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You may feel the reason your writing time isn’t productive is because you don’t have a way to measure it. If so, consider setting a goal each day for writing – word count, percentage of a page, number of paragraphs, or some other way of showing success. ______________ My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional…

Think about another project that you started but didn’t finish. Why were you unable to finish? Are those same obstacles the reason(s) you’re not writing regularly? During your writing session, jot down some ways that you might avoid or overcome these obstacles. ______________ My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing…

Perhaps the greatest challenge facing self-published writers is getting their name and book title in front of people. That’s especially difficult when hundreds of books are published every day. One long-term solution to help overcome this problem is to make the first book in your series permanently free. When you give away a book for free,…

As a published author, you’ll have to pay taxes on your earnings from book sales. If a self-published author in the United States, you are a self-proprietor, and that means you’ll need to fill out some additional forms with the IRS. A minimum of three forms have to be filed with the IRS:• 1040 – This is the…

Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from or are affected by being tricked or deceived. Here are four writing prompts for stories that center on betrayal. Man vs. natureA man who should have been hailed as a hero is betrayed and left to die…

Oh what a difference a space makes – so don’t be careless and make this typo. “Careless” with no space means to be negligent or reckless because one hasn’t put enough forethought into or isn’t paying attention to something. For example: Jenny’s careless driving led to a head-on collision. “Care less” with a space means to that…

One sign of a good opener is that it makes the reader want to continue with the story. Using a fishing metaphor, a good opener “hooks” the reader. Writers who catch the reader have employed a successful narrative hook. A narrative hook involves dangling elements of the story before the reader so he can’t help but…

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison “Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies.” ― Terri Guillemets “I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about…