Author Central: your guide to writing & publishing
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Write your novel this year
Join a community of writers and finish your novel this year In 2019, I decided to do an experiment. What if I got 16 aspiring writers together for nine months and coached them through the process of writing a novel from page one? What if they received weekly lessons and assignments to help them get…
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How to plot your novel
a nine-week course to help you plot and structure your novel Do you want to write a novel? Do you sometimes lose the thread of the plot? Have you tried and failed at outlining? Do you get off to a great start only to lose momentum? Then the Fiction Attic Press online novel writing class,…
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Where to Submit Serial Fiction
Serializing Literary Novels and Genre Fiction Where to Serialize Your Genre Fiction Serialized fiction is a great way to bring your writing to new audiences and keep yourself on track to complete a novel. Services like Kindle Vella and Radish allow you to serialize your fiction from within a specific platform. Radish is geared toward…
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Online Novel Writing Class: Plotting the Novel
Do you want to write a novel? Do you sometimes lose the thread of the plot? Have you tried and failed at outlining? Then The Book Doctor’s online novel writing class, PLOTTING THE NOVEL, is for you. Learn how to plot and structure your novel in this eight-week master class, taught by a New York Times…
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Great Novel Planning Worksheets
Worksheets are a great way to organize your ideas for your novel and help you get the words on the page. Whether you want to begin a novel or you have a novel-in-progress, the Novel Planning Worksheets will help you generate scene lists, visualize your novel’s structure, understand what’s missing and what still needs to…
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7 Ways to Start a Story
There are many ways to start a story. Here are 7 great ones: When you’re telling a friend a story, you rarely begin with, “I was born in such-and-such hospital in such-and-such city.” Rather, you jump forward to the exciting part, the middle of the action of your own life. “I was standing in front…
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How to Set Up Your Amazon Author Profile on Amazon Author Central
updated Jan. 1, 2023 What is Amazon Author Central? Amazon Author Central allows authors to create a dedicated page featuring your books, bio, and other information that will help readers find your work. If you have a book for sale on Amazon, whether traditionally or independently published, you need an Author Central page. The Author…
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Q&A: First draft vs. final draft
What are the differences between the first draft and the final draft of a story or novel? The first draft contains everything you wanted to say. The final draft contains what is essential to the story. The first draft is likely to have more abstractions, while the final draft should be brimming with significant detail.…
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How to Become a Better Writer
Read widely and well. Observe the world around you, and listen. Get outside of yourself. Don’t wait for inspiration to strike. Find a trusted reader to give you feedback on your work.