Do you want to write a Best-seller? (Part 1)

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You will be at home here. And you are probably familiar with stories of that sort. Likerepparttar man who married a woman and divorced her after having 7 male children for him. (He badly needed female children to pay off his debts fromrepparttar 128519 dowries on their wedding day.) His divorced wife remarried and got a baby girl whilerepparttar 128520 man married a second wife and had a male as well. They divorced again and remarried and had a ninth boy. Andrepparttar 128521 man sold allrepparttar 128522 boys to pay his debts. Why don’t you giverepparttar 128523 story a new angle? The world has had stories of Siamese twins. But have they had ofrepparttar 128524 birth of a seven-headed baby girl by a desperate parent who soughtrepparttar 128525 assistance of a witch? Don’t miss an opportunity to write a best-seller from great news events. Such stories present little research challenges. Do you rememberrepparttar 128526 British boy who wanted to be famous, climbedrepparttar 128527 wall of Buckingham Palace and made his way intorepparttar 128528 queen’s bedroom? Whenrepparttar 128529 cops came torepparttar 128530 rescue they met him helping himself with a glass of wine and chatting withrepparttar 128531 queen. Andrepparttar 128532 police, thinking of what offence he has committed, thought of charging him of stealing a bottle of wine. (Didrepparttar 128533 boy say thatrepparttar 128534 queen was her lover?) There is a similar one of an American boy who shot former president Reagan. Best-sellers are made of such stuff. Master your subject You can’t do a good story if you do not know your topic. You will even find it difficult to communicate because you will be groping for words, qualifying every word, or reaching out for every figure of speech and idiom inrepparttar 128535 book. Bad writing! A good reader will find out that you are not a master of your subject, and you are done in. You have every opportunity to research your story. You haverepparttar 128536 libraries. And thank God, there isrepparttar 128537 Web. Why not take advantage of it? This is very important if you are writing a factual story. But even then that word “factual” has changed meaning. But there has to be a measure of credibility in your work. Writers don’t just write. They educate. Wouldrepparttar 128538 reader find something to learn from your story? Know your audience This is one ofrepparttar 128539 first things for you to consider before you begin writing your book. For example, are you writing for men / women; boys / girls; youths / adults; learned / general, reader? When J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Porter, she hadrepparttar 128540 youths in mind. Youths are, however, fast in spreading words about a book that they enjoyed reading. But Harry Porter happened to have a subject matter that interestsrepparttar 128541 adults as well. Now readers inrepparttar 128542 two worlds readrepparttar 128543 book. So ask yourself this question if you have not already done so: Who will read my book?

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Excerpted from How to Write a Best-seller by Arthur Zulu Arthur Zulu is an editor, book reviewer, and author of Chasing Shadows!, How to Write a Best-seller, A Letter to Noah, and many other works. For his works and FREE help for writers, goto: http://controversialwriter.tripod.com Mailto: controversialwriter@yahoo.com Web search: Arthur Zulu

Arthur Zulu is an editor, author and book reviewer.


Do you want to write a Best-seller (Part 2)

Written by Arthur Zulu


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But do not just promote your book. HYPE IT! That is what they all do. Let them know that your book isrepparttar greatest thing to happen inrepparttar 128517 world in this millennium. Tell them that your work will make writers like Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Tom Wolfe, Salman Rushdie, and J.K. Rowling look like Lilliputians. You won't be docked for perjury.

The fact is that people will believe anything as much as they hear it often. Ask advertisers. And then onrepparttar 128518 date of your book's release, readers will queue up before book stores to beholdrepparttar 128519 Brobdingnagian of English literature.

Time your book's release

It is better to tie in your book's release to an event. The last quarter ofrepparttar 128520 year (Sept. ---Dec.) isrepparttar 128521 best time to do so. The reason is that at this time, booksellers stock their stores forrepparttar 128522 expected mass yuletide sales while friends use this period to buy books and give their friends. J.K. Rowling chose to release her Harry Potter andrepparttar 128523 Order ofrepparttar 128524 Phoenix inrepparttar 128525 midnight of June 21, 2004. There could have been no better time than that witching hour. And before children in an English spelling class could spell best-sellerrepparttar 128526 book has sold over 5 million copies making itrepparttar 128527 fastest and biggest selling book inrepparttar 128528 world! Even if Rowling topples her record inrepparttar 128529 next series, why not publish your best-seller and overturnrepparttar 128530 record.

(To be continued)

Excerpted from How to Write a Best-seller by Arthur Zulu Arthur Zulu is an editor, book reviewer, and author of Chasing Shadows!, How to Write a Best-seller, A Letter to Noah, and many other works. For his works and FREE help for writers, goto: http://controversialwriter.tripod.com Mailto: controversialwriter@yahoo.com Web search: Arthur Zulu



Arthur Zulu is an editor, author, and book reviewer.


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