One of the first things a potential book buyer notices is the title, sometimes along with the book-cover design. A memorable title can positively impact book sales. So, it’s important to get it right. However, that can be a daunting line item on your book-creation to-do list. Here are some suggestions.
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Book reviews can contribute credibility and raise awareness. But getting reviews can be challenging for new authors and self-publishers, especially those who have small networks.
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Okay, so you’ve written a book (or are just getting started). You need to be asking yourself some serious questions about what would make your book sell. Here are some examples.
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In the study of language change over time, rebracketing, also known as “juncture loss” and “re-segmentation”, is a process whereby a word is broken down into constituent parts and then reorganized. For example, the word hamburger might be divided as ham-burger, which could mean a burger made with ham. However, that would be wrong, because the division is rightfully hamburg-er, meaning someone or something from Hamburg, Germany.
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Tone is the way you speak or write. It’s your attitude toward your reader, the person receiving your message. The tone of your writing affects your reader just as your tone-of-voice affects a listener in everyday conversations.
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Good effective writing isn’t easy. If you want to improve your writing, here are some things you should do.
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An exclamation is a sudden and/or passionate expression of surprise, strong emotion, frustration, complaint, or protest. The way these feelings are expressed in writing is to use one or more exclamation marks. But is using more than one mark considered overkill? Read on.
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When authors ramble, they tend to lose readers in the words. So, unless your intent is to write as many words as possible, your message should be written as clearly and concisely as possible.
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What happens when you’re writing a sentence and the gender of the person being spoken about isn’t known? Example:
Has anyone brought some quarters with them?
Anyone is clearly a singular pronoun of unknown gender, but the object of the preposition with is them, which is plural. This has traditionally been considered a grammatical error.
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Becoming a better writer takes practice. Improving your skills requires you to be aware of what you can do to give your text more structure, make it crisp and readable, and flow with a friendly style. Following are some ideas you can use to improve the quality of your writing.
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