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Want an easier (and more fun) way to plan and outline? If you hate outlining, storyboarding may be for you. What’s a storyboard? I think of it as a comic book, or page. According to Merriam-Webster, it’s: …a panel or series of panels on which a set of sketches is arranged depicting consecutively the important changes of scene and action … Read more
Can you edit your book, even if you haven’t finished it? Of course you can. Start by assessing what you have, and what your book needs, so that you can finish it and publish it. The steps below will work for both fiction and nonfiction; I recommend them to my book coaching clients. Edit your book: can you publish immediately? … Read more
Are you a self-publishing author who’s publishing nonfiction? A checklist of essential elements may help. I created this checklist for my students; you may find it useful too. Vital: please test all nonfiction ideas. Testing can save you months—even years. Self-publishing: find problems and offer solutions—and TEST We all have problems we’re not sure how to tackle. Or, perhaps we … Read more
If you’re looking for book ideas, why not write a memoir? You already have the content—you’ve got the advice to “write what you know” well and truly covered. Unfortunately, most authors experience stumbling blocks when they write from real life. We’ll look at some tips to help you to overcome them. A quick note: these tips are for you if … Read more
Want to be more productive? Try developing a writing process which includes warm ups. When you warm up before writing, you’ll eliminate procrastination and you’ll get more writing done in less time. Over the years, whenever I’ve skipped warm ups because deadlines loomed, I discovered projects took longer and frequently developed unexpected challenges. Try a couple of these warm ups … Read more