WHAT IS A SCENE? A scene is described as a self-contained mini-story. Any story or novel is a series of scenes with narrative summary between. These individual scenes are built with a structure described as having a beginning, middle and end. BEGINNING or LAUNCHING SCENES The word beginning is misleading, as some scenes can pick up in the…
Pinterest Marketing: a beginners guide to book marketing
PINTEREST FOR BOOK & BLOG MARKETING To write a book, edit it and finally publish it, is a wonderful experience. All that hard work, stress and self doubt is over and it’s time to relax . . . Oi! Wait a minute, how can you get traffic to blog site and how do people know…
Writers Block: Does it exist?
Writers Block: Does it exist?? Hi everyone, does the picture on the left remind you of some of your days? Days when you just sit at an empty screen? Well, this has been ME for the last few months. I sit down, the story is outlined, the brain knows whats going to happen in the…
STAY MOTIVATED: when writing your first book
In the UK we’ve had a wonderful summer which, unfortunately for me, has tempted me out in my garden. Nothing wrong with that you may say? I’ve weeded, planted, hoed and cut the lawns, but I’ve hardly done any writing, I couldn’t stay motivated with the sun shining!! Now that the equally stunning autumn has…
FINISH WRITING YOUR BOOK: 10 Tips how
HOW to FINISH WRITING A BOOK It’s not surprising that so many people long to write a book or novel, but their dream never sees the light of day. The ability to scale through and finally finish writing a book is a significant accomplishment for anybody, let alone an inexperienced writer. It takes a lot…
STORY PLOT IDEAS: Tips for beginners
Story plot ideas, for some is hard to find, making the achievement of writing their first novel too daunting to contemplate. Is this you? Well, all is not lost. With some form of a plan it is easier than you first thought. The secret to your dilemma is brainstorming followed by a plot outline of all…
WRITE THE FIRST WORD: a beginners guide
For you to write the first word of a book or novel, finish it and get it published, you’ll need some form of commitment. But if you find yourself coming up with a list of reasons why you can’t commit to write the first words of your first book, you don’t want to write it…
Story-Hooks to Hook your Readers
STORY-HOOKS What are story-hooks? And why are they so important? Well, a story-hook is basically an attention-grabbing bit of text in either your story or book blurb. The hook part is an analogy of a fisherman (author) hooking the fish (reader) with a tasty morsel (story-hook) and then reeling (getting the reader to buy) them…
PLOTE OUTLINE: What are the Basic Outlines You Need?
PLOT OUTLINE: What are the basic outlines you need? If you are thinking of writing your first book, it’s hard as a beginner to know how to start, often preventing that first word ever being written. The easiest way to get around this problem is to sketch out a basic plot-outline. Follow the next five…
WRITING BOOKS :What’s holding you back
SO, YOU WANT TO WRITE A BOOK? WHAT’S HOLDIING YOU BACK? So, you’ve daydreamed of writing books, any books, small books and funny books. Well, you’re not alone, many of us have a dream of book writing, but how many of us actually write that book? If we believe the statistics, it appears 82% of us…