Writing Resources

Writing A Book - Tips From An Author #4 - GetPlotted.com  Style is one of the most important considerations when writing a bestseller, and as we mentioned in previous articles, they key is consistency.  It's almost a hallmark of a top 10 best seller to have a strong, consistent style.

Writing A Book - Tips From An Author #2 - www.GetPlotted.com  Writing a three act story - dealing with the middle act.  In the second or middle act, you get to expand the story past the initial 'inciting incident', and develop the characters and their various drives and needs.

Framing Your Story: Writing Tips for Online Marketing - Sarah Benoit  The Art Of Self Promotion One of the keys to small business success is the ability to develop, write, edit and design your own marketing material.  In order to accomplish this goal a small business owner must learn the essential art of self-promotion.

Tight Lines, Writers! - Jenna Glatzer  “Tight lines” is a good luck wish among fishermen.  When you’ve hooked a fish, your line tightens up.  I was musing on this expression as my husband critiqued my lousy casting skills on our latest fishing expedition.

When "Less" Is More... When It Comes To Writing Your Sales Copy - Craig Garber  Today we're going to wrap up our discussion about these 5critical copywriting techniques you must be using in "5 WaysTo Give Your Prospects A Much-Needed Break!  "O.  K.  ?Let's just go over the 3 items we've already discussed:

Writing Suitable Copy for the Press - Carolyn Moncel  Summer is finally here and school is out, but learning for the rest of us continues.  Whether you're a seasoned PR professional working for a top agency, a novice just beginning a career, or a mid-level manager working in-house at a small business, the time comes when we all could use a refresher course in properly writing suitable copy for the press.

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.

Write What You Know - Harriet Silkwood  We've heard the words, Write What You Know, but do we understand what they mean?  The words can be misleading and may discourage new writers from branching out to try new genres.  Do they mean we should only write about our experiences?

How To Select a Great Topic For Your Book or Ebook Part 1 of 5 - Aaron Morganstern  It couldn't be easier to select a topic for an ebook.  People are hungry for information, and people are looking to the Internet to feed their hunger.  After you've read this chapter, you will feel confident enough to choose your own topic, or you can literally pull your ebook topic directly from this ebook and use it!

Best-Selling Book Secrets - Matt Bacak  Everyone says, “Some day I'm going to write a book,” but few actually do.  So congratulations on a noteworthy achievement!  Now that you're holding your book in your hands, after years of research, writing, editing and rewriting, the last words you'll want to hear are, “That was the easy part.

My Favorite Expert Advice on Writing the Stories of Our Lives, Gleaned From My Favorite Books on the Subject - Lisa J. Lehr  This outline is adapted from a handout I give to my lifewriting students.  The points made here apply to writing in general as well as to writing our life stories in particular.  I.  Why should we write?

The Devil is in the Details: The Heavenly Benefits of Specificity in Writing - Linda Abraham  You can argue about the devil, but certainly the substance, distinctiveness, and success of your essays depends on the details.  Many applicants tend to bury their uniqueness and success under vague assertions.

The EASY Anyone-Can-Do-It Way To Write Free Reprint Articles - Steve Shaw  As you may already know, writing free reprint articles and then distributing them to publishers and web sites is one of the best ways to promote your web site - a single article can result in hundreds of new links to your web site and a rapid increase in traffic levels.

Think You Can't Write Articles? Think Again! - Susane B. Myers  Writing articles and putting them out on the web for everyone to see can be a little intimidating though at first, especially if you don’t consider yourself a writer.  Remember that you have a lot of knowledge in your area of expertise that your readers are looking for, so just start sharing that knowledge in articles.

Writing Great Articles? I’m No Expert, But..... - Steve Boulden  Just like most of you reading this article, I’m far from calling myself an expert author.  However, I have been out here a while, submitted quite a few articles, and have definitely learned a few hard lessons about getting my articles noticed.