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.
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Category: Asengana
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.
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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.
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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.
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Why is that famous writer coming to that small convention every year?
Asengana was born of the idea that the writing process needs more than just creativity and then modeled based upon the conclusions of many conversations combined with a lot of hard work needed to convince writers to open up about their success.
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Beyond the noise awaits the reader?
You’ll notice a lot of opinions about how good or bad a famous writer is. They are visible, known and easy to attack. The professional writers also don’t give a…
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Wasted words
I delete 70% of the blog articles I write at a second reading. I called it Words Quality Assurance.
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Short Story structure – cheat sheet
Until we launch the platform in October and you’ll have a full-featured project management and writing, maybe this cheat sheet will help you write your short stories faster.
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People know who you are. Good. It doesn’t mean they will buy your book.
Keep doing what works. Remove from your to-do list what doesn’t. Analyze and measure again.
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Your book vs. This Year’s Bestseller. The winner is…
Do the opposite. Buy the book. Read the book. Realize that is better than yours; better written, with a better story architecture. Let the pain and the humiliation flood you mind, crush your thoughts of greatness. Then swim to the surface of the ocean of sorrow you’re in and start writing your next book.
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My angry self
Come morning I will wake up early and write. There’s a story to tell angry or not.
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