What are some handy tips for writing a book?
Beginners at every level of writing ability might benefit from applying these tips: –Spell check as the very last thing you do before showing or submitting your writing. –Worry less about names and appearance than you do about character and plot. –For anything longer than a short story, have a master plan fully in place before you begin writing. ‘Free writing’ to see where it takes you can waste tens of thousands of words and untold hours of writing time if it leads to a dead end. –Your first draft is not your best draft, even if it’s damned good. Don’t try to market it until you’ve edited, revised, and/or rewritten it until cannot be improved in any way. –Display sites where others comment on your writing are worthless. You give away first publication rights by posting your work there, and nobody buys second rights. Publishers and agents never discover anybody there. –Sharing your work when you know it contains errors wastes the time of the people who could give you meaningful c
