Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

Don’t underestimate first page’s importance When buying a book – whether online or at a bookstore – most people check out the cover, read the back cover blurb, and then open to the first page. Kudos to you for getting the reader that fa…

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Four Tips for Writers Thinking of Self-Publishing • What is self-publishing and should I try it? Self-publishing is the publication of a book (or any other media, but we’ll concentrate on books in this blog) by the author without using a tradition…

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Five Great Quotations about the Writing Process “The writer’s silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.” – Khaled Talib“…don’t wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing…once you b…

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How to Format Your Paperback: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingfeedback #indieauthor #indieauthors #CreativeWriting www.amazon.com/dp/1948872269

11 Tips to Choosing the Right Point of View • What is point of view in a story? Every story has an angle or perspective from which it is told. This perspective is called point of view.• Heighten tension with consistent point of view Selectin…

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What to name your publishing company Should you decide to create your own publishing company, you’ll need to come up with a name for it. You really can name the company almost anything you want. Still, there are some general guid…

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How to Upload Your Ebook: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #authorlife #writerslife #writeitdown #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872250

6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Writing Style • Crack a joke – but only for a good reasonUnfortunately, a lot of novice writers don’t quite know when to inject humor into their fictional tales. The result is they either miss opportunities to u…

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Where to Find Reviewers for Your Book When other readers and writers give good reviews of your book, it will translate into additional sales. Perhaps even more importantly, it increases your name recognition, raising anticipation for a…

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At the Storytelling 101 podcast, I share tips on writing, self-publishing and book marketing. #authorsky #writingcommunity #writingtip #podcast #BookLaunch podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh...

Fix scene by employing black box analysis One question a number of writers have when editing their novel or short story is if a scene succeeds or not. Sometimes they feel the scene lacks importance, yet they hesitate to cut or revise …

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How to determine your book’s margins Once you decide the size of your book (or the trim size), the next step in self-publishing is to set your margins. This is the white frame that runs between the page’s text and the page’s edge…

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Five Great Quotations about Stories “A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.” – Diane Setterfield“…great writers are indecent people. They live unfairly, saving the best part for paper.” –…

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How to Design Your Ebook Cover: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #authorlife #writerslife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872242

12 Plot Pitfalls – And How to Rescue Your Story from Them • Shoo the rhinoceros out of your the room• Delete authorisms• Crack a joke – but only for a good reasonUnfortunately, a lot of novice writers don’t quite know when to inject humor into their ficti…

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Questions to Ask Before Writing a Script for a YouTube Video #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

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How to Format Your Ebook: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #authorlife #writerslife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872234

Always involve main character in story ending Among the big mistakes novice writers make is they don’t allow their protagonist to solve the story’s central problem.A story always is structured around the main character overcoming some con…

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How Your Text Should Appear in a Formatted Book You’ve probably spent some time thinking about or even looking at some potential typefaces for your book. Once you’re ready to format your book, the time has come to commit to one.You’l…

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4 Great Sets of Writing Prompts about Deception • Betrayal• Distrust• Manipulation• Masquerade• BONUS: Writing prompts – How to build a story from them

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How to Follow a Writing Process for Your Nonfiction Book #author #writer #indieauthors #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872382

Create playlist to write your story by Create a “playlist” for your characters and story, selecting songs that help you get into your character’s frame of mind of the scene’s tone. Then play those songs as you write. Do you find th…

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How to Promote Multiple Books on Your Website Previous entries here were predicated on the idea that you are promoting a single, new volume, particularly one that has just been published. However, it’s possible that you already have publi…

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5 Great Quotations about Originality “The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.” – Neil…

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Self-Publishing Services Hire a professional, experienced editor to guide your book through the self-publishing process! I’ve self-published myself and have helped a number of other first-time authors through th…

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11 Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing • Avoid exposition (Show, don’t tell!)  Want to slow your story to a glacial grind and get readers to quit reading your story? Then load it with lots of exposition. Problems arising with expo…

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To self-publish or not to self-publish? Among my favorite Christmas presents ever given to me came from a classmate during our fifth grade Secret Santa exchange. She knew I liked to write stories and so give me a wonderful mini-prin…

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