How to Write ... ... Right!

How to Write – Right! The name says it all.My dream is to make your writing dream come true.Some teach writing. Others teach about publishing. This book teaches both. Iam a writer. I am also a publisher and a writing coach. I have been all of thesethings for a long time. I love writing and write as often as possible.As this phase of my life is more about giving, so I give you my experience, anddare I say, my wisdom of all things to do with how to make a book (not onlybooks but writing skill) and having it published. SoSome of the topics that I will be talking about:• I want to write a book. How do I start?• How do I advance from a novice to a great writer?• Do I need to learn grammar before I can write?• Should I self publish my book?• Why most manuscripts do not work?• Creativity, can I develop it?• How do authors and writers develop ideas?• How do you say what you mean to say?And there will be more, such as ePubs, editing, and creativity, all designed tosupport you as a writer who wants to be publishedIf you follow these pages you will become a better writer, and also learn how toget your book published. As a writing coach I (first) set out to write How to Write – Right! with theattitude that this is to be the most practical book on writing to emerge in years.I have tried to give you as wide a view as possible of writing skill, technology inwriting, working with creativity, publishing, self-publishing, marketing your bookand many more topics. The book is also aimed at people who have a need tocommunicate by the written word, in the form of emails, reports and letters –which is everyone.In order to provide this overview, I have sacrificed depth of material. This bookcan guide you to being a very good writer, but it will not make you a greatwriter. For this, you will need to broaden your knowledge by reading books thatspecialise in subjects like; the writing of novels, characterisation and many more.I have written the book from a writer’s point of view, as I am a writer. I alsoweigh in with my knowledge as a publisher. This means I will teach you writingskills and about publishing and self-publishing. To this I add the learningthat I have had through helping (literally hundreds) of new writers/authors(www.writersangel.com). I will also show you how to avoid the commonmistakes that most ‘would be’ writers make when they submit a manuscript to apublisher.I also focus on the most important component that most books on writingignore – you – that your writing is an extension of who you are.Some may describe their life with the aid of a pen, others see their life asa result of what their pen has told them!This is not a book of words that you read once and put down, it is more of acourse, and so I encourage you to work through the various exercises, samplewritings and journaling. All are designed to assist you to emerge at the otherend of this book as a competent writer.I once read that if you read sixty-seven books on a given subject, you wouldhave the equivalent knowledge of a PhD on that subject. I believe that if you read this one book on writing, you will have most of the tools required to writein almost any format (but, I still want you to read as many books on writingas possible). Surely if you want to write a great novel, then it makes sense toread the latest top selling novels. If you are a motivational writer, then readthe last twenty or so motivational sellers. Thereby, you will absorb writing skillon characterisation, dialogue, etc, especially if you read for ideas. Look at thebrevity of their ideas as well as the way they describe things – do the ideasflow?Lastly, I can’t teach about writing, without teaching about life and ourconnection to it. As it is life and connection to it that becomes our writing.I hope that my methods inspire you to become a more fulfilled you.