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There’s a common myth associated with the career of authorship, which is that writing is a solitary task. While the act of writing itself is a somewhat isolated exercise, no writer is truly alone. Just as editors and agents depend on novelists to create bestsellers, authors also depend on others to help them showcase and sell their work to the world. What’s more, many … [Read more...] about 21 Top Books about Writing Fiction and Making Money You Should Read

Writers that want to become successful i.e. get published, create a following of fans and sell enough books to live on the royalties, need more than just writing skills, an eloquent style and storytelling abilities. Writers need other skills; skills that have been perfected by other professionals. Some, if not all, of the skills we’ve presented below might come naturally to … [Read more...] about 5 Skills Writers Can Learn from Other Professionals

When it comes to publishing a novel, there are two ways you can attempt it – the traditional way of publishing a novel and self-publishing. Both ways have something in common, and that is the dedication of the author on the marketing and promotion of the book. These days, your obligations, or tasks, haven’t ended simply because you wrote the book and edited it until it was a … [Read more...] about 5 Tasks Which Every Author Should Outsource

Copywriters are writers who focus on making sales through the content they are writing. On the one hand, copywriting seems easy, and there are plenty of stories online written by people who claim that they live and travel like rock stars from the money they make. But, creating content for ads and brochures isn’t as easy as it seems, because a copywriter needs something more … [Read more...] about How to Become a Successful Copywriter

The term “beta reader” refers to a person that reads your manuscript and gives you effective feedback. We say effective because a beta reader shouldn’t only tell you whether they liked your book or not – they should also give you advise on how to make the story better, point out plot holes and characterization inconsistencies and so forth. The best beta readers will act (but … [Read more...] about How to Find Effective Beta Readers for Your Story