Craft of Writing: Identify Elements of Good Diction
The most interesting character facing a significant moral decision in a fast-paced plot and exotic setting will appear bland if the words used are wrong. The vocabulary choices and ways they are arranged to create a sense of style is known as diction. READ MORE
Free Writing, Self-Publishing, Book Promotion Guides
I’m offering free pdfs of each book in my Storytelling 101 Quick Read series in exchange for an honest review. The series consists of brief, easy to understand, and practical guides addressing a number of problems authors face when writing, self-publishing and promoting their books. I’d ask that reviews be posted on Amazon or Goodreads. If interested, choose from this LIST OF BOOKS and then EMAIL ME the title for a free copy.
Writing Tip: Use Worldbuilding to Create Your Story’s Setting
As creating your story’s setting, you might use the technique of worldbuilding. Worldbuilding occurs when you construct an imaginary place and time in detail. Such a setting could be as small as a single room or as large as the multiverse with alternative timelines. Usually it is a single planet or region of a world, however. READ MORE
Self-Publishing Tip: How to Set Up a Home Office Space
Once you’ve decided to use your home for your business, setting up an office space comes next. That shouldn’t be too difficult for most authors, as they already work from home. READ MORE
This Week’s Podcast: To Write, I Quash the Perfectionist Impulse
Writers who are perfectionists usually procrastinate, waiting for inspiration to magically strike so they can create the perfect work. Unfortunately nothing ever gets written, or at least finished, because they’re rarely in that inspired state to create a perfect manuscript, let alone a perfect paragraph or sentence. LISTEN TO PODCAST
Book Marketing Tip: Pages Needed for Website Promoting Your Book
Once you’ve determined the appearance of your website, the next step is to plan how it’ll be organized. This is called the site architecture. You’ll decide what pages will be on your website and the order in which they will be arranged. READ MORE
Client Spotlight: “Fortune Favors the Bold” by Dupree Gray
A long-time editing of mine recently published his latest book. If you’ve just gotten out of the military or are a minority out of high school and find that you don’t have a lot of money in your bank account. Worse, your job’s low wages prevent you from earning the money to support the lifestyle you desire. What can you do about it? Get financially literate. Longtime serviceman Dupree Gray tells how in “Fortune Favors the Bold.” After explaining how the system historically worked against minorities, he points out what you must do: Build generational wealth. CHECK IT OUT
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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of both aspiring and published writers and offers a variety of self-publishing services. During the past 15 years, I’ve helped more than 425 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of a novel, the Storytelling 101 Quick Read series, four children’s books, more than 25 bestselling hiking guidebooks, and even a book of poetry. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.
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