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Writing a Book and Feeling Stuck? How to Break Through Three Common Challenges
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| It may come before you even write a word, or it may come well into your draft, but when it does, your progress completely stalls. Many aspiring authors have felt stuck at one point or another. And this feeling can prevent even the most motivated writer from completing their work-in-progress. The good news is there are ways around this terrible stuck feeling. |
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Is Your New Year’s Resolution to Write a Book?
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| Every New Year’s, thousands of aspiring business and self-help authors resolve to make this the year they get their book done. I’ve heard that 80 percent of people want to write a book-that’s a lot of people. |
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When and How to Copyright Your Book
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| Copyrighting your book is an important step in the process of becoming an author because it helps protect against people taking or using your work without permission. But how do you get a copyright? And when should you file for one? If you’re unsure about how to protect your work, consider the following suggestions. |
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Just Starting to Write? How to Get Help and Improve Your Writing Skills
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| The other day I was talking to a woman who was frustrated by the fact that she'd given her friend the first three chapters of her book to read and offer feedback, and weeks later her friend still hadn't read the pages. This was the woman's first book and she hadn't written anything since high school. |
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Promote Your Book on Twitter in 10 Minutes a Day
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| If you're marketing your books online, then you've probably heard of Twitter. It was all the rage last year in social media, and millions of people have joined this micro-blogging community. With so many users, it's a great place to find book readers. These tips will help you get the word out about your book without tweeting your day away. |
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Chapter by Chapter: Ten Self-Editing Questions Every Writer Needs to Consider
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| Congratulations, you've finished your first draft! Take a day or two to celebrate your accomplishment. Then, get back to work-you have a manuscript to edit. Every writer needs an editor, but all writers can use the following ten self-editing questions to think critically and objectively about their own work. |
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Five Tips for Marketing Your Book on Facebook
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| Millions of people visit Facebook every day, making it one of the best viral marketing opportunities for authors online. It’s easy to set up and maintain pages specifically for your book, you can find lots of traffic for your blog or web site, and it’s free, at least for now. Consider these five tips to establish your book’s Facebook presence. |
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How to Develop Your Best-Selling Book Idea
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| Everyone has at least one book in them-I firmly believe that. But bookstore shelves are packed with titles, all competing for readers’ attention. So how can you tell if your book idea is ready for the competitive publishing business? |
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Make Your Book Personal; Engage Readers with the Story of Your Experience
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| If you're writing a business, self-help, or other instructional book, then it may not seem important to share information about your personal experiences. The purpose of your book is to give people strategies and tips they can use, right? In reality, including your personal story, if you have one, not only makes it more powerful and personal, but it also makes the book unique because it comes directly from you. |
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How to Develop the Writing Habit-Even if You Don’t Have Time to Write
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| Writing takes time, which isn't easy to find. Work, kids, housework all get in the way. But these simple steps can help you write more often and with better results. |
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Seven Ways to Add Value to Your Self-Help or Business Book
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| When you’re working on a book, the question, "Will people actually want to buy this?" inevitably comes up. Although in most cases this is your inner critic trying to sideswipe your creative efforts, the question is valid. Will people actually see the value in the information you’re providing? To make your book more marketable, consider the following seven ways to add value to your book. |
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How to Write Better and Faster -- And Have More Fun Doing It!
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| Every writer has different habits, unique strengths, and mistakes they always make in their work. Knowing your own habits, flaws, mistakes, and strengths can help you compensate for your limitations, and work with your own natural strengths and rhythms. To get to know your writer-self a little better, consider these three areas of your work. |
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Do You Need to Hire a Ghostwriter to Write Your Book?
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| When a person with little or no writing experience decides they want to write a book, their first instinct is often to find someone with writing skills to do it for them. It sounds easy enough, right? You can't write, so you just get someone who can. However, a lot more goes into finding and working with a ghostwriter than most people think. This article covers the basics. |
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Five Reasons to Stop Procrastinating and Get Your Book Done
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| Sharing what you know in a book helps everyone. But if you have a business to run, a job to do, or a household to maintain, then putting off writing a book is easy-even if you really want to become a published author. If you've been procrastinating writing your book, consider these benefits of getting it done. |
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Some Books Don't Work! How to Write a Book that Grows Your Business
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| You've probably heard all this before: writing a book is one of the most powerful marketing tools available to coaches, consultants, speakers, and professionals. But not all books work as well as they could. |
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How to Find Your Book Writing Rhythm
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| Writing a book often takes longer than anticipated because many writers don't have a process or ritual that helps them work efficiently. All experienced writers develop a rhythm to their work with practice and experience. They do things to become more efficient and productive. They understand how they work, when they work best, and the different phases of the writing process-and they accomplish more as a result. |
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Write a Book One Piece at a Time
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| Breaking down the task of writing your book into a series of smaller jobs and assigning a topic to each section is often a more effective way to begin than trying to figure out the whole book at once-it breaks the process into specific tasks. |
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