The sheer volume of books paired with the ability for everyone to be published has diminished the perceived value of our product. It is now up to authors to actively demonstrate value to the consumer.
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Aug 11 2015
5 Reasons Internal Dialogue is Essential in Fiction (And How to Use It in Your Story)
For a reader to invest their time in our story, they need to care what happens. Internal dialogue is one of the tools at our disposal to make them care because it creates an intimate connection between the reader and the point-of-view character.
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Jul 29 2015
Generating Page-Turning Momentum—Characters & The Wound
Wounds drive how we perceive our world, what we believe we want, and how we will (or won’t) interact with others. This is critical for generating story tension and character arc.
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Jul 23 2015
Is "Motivation" Useless? Are "Opportunities" Overrated?
I hear all the time that “motivational stuff” is crap, that cheerleading is useless, that all those books and speeches are there simply to take our money. What is success? Well, I don’t believe that success is worth giving up everything. Life and love are more important than being the best. And, to an extent …
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Jun 09 2015
Deep P.O.V. Part One—What IS It? How Do We DO It?
Everyone wants it. Readers love it. Uh, but what IS it? How do I do it? Can I order some on-line?
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International Association of Professional Writers & Editors
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Rise of the Machines—Human Authors in a Digital Age
What is a brand? A platform? Why do we need one? How do we get one? Better still how can we create a brand with the power of driving book sales and still have time left to do THE most important part of our job? Writing more books.
This book demystifies branding and social media and harnesses the same passion and imagination we authors use to write books, then uses that to locate and cultivate a devoted fan base. The methods taught in this book can weather any technological upheaval, and is virtually fad-proof. The new cool social site might change, but your platform will remain.
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