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For Authors: April 04, 2007 Issue [#1631]

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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

          Someone asked what tips I could give for creating a good writer. The main tip is for a want-a-be writer to stop playing and to get to work.

Viv


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Letter from the editor

Writing Tips for Any Genre


         I read an article written in 2000 by Edo van Belkom that stuck. It covered tips and information that every writer needs to know and have emphasized. I put his comments with ideas I already had so that when I pick up pen (or go to the keyboard) to write, I would have a good foundation, a starting point.

         First of all, a writer (versus a want-to-be writer) writes because he has to, but it is hard work. Gary Brandner is quoted in Beldom’s article: “You write or you don’t. The curse of this profession is that it’s so much more fun being a writer than it is writing.” Being a writer is fun. Writing is hard work, but a real writer has no choice: he must write, must do the hard work.

         A few writing tips (thanks to Belkom again and to my own ideas):

•           Read, read, read. Read your favorite and other genre. Read fiction and non-fiction. Read the paper. Read everything you can. Reading helps a writer understand writing and what well-written material is.

•           Write, write, write. Write stories, novels, poetry, articles. Write more and more. Write, write, write. Then evaluate your writing, and have others evaluate your writing.

•           Read and write more.

•           Write stories, poetry, and/or novels with building suspense. However, make the ending strong. In horror, mystery, thriller, and a few other genre, the suspense should lead to a good twist at the end, have an unexpected ending.

•           Research the market of any and all genre you might write. Note the differences from earlier times until the present. Know your subject thoroughly.

•           Send your stories and novels to editors your research shows may be interested in your work. If you don’t test the market, you’ll never know what you can do. Writing in a desk drawer or sitting on a shelf in a closet will never be sold.

•           Read, write, read, write, and don’t get discouraged.

          Everything written above applies to most genre. The making of any type of writer, who is actually a writer, takes hard work, tons of reading, and piles of writing. Anyone not discouraged and still determined to go the course has a chance of becoming a true writer, not an aspiring one, but a perspiring one.

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Ask & Answer

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         My previous editorial concerned book signings, how to set them up and how to help make them successful. Someone made a comment (not as feedback but in another way), stating that I wasn't honest, that I should have said that authors don't set up book signings unless they are "vanity" or self-publishing, that their "publishers" will handle all book promotions and marketing.

         Wrong! Unless an author is a famous name to start with, most publishers do not do much marketing for books. The books are put on bookstore shelves for a short period, and then the publisher has them removed. Unless the author promotes his own book in every way possible, not many will sell. Therefore, it is in the author's best interest to set up signings and other promotions.


monty31802
         A fine Newsletter with the informative ways to get your books out there and noticed Viv. I have also set up at town field days.


Mothermouse--come visit me Author IconMail Icon
         Hi Vivian. This is a great newsletter, very informative. I've always wondered about book signings.


StephBee Author IconMail Icon
         Vivian, I loved your topic about book signings. I found it very helpful. Thanks for sharing. Steph

         Thank you, Monty, Mothermouse, and Steph. I'm always glad to hear if I've helped.


crystal-dragon Author IconMail Icon
         I have not been a member of writing.com very long and I love the information of your newsletters and the chance to spread my creativity. The newsletters are very informative and helpful. It takes the guess work out of thinking how an author can do things to farther his/her writing successfully. Thanks for all the work you've done to get this info to us.
                                       Crystal-Dragon.

         Thank you, Crystal-Dragon, not only from me but from all the newsletter editors. Welcome to Writing.Com.


D Kelley Author IconMail Icon
         I am glade to see my keybord is not the only one that dose not always type what I think
         "12. Note date and time of singing and contact"
         Just a small laugh.
         But I love the newletter.
         Thanks


          *Blush* Hmmm ... I edited that newsletter at least four times and missed that. *sigh* Well, who knows: Maybe someone was singing. *Laugh*


Breezy-E ~ In College Author IconMail Icon
         Thanks for providing that item on promoting books online. Are there any other things an out-of-the-country author can do to promote?
                                       Breezy-E

         I know there are web sites that do book promotions. Some charge fees while a few are free. You might google "book promotions" and see what comes up.

May you read and write wonderful works. If you want to be published, I hope you work until you are.

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