How to be a Writer
Tips, tricks and inside knowledge for books, scripts and beyond — voice, criticism, writer’s block, submissions, and selling work as an e-book.
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Books for writers
Essential handbooks by Stewart Ferris, written from inside the trade. Choose Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.
How to Get Published
Publishers are business people. Market, submission, synopsis, and the avoidable reasons a manuscript is turned away.
How to Publish Your Own Book
From manuscript to printed copy or an e-book sold online — including the lessons of the UK’s first self-publishing agency, founded in 1993.
Write Your Novel in 30 Days
A fast-track month: how to start, how to keep the daily quota, and how to finish a book that actually exists.
How to Find Time to be a Writer
Practical ways to carve writing hours out of an ordinary week and turn a full draft into something a busy life can still produce.
How to Get Inspired to Write
Inspiration is not a prerequisite. How to let ideas in, and how to keep writing when the weather in the head has closed.
Unusual Character Names for Writers
A treasury of unusual given names and surnames, with the etymologies that let a name carry a character’s situation or temper.
Writing Backwards
Begin with the feeling the ending must leave, then work back. Structure as an emotional design, not a lucky accident.
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