What's in YOUR Book?

Most of us have started a book. And if it's not on paper, it's in our heads. So, let's take out those ideas and dust them off.

Writing a novel that will sell

It's a great

big

towering

lofty

extensive

long

grueling

exciting

fullfilling

process.

Your Objective: write something you can sell. 

Remember that someone's criticism of your work is not a criticism of you.

Edit...a bunch! Everything you write is not carved in stone.  It can be changed and deleted. 

Your fist novel is a learning experience whether it’s sellable or not.

Novel - 50,000-350,000 words

Most books – 70,000 – 150,000 words

First Novel usu. 70-80,000 words

When you’re challenged, you stretch and grow.  If you’re feeling really comfortable, you’re probably in a rut and you’re prose isn’t very good.

Most fiction today is complex fortunate, some complex tragic.  These form basis of archplot today.

Smashing Publishing Conference

This is a new event by Smashing Publishing being held September 17-19. If you can't go all the way to Germany for the conference, no worries, highlights will be provided here. Smashing Publishing offers writing tips to bloggers and other maintainers of websites for the embetterment of advertising on the web. Smashing's articles include Photoshop tutorials, web design books, website copywriting, book cover design, and techy-stuff for your website design.

 So let's get designing and create some spectacular blogs. Thank you Smashing Publishing!

 

More Writers' Blogs

There are some great blogs out there that will help you with your writing, along with The Umbrella That Wouldn't Close. Check out Copyblogger for ten more blogs.