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Success at Writing Ebooks

 

Anyone can be a writer, as long as you are focused and know how to type. Ebooks are the big thing now and usually they are much cheaper than physical books. A normal book on computers might sell for $75 while an ebook with the exact same information could go for $25. Does the money sound good? If so, perhaps it’s time to start writing your own Ebook! If you want to earn a large sum of money online, writing ebooks is certainly not a bad way to go.

How to start off and write your Ebook

1)  Revisit your old grammar days. Bone up on your grammar and punctuation skills, and your sentence structure as well. Even if it means going online and doing some research so that you are able to write properly. Read a variety of writing and look to how other people write. It can open up more options for you and also let you see through the eyes of other writers.

2) Create your outline. This is one of the best ways to what it is you are going to be writing and editing. Almost every rich author has created an outline before. It is a tried and true way to write a great book.

3) Be willing to do some more research on your topic, even if you think already know all that there is to know.  It never hurts to know more then you already did, in actuality it will just give you more life knowledge. Knowledge is power, as I’m quite sure you’ve heard?

4) Name your price. Many people want to charge exorbitant amounts for relatively little information. Perhaps they’ll make a sale or too, but that;s it. Try offering more information but at a lower price. The price may indeed be lower, but you will likely get more buyers for your product! Tons of buyers when your ebook is low-priced is better than only a few buyers when it’s high-priced.It goes without saying that you’ll want to put as much valuable information as you can into your ebook. If you make the buy worth their time, they will come back to you for more.

5) Write your Ebook. Be sure to incorporate any necessary photos as well. It is also a good idea to cite resources, which gives your content more value. Customers want to feel like you got ripped off, not them. So while writing your Ebook, put a lot of effort into it, as well as make sure that it makes sense! Don’t go off topic. Many people find it quite annoying. It will likely get you bad reviews.

6) Get somebody else to take a look. After you are done with the writing, go to sleep. The following day or a few days later, get down to the editing. If you do immediately, you will probably end up overlooking a lot errors. It is also not a bad idea to get a professional to help you edit and make any necessary revisions. Your content is very important, and how it is written is just as important as what’s being written. If they can’t follow you, and your book doesn’t flow, it’s a waste of your time.

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Five Tips To Help You To Write Faster And Write More

Copyright 2006 Angela Booth

If you want to be a successful freelance writer today, you’ve got to write a lot. This is not only because the competition for freelancers is intense, but it’s also because much of the writing that you do every day won’t be writing that you can sell — it’s extra promotional writing that every writer needs to do.

Here’s an unpleasant freelance writing truth: if you don’t promote your work, you don’t sell.

Therefore, you can look on your freelancing career as having two parts: creation, and promotion. You promotional writing includes building a name for yourself, by creating a Web site, or a blog, which gives you visibility. When an editor or publisher types your name into Google, he or she will be looking for some examples of your writing. Building this visibility takes time, however it’s essential. No one is going to hire you if they have no idea of what you can do.

Here are five tips to help you to write faster and write more so you can achieve the freelance writing success that you want:

Tip 1. Plan your writing day

Whether you’re writing “day” is a couple of hours you spend writing after you’ve put the kids to bed at night, or it’s a real eight to ten hour day, you have to make the most of each minute.

On Sunday evening, take ten minutes to plan what you want to achieve in the coming week. Make a list of what you must do. However, you should have no more than five items on this list, because a lengthy “must do” list is intimidating and breeds procrastination. Your weekly list is not a catch-all list, it’s highly selective. Keep your list small, so that no matter what happens, you know you can easily complete these items.

Then, before you begin writing for the day, make another, short list of items to do.

I like to create all my lists by hand, because it helps me focus, and there’s something satisfying about striking an item off the list.

Tip 2. Have multiple projects in various stages of development

At any one time, I may have ten or a dozen projects in development. Half of these are client and editorial projects, the others are my own. The benefit of having multiple projects is that it helps to eliminate boredom. You’ll have to decide for yourself whether this works for you: experiment.

I also have five or six promotional projects going on at the same time. The big benefit of all this work is that it keeps me writing — I have to find ways to write more, because I need to write more. The key to achieving this level of activity is to make all your writing fun — see Tip 5.

Tip 3. Use affirmations to kickstart your subconscious mind

Writing is a process of discovery. You can’t know what you’re going to write before you write it, and often what you write is a complete surprise. This is because you’re mining your subconscious mind, which makes connections for you.

You can boost this natural process to help your subconscious mind to do its work by using affirmations. These are positive statements of what you want to achieve.

Tip 4. Eliminate perfectionism: it doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be done

Perfectionism is a curse. If you want to write faster and write more, you’ll have to take steps to remove your perfectionist tendencies. My favorite mantra is DDT: Do, Don’t Think. Whatever you write can be edited and fixed. However, if you don’t write, you have nothing to edit.

Tip 5. Make peace with your writing self

Your writing self is child-like. In essence, it’s you, at around six to eight years of age, with experiences added. Your writing self loves fun, and it loves to play. This means that you’ve got to build plenty of fun and “play” activities into your writing, no matter how much you have to write, otherwise your creativity will dry up, and you’ll get no writing done at all.

I’ve learned this from personal experience. I know that if I put too much pressure on my writing self, and insist that I focus only on serious projects, I’m headed for writer’s block.

Make a list of fun activities. Mine include: doing crossword puzzles, playing computer games, reading historical novels, going to the movies, and many more. Then have fun!

By: Angela Booth

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Angela Booth is a veteran freelance writer and copywriter. She also teaches writing. Visit Angela Booth’s Writing Blog at copywriter.typepad.com/ for daily writing inspiration and motivation. Her new ebook, Writing For The Web at www.abmagic.com/Web_Write/Web_write.html shows you how to develop a successful freelance writing career for the Web.

 

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