Articles Index
You will find the following articles posted at WriteDirections.com (click on “Articles”). You’ll find other great advice in the “Advice” category of this blog.
- And you can quote me: How to incorporate quotations in your writing
- Become a columnist: 10 Key steps
- How to firm up flabby prose
- How to use trivia to strengthen your writing
- 10 hot tips for conducting a winning interview (A writer’s guide)
- Shut up and listen! A guide to talkative interviewers
- Why editors accept or reject query letters
- 10 Key ingredients for successful self-help and how-to books
- A letter from an agent to an author
- An editor’s view: Why manuscripts are rejected
- Hot tips for working with an editor
- How to find the right literary agent for your book
- How to write a great title for your book
- How to write a novel in 30 days (make that 30 years)
- Reflections on bogus blurbs, unreal reviews and manufactured bestsellers
- The top 2 secrets for writing a book in 30 days
- Want to write a bestseller? Heed this advice
- Write a book, build your business (Part 1)
- Write a book, build your business (Part 2)
- Write your nonfiction book — no more excuses!
- Write your novel in 30 days — A 10-Step Guide
- Writing for a living — What publishers want to see most in a book proposal
- 10 ways to request and receive constructive criticism
- And you can quote me: How to incorporate quotations in your writing
- Before you revise — 6 key pointers
- How to firm up flabby prose
- How to use trivia to strengthen your writing
- Safe sex: How to avoid sexist language in your writing
- Three quickest (and easiest) ways to improve your writing
- Write to reader — The unspoken contract
- Writing lessons come from the darndest places
- Are Your Eyes Listening? Sarah Stup, a young writer with autism and vision
- Becoming a writer is not a choice
- The writer’s heart
- Want to write a bestseller? Heed this advice
- What every writer needs
- 10 steps to keeping an on-going journal
- A writing space of your own
- Balancing writing and family
- Pros and cons of setting personal deadlines
- Spring cleaning: Clearing out your idea closet
- Ten components of a writer’s business plan
- You do have time to write (and here’s how to find it)
- Beware of pestimists
- How to stall your writing career
- Want to write a bestseller? Heed this advice
- What makes you think you can write?
- Workshops, me-shops
- 4 great self-publishing tips
- 5 reasons why you should self-publish
- Ready to self-publish? Follow these 5 guidelines
- Reflections on bogus blurbs, unreal reviews and manufactured bestsellers
- Write a book, build your business (Part 1)
- Write a book, build your business (Part 2)
- How to write a speech — Giving your audience what it needs
- Write a powerful speech or presentation
WRITING FOR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS OF WRITING
- 10 hot tips for conducting a winning interview (A writer’s guide)
- Become a columnist: 10 key steps
- Gain subscribers to your newsletter
- How to find and work with a graphic designer
- How to write great Web site content
- How to write a speech — Giving your audience what it needs
- The keys to writing great emails
- Reflections on bogus blurbs, unreal reviews and manufactured bestsellers
- Shut up and listen! A guide to talkative interviewers
- Ten components of a writer’s business plan
- Top 10 ways not to spend money in promoting your business
- Tweak your web site using words, not money
- Words and phrases that make your business sound irresistible
- Write a book, build your business (Part 1)
- Write a book, build your business (Part 2)
- Write news releases to build your business, credibility
- Write a powerful speech or presentation
- How to write great Web site content
- The keys to writing great emails
- Reflections on bogus blurbs, unreal reviews and manufactured bestsellers
- Tweak your web site using words, not money
