7 Tips to Become a Better Writer from Stephen King

Reblogged from Meyer Lane's Short Attention Span Press:

* Advice from the King of Creepy

Stephen King

1. Get to the point.

Don’t waste your reader’s time with too much back-story, long intros or longer anecdotes about your life. Reduce the noise. Reduce the babbling. In On Writing King gets to his points quickly. Get to your point quickly too before your reader loses patience and moves on.

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These are some great ideas for writing.

7 Things joining KDP Select Can and Can't do for you

Reblogged from M. Louisa Locke:

I have no problem with authors deciding not to put (or keep) their books in KDP Select because there are a number of good reasons not to sell an ebook exclusively through Amazon. What does bother me is when people put a book into KDP Select with unrealistic expectations, or don't do their homework about how KDP Select works, or blame Amazon when their books don't sell, and then announce that KDP Select is not a good strategy to follow for independent authors.

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