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How To Be An Author

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Author : Ashton Cartwright
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-05-30

How To Be An Author written by Ashton Cartwright and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-30 with categories.

36 real authors give us an in depth look at their successes, their mistakes, and their careers as writers. There is nothing in the world as incredible as creating something, and getting to hear about other people enjoying it. You know that you've made a change in someone's life, even if it's only in a small way. It's one of the best feelings in the world. Everyone who becomes a professional author does so for different reasons. They each face different obstacles, have different goals, and choose different paths. The more authors that a new writer gets the opportunity to learn from, the greater the chance that they'll find someone they resonate with, and that they'll discover something that can help them in their own career. Some of the authors in this book are self-published; others are traditionally published. Some have worked with agents, and others have chosen to represent themselves. Some authors in this book generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties, while others have just finished their very first novel. Some exclusively write fiction, some non-fiction, and some write a bit of both. Some of them write just for the joy of writing, others for the money, and still others because they have a story that NEEDS to be told.

How To Be An Author Writing Your Writing

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Author : Kaye Bewley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-07-04

How To Be An Author Writing Your Writing written by Kaye Bewley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-04 with categories.

How to write your book. Simple, easy to read style with step-by-step, practical instructions and tips to get your book - fact or fiction - finished.

How To Be An Author In 7 Days

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Author : P. K.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-30

How To Be An Author In 7 Days written by P. K. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-30 with Self-Help categories.

A few friends, some of them writers and already published authors, asked me, 'How did you do it? So many books, so fast?' I explained: 'I stumbled upon Aladdin's magic lamp, rubbed it, out came the Genie, and asked: Where are your manuscripts, Master? I'm ready to publish and print. I passed on my stuff, and the Genie was quick and efficient. He made me an Author!' Self-Publishing platforms are the Genies. In this book, I share the secrets of summoning them to do your bidding. You got to learn the mantra, though. This book tells you how to. I was motivated to write this book to share with the readers my discovery of self-publishing, how I learnt it from scratch, and published 8 books in 6 months. Yes, the present book is my 8th, published in December, 2020. I had published my first book on 14th June 2020! I wish to share my joy and excitement of discovering this game-changing model of book creation, publication, and distribution with other writers. That's why I have put together this book. To motivate writers to learn and use this new skill, and be a Self-Published Author (SPA).

How To Write A Book

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Author : Geoff Palmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-23

How To Write A Book written by Geoff Palmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-23 with categories.

I want to write a book. Where do I start? Are you thinking of writing a novel or a nonfiction book but aren't sure where to begin? Perhaps you've heard of the Snowflake Method, the 30-Day Method, the 5-Draft Method, outlining, plotters and pantsers, but are just having trouble fitting writing into your life. This is the writing guide to get you going! Maybe you've already started a book - once, twice, several times - yet somehow drifted away, lost focus, lost momentum, and ended up dumping your manuscript in the too-hard basket. This is the writing guide to get you back on track! 12 simple steps to becoming an author Divided into three easy stages, How to Write a Book has 12 simple steps that take you through the process of writing from start to finish. Part 1: Getting Started explores the tricks of the mind that stand in the way of a would-be writer. From finding the time, to dealing with distractions, battling Resistance, what to do when your mind's a blank, and even writing with a tomato! Part 2: Keeping Going. Most novels are abandoned one-third of the way in. Find out why. And find out what you can do when you hit The Wall, strike writer's block, or are trapped in the tyranny of constant changes. Part 3: Letting Go. The tricks of the mind don't stop once you type THE END. This part looks at the quest for perfection (and how to handle it), dealing with rejections, and what to do once you think you're done. Bonus chapter: A special bonus chapter deals with what you should write, the business of writing, being a guinea pig, doing a Nanowrimo ("write a novel in a month"), the three Ps (Practice, Productivity and Professionalism), and what being a successful writer really means. Write the novel you've always dreamed of writing. Start today! Excerpt from the Introduction On 1 September 1995, Jim Grant sat down to write. He'd never written a novel before and, having just been made redundant from his job at Granada Television, reckoned he'd have to earn himself a laptop. So he went out and bought three pads of paper, a pencil, a pencil-sharpener and an eraser, investing the princely sum of �3.99 in his new vocation. Then settled down to work. Long-hand. The book he wrote - called Killing Floor - earned Grant a laptop all right, and a great deal more. It, and his subsequent books, have regularly topped the bestseller charts for the last twenty years. But you probably don't recognise his name. That's because Grant writes under the pseudonym Lee Child. My aim in opening with that story wasn't to add to the mythology of Jim Grant/Lee Child, or to help him sell more books. (He seems to be doing okay without my assistance.) What I wanted to emphasise was the writer's basic tools: pads of paper a pencil a pencil-sharpener an eraser That, really, is all you need. And it's all writers have needed for centuries. You don't need a new laptop with terabytes of disk space and monitor large enough to be seen from the Moon. All you need is �3.99's worth of supplies. (About $5 in the US.) If you have a typewriter, great. A computer's even better. But neither of those things are essential. All you really need is some method of recording your thoughts. A pencil and paper work fine. Just ask Lee Child.

Business For Authors

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Author : Joanna Penn
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-09-19

Business For Authors written by Joanna Penn and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Authorship categories.

Are you ready to take the next step in your author journey? Art for the sake of art is important. Writing for the love of it, or to create something beautiful on the page, is absolutely worthwhile and critical to expand the sum of human expression. But I'm not here to talk about creativity or the craft of writing in this book. My aim is to take the result of your creativity into the realm of actually paying the bills. To take you from being an author to running a business as an author. I was a business consultant for 13 years before I gave up my job in September 2011 to become a full-time author-entrepreneur. I worked for large corporates and small businesses, implementing financial systems across Europe and Asia Pacific. I've also started a number of my own businesses: a scuba dive charter boat in New Zealand, a customized travel website, a property investment portfolio in Australia as well as my freelance consultancy. I've failed a lot and learned many lessons in my entrepreneurial life and I share them all in this book. In the last six years of being an author, through tempestuous changes in the publishing world, I've learned the business side of being a writer and I now earn a good living as an author-entrepreneur. I'm an author because it's my passion and my joy, but also because it's a viable business in this age of global and digital opportunity. In the book, you will learn: ** Part 1: From Author To Entrepreneur The arc of the author's journey, definition of an author-entrepreneur, deciding on your definition of success. Plus/ should you start a company? ** Part 2: Products and Services How you can turn one manuscript into multiple streams of income by exploiting all the different rights, various business models for authors and how to evaluate them, information on contracts, copyright and piracy. Plus/ putting together a production plan. ** Part 3: Employees, Suppliers and Contractors The team you need to run your business. Your role as author and what you're committing to, as well as co-writing. Editors, agents and publishers, translators, book designers and formatters, audiobook narrators, book-keeping and accounting, virtual assistants. Plus/ how to manage your team. ** Part 4: Customers In-depth questions to help you understand who your customers are and what they want, as well as customer service options for authors. ** Part 5: Sales and Distribution How to sell through distributors and your options, plus all the information you need to sell direct. ISBNs and publishing imprints: do you need them? Plus/ your options for pricing. ** Part 6: Marketing Key overarching marketing concepts. Book-based marketing including cover, back copy and sales pages on the distributors. Author-based marketing around building your platform, and customer-based marketing around your niche audience and targeted media. ** Part 7: Financials Changing your mindset about money, and assessing where you are now vs where you want to be. Revenues of the author business and how to increase that revenue. Costs of the author business and funding your startup. Banking, PayPal, accounting, reporting, tax and estate planning. ** Part 8: Strategy and Planning Developing your strategy and business plan. Managing your time and developing professional habits. The long term view and the process for becoming a full-time author. Plus/ looking after yourself. ** Part 9: Next Steps Questions from the book to help you work out everything to do with your business, plus encouragement for your next steps. ** Appendices, Workbook and Bonus Downloads including a workbook and business plan template. If you want to go from being an author, to running a business as an author, download a sample or buy now

How To Be A Writer

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Author : Stewart Ferris
language : en
Publisher: Summersdale Pub Limited
Release Date : 2005

How To Be A Writer written by Stewart Ferris and has been published by Summersdale Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This exciting book takes you through all aspects of what it takes to be a professional writer in the publishing and media industries today. Like all jobs, the role of the writer has evolved over recent years. Technology has made things quicker and easier, royalty payments have changed (mostly downwards) and the potential markets in which writers in every genre can sell their work have exploded exponentially in number. Now is a good time to be a writer and the professionals who are already out there are reaping the benefits of the new opportunities. It's a highly competitive industry to break into, but that's no reason not to give it a try. There will always be a hunger for new literary voices, new ideas and new talents. The author founded a publishing company in 1990 and has since published hundreds of books. He has also written dozens of books and written for other media including television, radio, stage and film. It's given him a broad experience as a writer in the various aspects of the writing business. In particular, he has been able to see submissions from over 10,000 writers (that's about 3 per working day on average) that he chose not to publish. That's right: he's rejected 10,000 manuscripts. Sometimes reluctantly, sometimes with relief, or shock, or despair or frustration. But always for a reason. He doesn't like to reject a manuscript. No publisher does. It gives them no pleasure - indeed, it's finding that rare diamond of a book in the slush pile that they get excited about (among other things, of course). That's why he wrote How to be a Writer: to explain the essential difference between the authors who get rejected, time after time, and those who end up on a short list for further consideration and ultimately get accepted. In fact the difference isn't a vast, uncrossable gulf between amateurs and professionals. It's something that any moderately competent writer can fix with the simple ten stage plan outlined in this book. Together with industry secrets and insider tips designed to give any writer a leg-up the ladder of success, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to see their name in print, on TV or the big screen, or mentioned on the radio. There are some harsh truths exposed in this book and many myths will be shattered. The reality of writing is not what many people believe it to be. Some of these chapters may surprise or disappoint you. The aim in revealing the secrets of the writing game is not to destroy your ambitions and dreams, but to empower you to be able to achieve them. Use this book as a reality check before embarking on a career as a writer. Use it to inspire you to achieve high standards, greatness and professionalism. Without those you have nothing. With them you can conquer the literary world.

You Are An Author

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Author : Matt Rudnitsky
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-19

You Are An Author written by Matt Rudnitsky and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-19 with categories.

If I told you "getting published" was easy, you'd think I was full of shit. So how did I write my first book as a 23-year old, unemployed Economics major? And how did it only take a month, and make $$10,376.13 in passive income (so far) ... despite doing zero marketing? Because anyone can professionally self-publish a book, if they know what they're doing. I don't mean some scammy "e-book." I mean a real, paperback book on Amazon that nobody would know was self-published unless you told them. Publishing the book is easy, as I'll explain. Writing the book is NOT easy, but anyone can do it, if they're willing to work. You don't have to be an "expert." I'm not an expert, yet here we are. In fact, your non-expertise is your advantage (explained in Ch. 22). If you've ever wanted to write a book "some day" but thought you were unqualified, read this book. You'll learn everything you need to know to write your first successful book, in 24 steps, including: - Why traditional publishers are dead - How to find a profitable idea ... even if you think you have nothing to say - How to get started ... even if you're lost and overwhelmed - How to cure writer's block - How to outline ... without stunting your creativity - How to make your book your own ... not some boring, rehashed bullshit - How to build a lifelong writing habit - How to guarantee sales ... without annoying marketing - How to make your book look professional and sexy - How to have fun, hold your book in your hands, and build a writing career and/or business Don't read this book if you aren't willing to work, or challenge the conventional belief that "getting published" by traditional publishers is the only path. Publishers are dead. They don't want you to self-publish your book. Fuck 'em. You are an author.

Who Wants To Be An Author

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Author : Rhonda a Starling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10-20

Who Wants To Be An Author written by Rhonda a Starling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-20 with categories.

Have you ever desired to write a book however you didn't know where to start? Maybe you didn't possess the knowledge or resources? Well, look no further "The Little Black Book" is your blueprint to lead you through the process of self-publishing.Do you have a book idea that has not been written? Have you ever any idea but you never acted upon it? As time goes on, someone else puts out a similar project. Ideas are valuable information that is not meant to lie dormant. You should daily challenge yourself to reach new levels. I challenge you to journey with me as I share each step I have taken to writing a book.This book is to help others write the book they truly desire. In this book expect to learn how to*Writing a vision plan that is clear, detail, and planned. Identifying who are your target audiences, plan, budget, and see the fruit of your toil. Discover who is your Destiny Helper these individuals are for what you stand for. They're to help you achieve your full potential. *Prioritize your day learning to maximize your day with results. This requires ceasing each moment setting goals and acting towards achieving them.Becoming an Author requires hard but with the right resources, it is attainable.

How To Be A Writer

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Author : Sally O'Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-11-03

How To Be A Writer written by Sally O'Reilly and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with Self-Help categories.

How To Be a Writer is a comprehensive guide to the career of writing from experienced writer and creative writing tutor Sally O'Reilly. The book will cover questions such as: If you want to be a writer, should you invest in a creative writing course? If so, which one? Are writing groups a good thing? What grants, awards and prizes are available to the aspiring writer? How should you plan your career in the long term? It will also feature an introduction from Fay Weldon - 'Why I wish I'd read this book when I was 25' - and will include comments and case studies from other established authors, agents and industry experts. How To Be a Writer will include everything that a writer needs to know about running their own career, from choosing an agent to café scribbling, and from filing a tax return to flirting with the literati and will be an essential reference book for any author who takes their work seriously.

How To Be An Author Vol 1

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Author : KAYE. BEWLEY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-11-18

How To Be An Author Vol 1 written by KAYE. BEWLEY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-18 with categories.

Do you want to be a writer but can't get going? Do you know how to organise and plan your writing day to get the most amount of words written? Would you like to be able to say "It is finished!" and complete the book that's been in your drawer for, well, ever?This book will help you figure out what you need to do to commit yourself to your writing process and get that creative brain in logical order. It will help you figure out what needs to change, how you can start and get the most out of research, how to fit the jigsaw puzzle of your story (fact and fiction) together. It will also help you logically plot out the structure of your book - beginnings, middles and endings, as well as how to create an enthralling and captivating scene. It also will help you figure out how much is too much 'talk' for your character and how a politician speaks compared to the rest of humanity!Once you've got your plot plan figured out, this book will help you through your drafting and revisions, how to edit constructively so you don't drive yourself crazy and how and where to get support from when you feel you are flagging and about to give up.To BE an author, you need to DO writing. This book will take you a long way into that process and, finally, get that book written.