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

Written by Arthur Zulu


“If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed.”—Tom Wolfe

Inrepparttar first installment of this essay, we said that if you want to excel as a writer, you would not only have to write on a best-selling topic, but that you would also have to master your style, and know your audience. But that is not all. What is more?

Write your Style

A writer said: “All authors are like mounds of literature. They grow fromrepparttar 128517 light ofrepparttar 128518 ancient.” But is true that all writers are copycats? Not really. You might have a favorite author, or another writer would have influenced your work. But one thing is clear: no one in this universe is your equal. You are unique. That means your writing style has to be different from mine. It is for this reason that an editor at Random House who saw a typed copy of The Thirty-Nine Steps as a new book had no difficulty in likening it torepparttar 128519 style of Jerzy Kosinski. But sad enough, he didn’t know it really wasrepparttar 128520 author’s book. When you speak in a foreign voice, a discerning listener would have no difficulty recognizing you as a hypocrite. Inrepparttar 128521 same way, when you borrow another author’s style, a good reader will equally know that you are masquerading. And that is not good enough for you. Promote your book before and after publication

The best time to begin your book’s promotion is when you start writing it. This isrepparttar 128522 right time for you to make use of some ofrepparttar 128523 promotional options discussed earlier in this book. This means that you can start your media adverts, book reviews, andrepparttar 128524 serialization of your story. Then keep record of contacts from readers and bookstore owners who are interested in your work. Send them a press release as soon as your book is released and seerepparttar 128525 response that you will get. This book that you are reading started that way when it was first published as an e-book. Whenrepparttar 128526 author contacted his initial list of potential buyers afterrepparttar 128527 book’s release, he had tremendous response. Why don’t you dorepparttar 128528 same? If it worked for him, it will work for you. Pre-release publicity has helped writers sell tremendously when their books were made available torepparttar 128529 public. For instance, Tom Wolfe's book, A Man In Full sold over a million copies before anyone could say Jack Robinson.

4 Major Mistakes to Avoid when Writing an Article

Written by Jason A. Martin


By avoiding these common mistakes, you will greatly improve your article. The Internet has an overabundance of disregarded content that was written inrepparttar same rambling way thatrepparttar 128516 author normally speaks in. Many of these articles would never have been neglected byrepparttar 128517 general public hadrepparttar 128518 author simply looked for these common mistakes prior to publishing.

Number One: Poor Title

The title, or headline, must grabrepparttar 128519 reader’s attention and reel him or her intorepparttar 128520 story. It should not be extremely long. The title can be fun and does not necessarily need to be a verbatim description ofrepparttar 128521 article. Sometimes a title is best written last. Keep in mind that we are talking about titles for articles and not books. This is an important distinction because longer titles and sub titles that might be appropriate for books will not work for articles.

Bad Title: Website Promotion Ideas: 8 Simple But Effective Tips To Get People To Visit Your Web Site Again And Again

Why? This long and clumsy title does not work for an article. The title has unneeded words and does not takerepparttar 128522 intended audience into consideration. The theme was correct andrepparttar 128523 title could be salvaged by properly rewriting it.

Better Title: 4 Major Mistakes to Avoid when Writing an Article

Why? This title is short, informsrepparttar 128524 reader whatrepparttar 128525 article is about, and is worded to walkrepparttar 128526 reader intorepparttar 128527 article. It is properly targeted forrepparttar 128528 intended audience.

Number Two: Poor Opening

The opening paragraph, especiallyrepparttar 128529 introductory line, must be strong and presentrepparttar 128530 topic. The title should flow nicely intorepparttar 128531 opening paragraph. Ifrepparttar 128532 title is “Saving Money atrepparttar 128533 General Store” andrepparttar 128534 article leads with “I really don’t understand why more stores don’t supply coupons”—it is time to rewrite. In this example,repparttar 128535 reader will become confused quickly. It is important to maintain a logical flow.

Additionally, never writerepparttar 128536 following:

  • In this article, I will show… (Just show it)
  • This article will cover… (Articles do not need a table of contents or an outline)
  • Byrepparttar 128537 end of this article… (Don’t talk to your readers like they are in grade school—unlessrepparttar 128538 audience really is in grade school)
Number Three: Poor Flow

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