I was in a brisk discussion about whether a woman ‘would’ or ‘would not’ leave her wayward husband when a man interrupted and said, “But he’s not real!  It’s fiction!  ” It was time to end the talk before I began my ten minute soliloquy that would have sent everyone in the kitchen for one too many drinks before going home.

What Bruce Springsteen Taught Me About Writing - Sophfronia Scott  This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Bruce Springsteen's groundbreaking album Born to Run.  Columbia Records is celebrating by re-releasing the disc with lots of audio and video goodies including interview material of Bruce discussing the writing of this seminal work.

12 Ways to Research a Historical Novel - Ann Roscopf Allen  Whether you are fictionalizing historical events or making up your own story, attention to detail can determine whether your novel is credible to history buffs or if they’ll give it a pass.  Read about the general history of the locale where your story is set, so you have some context for your story.

Horror Movie Scripts - 10 Steps To Writing A Horror Screenplay - Henrik Holmberg  A horror movie has certain rules.  If you break too many the audience will be disappointed.  This is a very short, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script.  1.  The Hook.

The Billionaire Writer's Secret - Steven Barnes  During a career spanning twenty-five years of novel, film, and television work, I've two major tools most valuable:  the yogic “chakras” for characterization, and Joseph Campbell’s model of the Hero’s Journey for plot structure.

The War Of High Quality Writing Instruments – The Fountain Pen - Gray Rollins  High quality writing instruments have been around for centuries and continue to exist; from the first pencils in 1584, to the quill pen, to the reign of the fountain pen from 1925 to 1940.  These high quality and highly functional writing instruments were being made around the world in beautiful styles and with an elegance and class not previously seen in a writing instrument.

Overcoming Writer’s Block: Avoiding the Trap - Stephen L. Nelson, CPA  I may as well just say it.  Writer’s block, I’m convinced, doesn’t exist.  Mostly, I think, authors use writer’s block as an excuse to explain to themselves, an editor, or a concerned spouse why the book isn’t done or the chapter hasn’t been turned in.

Writing a Book - Tips From An Author #9 - www.getplotted.com  Writing specific GenresWhat is a 'genre'?  It's a fancy French word for 'type' or 'kind'.  A 'Thriller' is a 'type' of story.  Thrillers therefore make up a 'genre'.  Some genres have become so 'reduced to practice' that they are actually cliches of themselves.