Controversial books are radioactive If a work sparks debate, interest in book will skyrocket. Why? Readers want to know what makes work controversial. So it becomes a case of one man’s meat and another man’s poison.

Controversial works are easy to write. Sometimes, only a sentence or two is enough to generate debate that is needed to sell a book. Ask Salman Rushdie, author of SATANIC VERSES. But note that a controversial work need not be scandalous or defamatory. You also have to be careful not to offend, like writing THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SATAN.

Readers are looking for Doomsday Books Yes, apocalyptic literature are best-sellers any day. And disciples of Nostradamus are on hand to whet their appetite. Doomsday writers lined their pockets with cash, writing about end of world, at dawn of millennium. Yet, world did not end. But that does not mean that interest in final hour has waned, for once in a while people get jittery about onslaught of a wandering, earth-bound, comet.

So, if you have a fondness for figures and come out with date for final destiny of world, and even provide escape for those who want to survive, you will be a celebrity overnight. After all, George Orwell did it with 1984, and world waited in apprehension. That year has now been consigned to dustbin of history.

Spiritual Books are echo Bibles Many are now seeking spiritual help outside Bible, and this is creating a new market for faith writers. Among them is Iyanla Vanzant who wrote YESTERDAY I CRIED. These brand of writers are offering spiritual help to victims of child abuse, rape, broken marriages and like. Since list of such victims is growing, it is understandable why this genre has become a favorite for writers.

The choice is now yours So, what would you like to write about? A general interest, success, or mystery book? Or do you like controversial, doomsday or spiritual subjects? Or a combination of two or more of above?

After you have made that decision, next thing to do is to put your thought on paper. Yes, I am talking about development of your best-seller.

You have no cause to worry. Let me share with you my practical writing experience for past twenty years. It can be exciting and enjoyable, as you will see in next chapter.

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3. Tone The tone of your work should be personal and friendly. Yes, informal style is recommended as opposed to formal and impersonal tone. Refer to yourself as “I”. Address your reader as “you”. Use “we” or “us” to refer to your reader and yourself.

So, use tone that you would use to speak to your friend. But do not be too informal or slangy. However, you should use appropriate tone for your characters -- formal, semi – formal, informal, colloquial and slang, depending on their educational background.

Also, avoid offensive languages such as racist overtones. Remember that you intend your work to be read by all nations, tribes, people, tongues and sexes. If then tone of your work is biased, you would lose readership.

4. Distance Suppose you walked to an uneducated criminal and told him that he was under cardiac arrest. What would he think? I guess he would think a crack team of police was after him. And run!

But if you told him he had heart disease, and you are a doctor; would he run? No. He would come closer to get cure. So it is with writing.

It is not language you use as a doctor in a seminar of College of Surgeons or as a scientist in a space ship full of astronomers, that you use when talking to common man. The tone of your language, therefore, dictates distance between you, and your reader.

If distance is far, your reader may feel you don’t consider him; and put your book away. But if distance is close, he will be happy to read on.

5.Figures of Speech Figures of speech or imagery should be used with care as they tend to be abstract. But when carefully used, they enhance beauty of your language.

You do not need to read a book of Figures of Speech to know them, because it is part of your daily expressions.

Let’s look at story of fight scene again to see if we can find some there: The police and a madman could not stop fight (irony), you were catapulted by a missile up bridge (humor), you followed a snake to river (hyperbole), and waited for Queen (climax).

If you, therefore, write way you speak, your peculiar language and style will be manifest.

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About Author:

ARTHUR ZULU, The Most Controversial Writer in World, is author of best – selling book, HOW TO WRITE A BEST-SELLER. Download your copy and FREE excerpt at : http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/10975 For FREE writing helps, mailto : controversialwriter@yahoo.com