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Angela Booth
Sydney
I'm a professional copywriter, writing teacher, author and tech journalist.
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Content inspiration: are you creating content your audience will love?
When you create content, you’re writing for an audience. As we all do, members of your audience have problems. Can you describe four of their biggest challenges? For example, on this blog, I often create content for freelance writers, who... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Fiction tips: what's important to you when you create characters?
Make writing fiction easier when you create an ensemble I’ve been reading Harriet Steel’s period mysteries, the Nuala novels, set in 1930s Ceylon. Ms Steel assembles a wonderful cast of characters, including pets. Currently there are 11 novels in the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Wish you could turn your WordPress blog into a money-maker?
But what if you want to sell via your website? Your WordPress website: stress-free sales Let’s look at what’s involved in ecommerce. Basically, you need: Something to sell. Perhaps products, or services, such as writing services, or publishing services; A... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Are you part of the booming creator economy?
Create: the creator economy is valued at over 100 billion dollars According to Influencer Marketing Hub’s PDF: We estimate the total Creator Economy market size to be around $104.2 Billion Also from the PDF: Of the surveyed Creators that considered... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Write a short story this afternoon, and publish it
Write a story, and publish it: all on the same day You can write a short story in a few hours, create a cover, then upload it to Amazon and other ebook retailers… And you can often sell your short... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Writing jobs you create: fast, easy, and innovative
In Get Paid To Write: “What’s It Worth?” Charge According To Value, I mentioned that: … when I looked at the weird and wonderful things I could write… names, titles, and slogans… I didn’t charge for them; I’d start thinking... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Want to write a book? Hire a ghostwriter
Beyond autobiographies and memoirs, perhaps you’re considering writing another form of nonfiction. You may be: An expert in an area, and want to write a book sharing your expertise. Perhaps you’re a cook, and want to share recipes. Or an... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Fiction tips: what to do if you're beginning your fiction career
Several new members have joined our group in the past year. They’re eager to get started with fiction, the “right” way. Not only are they eager for writing tips, they want to know about the complexities of publishing. We decided... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Editing your novel? Here's what to check
n 2020, I wrote “Writing Fiction: An Essentials Checklist For Your Novel”. My writing students found it useful, as did blog readers. Here’s the checklist: Thrills and spills: make bad stuff happen to your characters The bad stuff must make... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Scrivener: are you using the Collections feature?
To view a Collection, choose from the Scrivener menu, View/ Collections. Let’s look at some tips. 1. Create a Collection for each major character You can do this via a Saved Search, or manually. I prefer to do it manually.... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Fiction: if you're struggling with motivation, get organized
Here’s an essential tip: writing comes first. Schedule writing time into your calendar each day, and be aware that only writing is writing: research isn’t writing, nor is organizing and cross-referencing your files. Apps can help you to manage the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Writing fiction? Develop an easy editing process
Big scenes, little scenes—and scenes you don’t need When you’re reading, before you start editing, think about your BIG scenes: the essential scenes. A novel may have five big scenes—scenes you can’t avoid, because if you avoid them, the reader... Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Are you a novelist? A blog can help you to write
Did you know that your blog can help you to write your books? Here’s how: You have readers now. Writing is a lonely business. In the months and years it takes you to write a novel, you have no idea... Continue reading
Posted Aug 20, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Final: take advantage of the huge savings in pro writing courses
If you’re wondering why I’m removing these courses, time’s the big factor, because the courses include coaching. I’ve just accepted a great commission for fiction ghostwriting: not only a mystery series, but also two serials. Moreover, I’m working on several... Continue reading
Posted Aug 17, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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A vital question, if you're writing fiction
Here’s a quick writing tip: if you’re writing fiction, start by deciding how many words your novel, novella, or serial needs. For efficient writing, deciding on a word count eliminates many uncertainties. As you may know, I mentor authors. Last... Continue reading
Posted Aug 13, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Book marketing: should you blog or advertise?
If you’re interested in blogging, the group had lots of tips for using your blog for book marketing. Here are several I found interesting. 1. Post consistently, and promote to get traffic (try Twitter) We all agreed that if you’re... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Fun exercises for fiction: they're easy (and powerful)
1. Create first lines to spark your creativity, now, and later The first sentences of a novel set the tone and voice for the book, so they’re important. First lines can be memorable; even famous. “Last night I dreamt I... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Love writing fiction? Get paid for it
Let’s look at why ghostwriting might be the perfect career for you if you enjoy writing and publishing fiction. 1. Clients are looking for authors: your books are your portfolio Have you published fiction? Excellent. Your published books act as... Continue reading
Posted Aug 1, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Apps: end chaos with Obsidian
Have you discovered the Obsidian app? We looked at using Obsidian if you’re a fiction author. Several authors in our writers’ group use Obsidian; a couple mentioned that there’s a big learning curve. One author gave up on Obsidian entirely.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Want to start writing fiction? Ideas you can try
If you want to write fiction, it’s a good indication you CAN A writer in our group said, “if you want to write, you can. And if you keep writing and studying, you’ll improve.” What about “talent?” Some people are... Continue reading
Posted Jul 29, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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You're writing a novel. You can't keep track... Here's help
Obsidian: a perfect writers’ studio I’ve been using Obsidian for around 18 months. It’s perfect for writers. All your files are in Markdown, which is just plain text. So even if Obsidian falls by the wayside, you’ll always be able... Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Writing fees: "how much do you charge?"
There will always be people who want to pay peanuts for writing services—and writers who will accept those peanuts. A solution: commit to charging according to the solutions and benefits you provide to your clients. Please don’t lower your rates,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Are you a writer? Turn your creativity into income (fast)
As writers, we trade time for money. But clients pay for solutions to their problems. What if you could spend a few minutes creating something that solves a problem for a client… and he pays very well for it? In... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Publishing solutions: which platform should you choose?
She wants to make money with her fiction, so my default answer for that is: publish your story to Amazon KDP. Get paid: should you publish on Amazon, or elsewhere? You can publish your short stories and novellas on Amazon—that’s... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Want a super-simple, easy, and very fast way to market? (Market almost anything)
One-page websites: the fast way to market your writing A one-page website can be a single page, or several pages. It minimizes distractions, because clutter, such as navigation, has gone. For years, these kinds of pages were called “buy or... Continue reading
Posted Jul 24, 2022 at Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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