Our first Asengana giveaway – 1940 Corona Flat Top typewriter – is over. We are contacting now the winner and will post updates once is confirmed.
Our first Asengana giveaway – win a 1940 Corona Flat Top typewriter
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An Author, an AI and a Typewriter enter into a bar…
Take the Corona Flat Top typewriter from the 1940s – not just a relic, but a symbol of storytelling’s golden era.
AI research assistant (it doesn’t write the book for you) and platform improvements
The Asengana Research Assistant, powered by Chat GPT, offers a monthly allocation of free tokens to facilitate your research needs.
The pen is mightier: the power of writing every day
Writing every day is a powerful tool that can help writers to achieve their goals. Whether you’re an aspiring writer or an established author, making writing a daily habit is an essential step in becoming a successful and productive writer. So, set aside some time each day to write, and experience the benefits for yourself.
Using research notes as a world building process for your novel
As you begin to write your novel, it can be helpful to have all of your notes and research gathered in one place. By using a world-building wiki approach for your book research, you can easily keep track of all the different aspects of the world you are creating. As you add new information, you can simply add it to the appropriate page on your wiki. This will help you to keep your world building consistent and easy to reference as you write. Plus, by making your research available to others, you may even get some helpful feedback that can improve your story. So why not give it a try? You might be surprised at how helpful a world-building Research Notes module can be.
The basic differences between a word processor and a book writing software – the manuscript
There are many factors to consider when choosing the best novel writing software for authors and how the Asengana manuscript module can be a better writing tool than a simple word processor.
Asengana Updates – New Manuscript Menu and one-page editing for Scenes and Chapters
One of the key performance indicators for the improvement of a user interaction is very simple: fewer clicks or fewer pages than before. This is what we did with the current update: create a one-page for editing scenes and chapter details and a simpler more intuitive Manuscript Menu for every book/project.
Setting Your Book Project for Success: use a story template
These templates will help keep your project organized by setting deadlines and managing different tasks in one place. Give Asengana’s free story templates a try!
You can dictate your book with Asengana mobile app
While the dream settings for writing are a quiet, temperature controlled, wall to wall book shelves personal workspace, inspiration comes anywhere.
Do you want to write a book but don’t know where to start or how to organize your thoughts?
If you are thinking of writing a book, but don’t know where to start or how to organize your thoughts, Asengana’s Story Templates are a great way to get started.
The templates come in three different formats: Novel, Novella, and Short Story – so you can choose the one that best suits your needs! The template will provide an outline for each scene with suggested plot points such as “Inciting Incident” or “Climax” which makes it easy if this is somehow new territory in creating story structure. You can create your project from scratch by entering content into each scene. With these templates, it’s easy to set up your planned Start Date and Finish Date so that you stay on track with your goals!
How to manage and overcome the writer’s block with Asengana
Writer’s block is the writer’s most utilized tool of procrastination. Some scream from the rooftops, others just comfort themselves in the solitude of their morning coffee ritual. Writer’s block is real and a tag we stick to many things that aren’t it.
Convert all your stories to eBooks (ePub) for FREE with Asengana in 30 days
Let’s assume you have quite a few short stories and novels that you didn’t self-publish yet. With a little love and 30 days of Asengana free access, you could give new life and strengthen your writer online presence.
For writers who are almost (but not quite) satisfied with their own writing and can’t figure out what’s missing
No, this is not an article about why you should be using Asengana. This is an article about the fact that it makes sense to learn, work, and fill in all the missing things in your writing as long as you’re happy when you write.
How to create a consisting writing practice – a hero’s journey
Do you have a hard time sticking with writing? Check out these great tips to help you create a consistent writing practice.
It’s called writing skills for a reason
If you practice, you’ll see improvement. If you don’t practice, you won’t. It’s that simple. Saying “I can’t do it” is self-defeating and does nothing for you. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the improvement you’ve made in your writing. But trust me, your readers notice. That is one of the gifts of publishing – getting real feedback about your progress from your readers.
Do you think writers are broke and ignorant? I don’t think so.
The constructive feedback kept coming. Our Concierge – Jira Service Desk – proves to be a very easy to use and efficient communication tool. It’s a pleasure to answer back to writers and tell them “Hey, we made last night the change you suggested. Please check and let us know if it’s what you needed. Also, thank you because we are sure the other writers will benefit from it too.”
And then comes the other type of feedback revolving around the next two ideas…
Why our Asengana platform launch (go-live) wasn’t a big event
To be honest, for us, the launch of the Asengana platform took place 10 months ago, when the first Early Adopter subscribed to the list.
How many words do you read and write every day?
Six months and 200,000 words later, yes, you read correctly: 200k, I was looking at the screen wondering about the meaning of time and words.
The six true reasons for not writing and publishing a good book – based on real conversations with future, actual, or never-going-to-happen writers
Disclaimer:
This article is not for fragile egos. Words can hurt.
If in doubt and a double-espresso will brighten your day, keep reading.
If you’re one of us, a thick-skin writer who takes work seriously, this article is for your amusement.
“Have you read my book?” expectation vs. the reader’s goodwill
Reading your book competes not only with other books but with all other activities I do in a day. It competes for a precious resource: my time. Even offering me a free book it’s not enough. I know it’s not what you expect to hear. After all, it’s your mind’s baby in which you poured hours of work, your soul on paper.
Let’s stop here and now and accept the definition of a bestseller: it sells.
The writer in me cringes to write this. After all, what makes a good book should be the storytelling skills of the wordsmith.
The book market for the genre I write in is huge
Be smart. It’s not sexy to start small, but it’s the best place to start.