I help writers to finish their first books, without losing motivation and falling off track.
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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.
SMM 7/7 – Project Management for writers – Kanban
Kanban is an Agile methodology I use in my everyday life. You will be using it when writing your books with the assistance of the Asengana platform.
SMM 6/7 – DIY Social Media Marketing Plan for writers
The sales numbers isn’t the only result you should examine. You should keep track of the number of followers on each social network, the number of likes and shares for certain posts, your website traffic (Google Analytics), and anything else you think might be helpful in quantifying the user experience.
SMM 5/7 – Social Networks – a like value is 0
This another boring article about things everybody knows. Sometimes, self-sufficiency makes us ignore the changes in functionalities or algorithms of various social networks. Is back to basics, one-on-one communication.
SMM 4/7 – The story about you writing your story
These three recipes for writing articles seem to produce more compelling results than others and are easy to follow. Even if they are not applicable per se for a writer, they offer a glimpse into the mind of a marketer.
SMM 3/7 – The website – a writer’s castle
I use my online presence as a benchmark. I OWN my website. It is my castle. If I want the world to know something about me, I will write it there.
SMM 2/7 – Personal branding for writers
Online PERSONAL BRAND = Online SOCIAL PRESENCE + Online SOCIAL STATUS
SMM 1/7 – Why is the way you define Social Media Marketing important?
To approach social media as a professional writer means that you’ll have to wear a different hat to sell your books than that of the normal user. You’ll wear the hat of a Social Media Manager.
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.
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…
My angry self
Come morning I will wake up early and write. There’s a story to tell angry or not.
The lemming gene and the writer’s choice of a premise
Let the lemming’ gene direct your day-to-day life or not. If you decide to be a writer, start working hard and find your own voice.
Bestseller by the end of the week
One week bestsellers have years of work to support them. Not only in honing your writing skills, but in making yourself known as a person who is worth reading. It’s the snowball effect that you should be focused on.
The day your book is read
Think about it while you write and strive to create an exceptional read, to offer a life changing experience.
The meaning of literary genre
Literary genre is used by bookstores to separate books into different sections. It’s also a matter of life and death for many readers/writers to assign a genre or not to the book of another writer.
The best time to write your book
The best time to write was before you opened your browser, visited this website, and read this article.
A writer promotes to writers
The copy/paste action in a writer’s group is a waste of time and energy you will never get back. Total waste. Mass marketing like this is expensive even if you don’t realize now.
What’s in it for you?
Why do you write? Why do you breathe? Why do you wake up in the morning? What’s in it for you?
Good advice
There goes out the window the general definition for good advice. I care not if is critique or feedback, or just mean and cynical advice. If it motivates me to keep doing what I do is good enough for me.
We’re in the storytelling business
Don’t deceive yourself. You’re not just telling stories. You’re telling stories and getting paid for it.