If you’re writing a nonfiction book for the first time, you’ll soon find that can’t rely on memory alone. Passion for and even expertise in a subject won’t be enough to carry the book. You will need to spend time researching it. The most important reason for doing so is to ensure accuracy. Messing up theContinue reading “Why You Must Research Your Nonfiction Book”
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Writing Nonfiction: Direct Quotations, Paraphrases
When writing nonfiction books or academic papers, you’ll likely needed to include the thoughts and observation of experts to bolster your positions or explain your points. These experts’ statements can be presented either as direct quotations and as paraphrases. A direct quotation provides the expert’s words exactly as they were written or spoken. Should the quotation be shorterContinue reading “Writing Nonfiction: Direct Quotations, Paraphrases”
Sales Advantages of Writing Nonfiction Books
If you’ve got ideas for both a novel and a nonfiction book, you may want to write the latter first. If only from a sales perspective, nonfiction books tend to garner more sales than novels. According to a recent Gallup poll, 46 percent of Americans have nonfiction book on their nightstands; in contrast, only 35 percentContinue reading “Sales Advantages of Writing Nonfiction Books”