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How your book looks on the inside can enhance or dimish a reader’s experience, so whether you pay for a professional formatted or do the work yourself, you want to make sure you get it right. I...
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For thousands of years, stories have followed a simple pattern called “the hero’s journey.” The term was coined quite recently by an American professor, Joseph Campbell in 1949. Campbell no...
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Do you ever wonder how great it would be to have a group of beta readers provide almost instant feedback? Or maybe you’re looking to connect with other writers and share experiences. If you v...
What is an “About the Author” section, and do you need one? If you’re an author, you most certainly do! “About the Author” is a brief text that introduces you to readers, much like a...
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When writing a story, one of the first questions you ask yourself is what kind of story you are writing. Is it a short story, a novel, or a novella? While the first two are quite well-known, you ...
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Technology. It’s always moving, always shifting, always morphing into something new, but if you know when and how to harness it, you can tame the beast and use it to help you thrive as an autho...
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There’s nothing new under the sun, and all great stories boil down to the same basic plot structure: there’s a conflict, it builds up to a high point, and eventually, one way or another, it g...
https://www.thebookdesigner.com/the-fichtean-curve-story-structure-guide/
Ursula Le Guin has profoundly influenced what it means to be a fantasy writer. What stuck with me from her speech at the Children’s Literature Breakfast BookExpo in 2004, while not directly re...
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Known as the world’s largest retailer, Amazon took the world by storm and offers various services that make consumers’ lives easier. For authors, Amazon’s KDP print on demand (POD) is a gre...
If you’re wondering how to write a nonfiction book that’s actually useful for readers, you may find yourself wondering how to structure your book for the most impact. With fiction, the struct...
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