Write Quick. Get Published: 127 Practical Tips to Boost Your Published Output. Creative Writing Without the Hard Labour - Paperback

by V. Charles Ward (Author)

127 tried and tested ideas to help you boost your writing output and your income. Each idea is fully explained and with practical examples. You might have heard some of these tips before. Others are 100% original and unique to this book. Because writing is piecework. There is no minimum wage. Nor is there any limit on how much you can earn if you know how to do it. Think about Stephen King; J.K Rowling; James Patterson. They don't just know how to write. They know the writing business. They know how to approach an editor. What makes readers buy their work. This book can guide you through the technical know-how. The rest is down to you. Writing for publication is a trade. It has to be learned. Is it possible to write a non-fiction book in a month and get it out to publication? Yes - if you are able to write without interruption. A little longer if you are also trying to hold down a day job. Not just books. Also magazine articles and newsletters. Writing is the perfect home business if you are able to work at speed and meet editorial requirements. This book will show you how to do it. But you will have to get accustomed to new ways of working. It focuses on the mechanics of transcribing your thoughts onto a Word document and getting it out to publication in the shortest possible time. It is about making the best use of Windows technology. How to use Microsoft voice-dictation to triple your writing output and your income. Just as if you had your own personal secretary. But without the cost. Because even if you can touch-type, you can't type as fast as you can speak. Just one of the ideas in this book. It will also show you how to quickly generate saleable writing-ideas from everyday situations and how to pitch those ideas to editors. How a single idea can generate several publishable articles. How to write them up. How to submit a book proposal. How to self-publish. How to tap into the sponsored-content market. A simple way in which you can make sure that you and your book can be easily found on the internet. Essential if you want to make sales.