5 ways to achieve sustained success
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Hello again.
Look how far we’ve come in the last nine months. We could have made and birthed a baby but what we have achieved is much more impressive.… Read the rest
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5 ways to ensure your book is a screaming success
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So, you’ve dodged jail for harassing literary agents long enough to get your book self-published online – congratulations.
Since then, you’ve no doubt been sitting back, waiting for the money to roll in and, if so, thank Christ I’ve come back with my next guide because getting your book up online is only half the battle.… Read the rest
5 steps to preparing for self-publication
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Last month we spoke about how you can best secure yourself an agent, and it’s great to receive your emails regarding your success.
Of course, as yet, no one has secured an agent, but it’s great to hear that less than 10% of you have been arrested and so far we are looking at one murder-suicide so long as you don’t believe the papers.… Read the rest
5 steps to securing a literary agent
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Like a deal with the devil, you handed over a considerable chunk of your life and, in return, got a completed book you’re not quite proud of.… Read the rest
5 steps to getting the most from your beta readers
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The writing process, which we began together five months ago, is coming to an end, and I want you to think back.
Think about that initial idea.… Read the rest
5 tips for turning your crap first draft into a decent book
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There it is.
The book.
The actual work.
All those ideas and characters and plots brought together before you. For some time you feared they might only live in chaos, within your messed up head, but it was not so.… Read the rest
5 ways to finish that first draft
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Already, during this course, we’ve come so far together.
We’ve grown to know each other well. Better than well. Intimately.
In fact, I’d go so far as to say I think of you as more of a lover than a mere student.… Read the rest
10 stages every novel plan needs
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You’re starting to see it now.
Following the first lesson in this course, you developed a kick arse idea that was going to change the world.… Read the rest
5 characters every story needs
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So you followed the first part of this course on ideas and the seeds of your next great story are beginning to grow.
That’s great, so long as it doesn’t turn out better than mine.… Read the rest
5 ways to generate ideas
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Everything begins with the idea.
Simple as that.
It doesn’t matter if you can craft beautiful dialogue. If your prose makes people accept the existence of God.… Read the rest