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Edit Your Novel in Three Easy Steps

You've finished your first draft. Congratulations! Now it's time to step back for a few weeks and free your mind. After you've taken a break, it's time to start editing. Editing can be tough. It requres a different mindset from t...

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The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn, Chapter 11

Chapter Eleven: Inspire With Your Storytelling While finding time to write came be like having unplanned sex, the act of writing is more like making love. You cannot fake it. You must feel it. When I was writing the chapter from the book A Guide to ...

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Who's Telling This Story, Anyway?

I want to address another issue that beginning writers often have difficulty accomplishing. The Writing Perspective. Who the heck is telling this story, anyway? Is it the author, the character, more than one character at a time, or some unknown perso...

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Does Your Web Site Beat The Clock

Tick, tick, tick. That's the sound of those all important 10 secondsslipping away - the average amount of time a visitor remains at a web site before clicking on.That is, unless you give them a reason to stay.Take a good hard look at your web si...

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Titles (and Subtitles) Sell Books!

Titles (and Subtitles) Sell Books! by: Joni HamiltonDoes a title really sell a book? The short answer is, yes. If a book does not attract a reader initially, it will be overlooked and not purchased. The book title is the element that creates the...

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How Long Is Too Long To Market A Book?

So how long is too long to market a book? According to some studies (both formal and informal) marketing (and seeing the results in the form of book sales) can take anywhere from six months to two years, it all depends on what you want to get out of ...

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Multiple Streams of Writing Income Part 2: Creating a Clear, Compelling Vision

The first question my clients frequently ask is, "Why do I need to define a vision for what I write? Why can't we just create a strategy?" There are two critical reasons for you to do the vision process. First, let me make this next reality per...

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You Write the Ending

Do you feel you can write better endings? We are all writers. If you have ever written in a diary, a secret journal, a school term paper, or a letter to home, you are a writer. Writer are all around us. Those sitcoms that we laugh at every night we...

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the benefits of journaling

Journaling is a powerful tool that allows individuals to express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in written form. It serves as a record of personal growth and serves as a source of inspiration and reflection. Whether it be in a traditiona...

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Getting that Magical Click

This article explains how to get people to click through to your targeted web page. We define the targeted webpage to be your ‘profit page’ – be it a page of your own or one of your affiliate sales pages – any page that has the potential to e...

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