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Top 10 Commandments For Successful Writers

The first rule of Write Club is: you do not talk about Write Club. The second rule of Write Club is … wait! Perhaps we should talk about it?? Over the years, I’ve learned a few things about what is acceptable behaviour in writing circles and what is considered bad manners. Perhaps you’ve already broken some Write Club rules. Dare to read on? Are you tough enough to take a punch to the face and come back fighting. Yes? Then chew on these, suckers (Arf)! Enjoy … RULE #1 Writers Shall Not Ask Other Writers to Write Their Book for… Read More »Top 10 Commandments For Successful Writers

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4 Easy Ways To Track Your Online Buzz

We’ve all done it before. Come on, be honest! You see that little rectangle box and all you have to do is type your name and you can see how many times you come up. It’s a little narcissistic, but it’s also human … … I’m speaking, of course, of Googling yourself. Whether you admit it or not, it’s perfectly natural to want to know who’s talking about you online! This is even more true with authors. If someone wrote a blog about your book, you want to know so you can see if it did anything for your sales. Or… Read More »4 Easy Ways To Track Your Online Buzz

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How To Bypass the Gatekeepers: Screenwriter To Published Author

If you can write a script, you can write a book! If you can write a book, you can publish it and start building your tribe, without asking for anybody’s approval. Making a movie is a million dollar investment, so as a script writer you’re at the mercy of agents, editors and an endless line of gatekeepers. You might be the next James Cameron but while you’re still “in the making” why not use your superpowers to make some extra cash and build your fame? How? Convert your script into a book! More and more movies are based on books… Read More »How To Bypass the Gatekeepers: Screenwriter To Published Author

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Focus On Format: All About Music

For more on format and script convention issues, visit:           The B2W Format One Stop Shop Lots of writers include music and/or lyrics in their unpublished novels and spec screenplays. There are lots of reason why this seems like a good idea: sometimes particular songs can add something to the plot, or to the storyworld (especially time period). Other times, that song might have been instrumental (arf) in inspiring the writer to pen the piece in the first place, so they’ll add it to give a ‘feel’ for the story. STOP!  9/10, the song will be COPYRIGHTED… Read More »Focus On Format: All About Music

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Top 5 Proofing Mistakes Writers Make

Proofreading is an essential practice when it comes to writing. It’s that final check to make sure spelling and grammar are correct because misspelled and misused words can destroy the quality of your work. Even the best writers need to edit and proofread. Often, when we proofread our own work, the mind does not catch the little mistakes because it was that same mind that wrote them in the first place. This is why it is important to find a second party to read your writing. However, not all of us have proofreaders on hand, which is why we must… Read More »Top 5 Proofing Mistakes Writers Make

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6 Essential eBooks For Writers – For FREE!

Many thanks to Bang2writer Tace Dorris for taking the time to round up some really useful FREE writing resources for us all. She’s tracked down some excellent info, so make sure you download one of these for a little light reading this weekend. Enjoy and over to you, Tace … So, you finally started writing – great! Then you realise you may not have the knowledge needed to create that fantastic script/ novel or blog piece you know you have in you.  Most of us make do with what’s available online and the advice out there can be quite conflicting.… Read More »6 Essential eBooks For Writers – For FREE!

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5 Rules For Novelising Screenplays

It’s self publishing week on B2W! I’m a big believer in doing it your own way and think the indie route is just as valid as the traditional, whether we’re talking filmmaking or novel writing. As a result, every year B2W dedicates a week to self publishing in the run up to NanoWrimo. Check out the links at the bottom of this article for more. First up, here’s my great friend Elinor Perry-Smith on novelising your screenplay … Lots of Bang2writers believe novel writing and screenwriting to be two *different* kinds of skills, but this cannot be further from the… Read More »5 Rules For Novelising Screenplays

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5 Tips In Obtaining A Publishing Contract

Lots of Bang2writers contact me asking, “I’ve written a book … now what??” Well, if you’ve decided traditional publishing is for you, then author @EC_Jarvis has some great tips for you in attracting that elusive contract. Best of luck out there! Let’s assume that you’ve completed your book already and edited it at least five times yourself (and I mean really edited – not just glanced over the words), or paid a professional to do the legwork. Now you’re ready to start submitting to publishers. Hooray! Good for you. A different level of work now begins. 1) Research There are an… Read More »5 Tips In Obtaining A Publishing Contract

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7 Ways To Find More Time To Write

No writer leads a charmed life, especially when it comes to time. There’s NEVER enough time in the day! We all have commitments: day jobs, families, lifestuff. So I’m a big believer in MAKING time to write – but lots of writers wonder HOW we can do this … So here’s Diane’s words of wisdom on the matter. Enjoy! There isn’t just one way of doing anything, including being a writer. Life is a custom experience, and our writing habits are too. What are your writing habits? Do you feel like you don’t have enough time to write more than… Read More »7 Ways To Find More Time To Write

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How To Do Social Media … And How NOT To!

Yesterday, OnABlastblog’s Matt Banner told us about how writers can use their blogs to find success. He’s absolutely BANG on. Everything B2W is now, started with good blogging and social media use. Check out Matt’s great guest post, HERE. So it’s a fact that the internet has brought writers much “closer” to the industry in that we can reach out and talk to those we admire and want to work easier than ever before. In addition, writers can create internet presences, projects and even WHOLE CAREERS online. The barriers are well and truly coming down in the digital age. This… Read More »How To Do Social Media … And How NOT To!

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Top 10 (Normal) Struggles When Writing A Novel

1) Title dilemmas Like every author on the planet, I’ve spent endless hours mulling over title options for my work. One strives, of course, to be both memorable and honestly descriptive of the content. But then, by and large, a great title is an art form unto itself and a great title does not necessarily signify a great book. MORE: More About Titles 2) Deleeeeeeeete!!!! This may seem insane but I normally know whether or not I am on to something good only after being 100 pages into a story. I’m willing to bet some you go much farther?? MORE: WHY… Read More »Top 10 (Normal) Struggles When Writing A Novel

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Writers, Make A Choice

I believe anything is possible. Yet some people do not. It’s perhaps one of the hardest and surprising lessons I learned as a young adult. I didn’t understand why these people would resist. If they JUST TRIED to see it my way, they would be so much HAPPIER, surely?? Besides anything, can’t they SEE THE EVIDENCE: I didn’t have auspicious beginnings, yet I say we can – and I have!! MORE: I Am Not A Lucky Person BUT: “It’s different for you” How I hate these four words. Let me cite the ways it was NOT different for me, how… Read More »Writers, Make A Choice

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