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When I go through bouts of writer’s block, my fingers stiffen,
and my brain goes as blank as the snowy screen of a television
on the fritz.

I don’t know about you, but I picture writer’s block as something
cold–like the frozen engine of a car in the dead of winter,
or the way your PC sometimes “freezes up” on you when your system
gets too busy.

Looking at it that way actually helps to overcome it. Rather than
feeling like you are grasping at fog, visualizing writer’s block as
something three-dimensional can provide you with both the strength to
confront it, and the weapons to conquer it.

How can you thaw your writer’s block of ice? Try any or all of
the following:

1. Chip away at it. No need to write “War and Peace” in one sitting;
Tolstoy certainly didn’t. Fifteen minutes a day are all you need
to give your writing dream some life and structure. Use them to
write anything, anything at all–as many article ideas as you can
think of, a synopsis of a story idea, a climactic scene in your
novel, a limerick, a character sketch, step by step instructions
for making the perfect omelet or what you would do if you won the
lottery.

Have some fun with these 15-minute exercises, and you’ll probably
rediscover the truth in the adage that “time flies” when you do.

2. Light a match to it. By this I mean, don’t think about the fact
that you are not currently writing; rather, think about why you ever
wanted to be a writer in the first place. Better yet, *write* about
why you want to be a writer. Do you have stories burning inside you
that need to be told? Or do you see writing as your key to personal
fulfillment or freedom? Melt away writer’s block by reigniting your
passion for writing–the old daydreams, the past feelings of triumph
or accomplishment when you finished a piece of work.

3. Carve a sculpture out of it. If you simply can’t break it down or
melt it away, make something from your writer’s block of ice. As I
did above, write about how you feel when you experience writer’s
block, or what you think writer’s block looks like. Maybe look for
humor in it (“What did one writer’s block say to the other?” “Nothing-
-it couldn’t find the right words!” Okay, that’s a bit lame, but you
get the idea).

Whenever writer’s block tries to come between you and your writing
aspirations, don’t try to avoid it. Instead, face it head on. Play
with it, laugh at it, scoff at it, or befriend it. Make it something
that you can take into your hands and deal with.

Turn it into one more tool that you can use to achieve your writing
success.

About the Author

Mary Anne Hahn is editor and publisher of “WriteSuccess,”
THE biweekly ezine of ideas, information and inspiration for writers.
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I don’t believe in writer’s block. (I can hear the gasps of disbelief already.) Listen: If you hire a plumber to come to your house and fix a problem, do you expect him to say, “Sorry, I can’t figure out what your problem is. I think I have plumber’s block”? Probably not, and if he did, you’d toss him out and call another guy faster than you can say Drano. Not
that plumbing can be compared to writing, but if we follow the proper steps to get the job done, I find that writer’s block melts away, the drains are unclogged, and the words start flowing like water from a faucet. But what are these “steps”? Well, a big part of my job as a book marketing specialist is to help people create something they can actually market: a finished book. Many of us have ideas aplenty but not a clue how to get them down on paper.

Unlike other professions, authors operate under a whole different set of rules. We often can’t just sit down and pound out a story, and those who do have created their own formula for doing so. We see this huge story with all sorts of directions we want to take it, we see the cover, we see the characters, we see the market potential. Then we see Katie Couric or Oprah smiling and holding up our book for the whole world to see. Then we glance back down at our monitor and see a tormenting blinking cursor and blank screen. And we are again reminded of what a failure we are. We have all these stories and nothing on paper. We are idea generators. We have zillions of them running through our minds, but none of them on paper. Unless you make your money in a think tank, operating this way probably isn’t getting you any closer to your goals.

When a project looms before us, it’s like this big elephant — huge, overwhelming and ready to stomp us flat any minute. There’s an old saying: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” The same is true for writing. You finish a book, one step at a time. But to create these steps, you first have to break down your book into manageable, bite-size pieces. This can be accomplished by creating a TOC (table of contents) that can guide you through the book. My reasoning behind this is as follows: You’d never think of driving from California to New York without a map, right? Well, how can you expect to finish your book without one? Your TOC is your roadmap, guiding you through your book. If your chapters don’t have individual headings, then write a 2-3 sentence

description of what the chapter encompasses. Don’t get too elaborate on this. Remember, it’s not going in your book; it’s just a brief descriptor. Once the TOC is outlined, you’ll have a vision of your book from star! t to finish. A few things that creating this TOC will do for you: It will show you any gaps in your story that might need to be fleshed out, and it will give you a sense of completion, of seeing the book or project actually done, and this is a serious psychological turn-on for most authors, because we often live in a world of half-completed projects. Sometimes this step alone can propel an author enough to get their book done, or at the very least give it a darned good kick-start.

Once you’ve developed your TOC, you’ll want to go through it and create a “to do” list. Regardless of what genre your book is, you will always have a to-do list. Whether it’s getting endorsements, doing research, or getting approvals for quotes or excerpts for your book, this to-do list will become yet another item that will help propel your book toward completion.

Once the to-do list is done, set it aside. Now you should have your completed TOC with a vision of the entire book and a growing list of items that will need to be handled for the book to get done. Now the real fun begins.

Some books on writing will tell you to set aside a day or two a week, or an evening here and there to get your book completed. I disagree with this theory, and here’s why: You need to stay dialed into your topic. When I was working on an upcoming book, I would often put the project aside for days or weeks at a time, promising myself to schedule time “as soon as I could.” Well, that rarely happened. What I found is that if I set aside some time every day to do something on the book, I got it completed a lot quicker. The more you keep your hands in your project, the more it will stay at the front of your mind and on your radar screen, and the more energy you will invest to finish it. I won’t tell you to set aside hours of your time each day — in fact, you don’t even have to set aside an hour. Take 15 minutes, or even five — whatever your schedule permits. If this seems like a ridiculously short amount of time, consider this: You now have your to-do list and your outlined TOC! . If you are short on time one day, pick a quickie item from your to-do list and get it done. If you have more time, then pound out a chapter or two. The idea behind creating the to-do lists and a TOC is to not only give your project a structure, but to also eliminate any and all excuses for getting it done. Don’t feel like writing today? No problem. There’s probably a mountain of research just waiting to be traversed. Get the picture?

But let’s say you can’t even get through the TOC. “My book has too many layers,” you lament. “Too many back stories, tons of stuff going on. I can’t possibly be expected to filter it down into a neat little TOC.” Yes, you can, and you must. If your book has no focus, your book will have no focus. It’s as simple as that. But it doesn’t stop there — if your book is all over the place and you do actually manage to get it done, you’ll never be able to keep a reader interested because you will be the only one who will get it, and what’s the point of that? What you’ll need to do in this case is find the “core” of your book or the focus of your story. Ask yourself this: What’s the one thing this book cannot do without? What’s the one thing this story circles around? That’s your core. If you’re still coming up with three or four things that your story circles around, you aren’t focused enough and neither is your book. Find that one thing and build your story or book
around it.

If you follow these steps, your book will get finished quicker than you could have ever imagined. And the once-dreaded writer’s block will go from a stumbling block to a building block.

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Penny C. Sansevieri
The Cliffhanger was published in June of 2000. After a strategic marketing campaign it quickly climbed
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All you need to do is download an easy to install piece of software for your mobile phone which lets you save loads on your bill by routing calls over the internet rather than over your usual mobile carrier network. The best bit is, it requires no technical expertise or anything. You just use your phone as you would do normally, except at a much lower cost. I get the feeling that this might spell trouble for the traditional mobile carrier networks, I have already saved a huge amount of money. It’s great for travelling as well as with my price package I pay the same low flat rate, and am not faced with roaming charges or anything.

“Whatever you can do or believe you can, . . . begin it now.”
Goethe

When beggars receive freshly minted coins from the lords with a bow and a smile, it is not that they do not desire to ride horses as the masters do. But wishes don’t ride horses.

I have oftentimes been contacted by many young writers for suggestions to develop a story. After they receive the ideas, they
chicken out.

One of thema female Americanwanted help to develop what I think is a great story. You probably know about it: Ted Kennedy watching on as his girlfriend drowned in a river.

I pity such dreamers. They are among the world’s eminent failures.

It will therefore be a miracle if you yourself will ever write a book after reading this. If you do, then thumbs up, for you belong to the few great minds on earth today.

Anywhere you look today, 20 percent of the people are getting 80 percent of the best things in life. Or put another way, 80 percent of all good things belong to 20 percent of the people. Or,one person succeeds out of five! So, 80 percent of all best-sellers today are written by 20 percent of the writers. And, out of about
five writers, only one has written a best-seller. Where is the other four?

Out of five writers that thought of writing, only one wrote. Out of five people that wrote, only one got published. And out of the five that got published, only one became a best-seller. That is the principle of life: Only those who back their desire with action succeed. For nobody has “the power to curse the darkness” someone says, “unless he has the courage to light a candle.”

You don’t write best-sellers by wishing that you did, and go to sit on the sandy beach of the Pacific Ocean dreaming of your millions and far away islands with lollipop names. Don Quixote the great visioner didn’t even do that. At least he fought imaginary enemies. What did Hippocrates say? “Ars longa. Vita brevis.” Translation: “Arts is long but life is short.” The point then is this: Don’t dream it; WRITE IT!

Best-selling books don’t just happen; just as good writers don’t grow on trees. You have to work hardput your heart in your work, to write a mega-yield title. Today, everyone is falling heads over heels for the magic of Harry Potter. But if J.K. Rowlingthe single motherdidn’t have the gumption to write herself off the dole, the story of Harry Potter wouldn’t have been written or read. A number of factors help to make best-sellers. I have provided a number of those factors here to help you write that your echo-Bible.

Write on a best-selling topic.

I have listed 10 best-selling topics in the early chapter of this book. Why not think of working on one of them?

But think carefully before you choose a subject. You don’t want to write on a topic because everyone is writing on it and
winning prizes.

I can tell you what is happening this moment zillions of light

years up there in the world of stars and galaxies. But can you imagine that? If things like that are beyond your imagination, then don’t dream of writing science fiction. Come down to earth and spy on your neighbors who are marrying this moment and divorcing after the wedding day.

You will be at home here. And you are probably familiar with stories of that sort. Like the man who married a woman and
divorced her after having 7 male children for him. (He badly needed female children to pay off his debts from the dowries on their wedding day.) His divorced wife remarried and got a baby girl while the man married a second wife and had a male as well. They divorced again and remarried and had a ninth boy.

And the man sold all the boys to pay his debts.

Why don’t you give the story a new angle? The world has had

stories of Siamese twins. But have they had of the birth of a seven-headed baby girl by a desperate parent who sought the
assistance of a witch?

Don’t miss an opportunity to write a best-seller from great news events. Such stories present little research challenges.

Do you remember the British boy who wanted to be famous, climbed the wall of Buckingham Palace and made his way into the queen’s bedroom? When the cops came
to the rescue they met him helping himself with a glass of wine and chatting with the queen. And the police, thinking of what
offence he has committed, thought of charging him of stealing a bottle of wine. (Did the boy say that the queen was her lover?)

There is a similar one of an American boy who shot former president Reagan. Best-sellers are made of such stuff.

Master your subject

You can’t do a good story if you do not know your topic.

You will even find it difficult to communicate because you will be groping for words, qualifying every word, or
reaching out for every figure of speech and idiom in the book.Bad writing! A good reader will find out that you are not a
master of your subject, and you are done in.

You have every opportunity to research your story. You have the libraries. And thank God, there is the Web. Why not
take advantage of it?

This is very important if you are writing a factual story. But even then that word “factual” has changed meaning. But there has to be a measure of credibility in your work.

Writers don’t just write. They educate. Would the reader find something to learn from your story?

Know your audience

This is one of the first things for you to consider before you begin writing your book. For example, are you writing for
men / women; boys / girls; youths / adults; learned / general, reader?

When J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Porter, she had the youths in mind. Youths are, however, fast in spreading words about a book that they enjoyed reading. But Harry Porter happened to have a subject matter that interests the adults as well. Now readers in the two worlds read the book.

So ask yourself this question if you have not already done so:

Who will read my book?

(To be continued)

Excerpted from How to Write a Best-seller by Arthur Zulu

Arthur Zulu is an editor, book reviewer, and author of Chasing Shadows!, How to Write a Best-seller, A Letter to Noah, and many other works. For his works and FREE help for writers, goto:

http://controversialwriter.tripod.com

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About the author:

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You’ve got seconds to grab your reader’s
attention. Fail, and you’ll lose them and their
money forever.

I want you to succeed, and headline creation is
one of the things you need to learn to make money
online.

So, after repeated requests, I’m going to break it
down for you step by step as together we create a
headline that grabs the reader and demands they
read more.

To do this, I’m going to present you with a
fictitious product. It’s called “Copywriter’s
Companion”, and it will teach people how to write
better copy.

Now, the first step in beginning to write a
headline is know your product’s biggest benefit.
“Copywriter’s Companion” teaches a person how to
write sales letters that get huge responses. So,
that would be our biggest advantage.

But I’m sure there’s more to this manual and your
product then just one simple benefit. And our next
job is to create a list of every benefit we can
come up with. Start writing and just run on, even
if some don’t make that much sense or are general.
We can discard as we move on.

Here’s how my list turned out:

Teaches how to write to sell
Saves time
Can learn to make money as a copywriter
Will be able to sell more and make more money
I offer the book for less than hiring a copywriter
Never turn out bad sales letters again

Now you’ll notice in my list that it is mainly
made up of promises, and that’s no mistake. But
more on that in a moment.

So, you have a list of benefits. Some pretty weak,
some that really grab at you.

You now need to spend a little time developing
some of your weak benefits. If you can’t develop
them into something stronger than trash them. A
headline is too short for words and benefits that
don’t pull their weight.

Next, we begin to construct out headline into a
sentence or two that will give the reader the
biggest benefits.

Basically, we’re just stringing words together at
this point. We want to get a rough form of our
headline together that gives benefits. Worry about
nothing else at this point.

Here’s the headline I came up with:

“Copywriter’s Companion is a manual of time saving
tips that show how copywriters do it and get paid
a lot of money”.

I know, pretty horrible. I don’t usually write
that poor of a headline. But I did it so I can
teach you how headline creation works.

Anyway, we have the rough headline. Not very
exciting. But still, I see a ton of headlines of
this type that dot the Internet landscape. And we
both know a headline like that isn’t going to cut
it. While the “Copywriter’s Companion” is a fine
fictitious product, the headline I just wrote
sheds no light on its true worth.

So, how do we make it sparkle?

First, we cut out the brand name “Copywriter’s
Companion.” That’s a horrible waste of words and
no one cares what it’s called.

Now the headline looks like this:

“A manual of time saving tips that show how
copywriters do it and get paid a lot of money”.

Yes, I know. It’s still very drab.

So, I would rework it a little to shorten it up
and make it clearer. I might write something like
this:

“Write Sales Letters Fast And Make Thousands Each
Project With My New Manual.”

Now it’s starting to take a little better shape.

Next I would make a few changes to make the
headline a little more specific. Instead of just
plain old sales letters, I would write, “open your
wallet sales letters”!

Then I would turn my headline into a promise. Very
important step. The reader has to be assured that
if they invest the time reading your sales letter
that they’ll get a reward.

So, I would place a guarantee in the headline. It
works to instantly put them at ease that
everything I’m about to tell them is true.

Second, I would put the word you in the headline.
It speaks right to the reader. And it points out
that I’m giving the promise to them directly.

With that, here’s my finished headline:

“You Can Write Get Your Wallet Out Sales Letters
Fast, And Get Paid Hundreds of Thousands To Do It,
With My Guaranteed, Step-By-Step System”!

I think it works!

Let me briefly sum up what the above headline
does. You can use this summary for every headline
you write from now on.

First, it addresses the reader directly.

Second, it makes a promise. The reader knows
they’ll be able to write hard-hitting sales
letters and make hundred of thousands.

And they now believe the headline and it benefits
because I’m guaranteeing it.

And that’s my three-step plan for killer
headlines. Address the reader, make a promise, and
make them believe it. If you do, you’ll have
awesome headlines that lead your customer into the
rest of your sales letter. From there it’s up to
you. But it’s been said before that you can’t
write a bad sales letter if you have a good
headline.

About the Author

Grady Smith is offering his new e-book, “Secrets
Of Hard-Hitting Sales Letters” for FREE to the
next 1,000 visitors. Plus, he’ll also give you a
FREE $50 critique of your sales letter and FREE
copywriting newsletter. Check out
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Do you send out press releases? Have they brought you
financial rewards?

If not, you may want to rethink how to write a good one–one
that gets noticed, published, and most important, gets a feature
story. If editors notice and love your press release, they will
want to interview you for a feature story. A feature gets a lot
more attention than a news release.

Author’s Tip: Editors and radio v talk show producers want and
need human interest stories, and newsworthy stories. You have
what they need is solutions to problems their particular audiences
have. You have 7 seconds or less to impress them. So write an
outrageous headline. Then, be able to prove it.

Examples: The Antidote to Depression is Passion (for book
entitled “Passion at Any Age.”) or “Outsell the New York Times
bestsellers Without Breaking a Sweat!” (John Kremer’s headline
for his San Diego seminar above, www.bookmarketing.com) or
“Don’t Drive in Traffic, Don’t Look For a Parking Space, Don’t
Dress Up and Don’t Worry About the Weather!” Teleclass.
(Judy Cullins’ upcoming teleclass “How to Write an eBook or
Other Short Book–Fast!” www.bookcoaching.com)

Advantages of getting a feature story: You get more editorial
space, worth anywhere from $1500 to over $5000 depending
on which paper accepts you. This “free advertising” is worth
seven times as much as an ad because it implies the newspaper
endorses you.

Bonus Tip: Always ask the interviewer is there is any problem
with putting your ordering information into the feature. What
good is a feature if your audience can’t get in touch with you?
They usually say yes.

My Success Can Be Your Success

The San Diego Union responded to my press release, “Seven
Sure-Fire Ways to Sell More Books Than You Ever Dreamed
Of.” They gave me space worth $2000 of ad space this time.
Funny, they didn’t even interview me. The columnist created her
own story. She used this heading: “Workshop Guides Novice
Book Authors.” She said that seminar participants could be the
next John Grisham. In bold letters inserted in the column, she
wrote, “This workshop covers topics such as how to launch your
book’s first-year sales, how to get free publicity, how to jump
start a marketing plan and how to sell your book before it’s even
published.”

The Financial Rewards?

My phone rang off the hook for over a week. I took over 100
calls, taking reservations. I had far more people want the seminar
than I had room. The rest I invited to future seminars.

I collected over 60 email addresses. To each of them I sent my
monthly eNewsletter “The Book Coach Says” with a special
offer on one of my How to Write and Market Your Books Fast
Kits. I sold each participant a special report for $5, over $300 in
all. Other sales amounted to over $300. I was also paid for the
seminar by my sponsor. I got four new bookcoaching clients
worth thousands of dollars over the next few months. I got new
attendees to my free seminars on book writing–some of which
became clients.

That year, twenty-four of my clients published their books. They,
in turn, told others of their satisfaction. I became a respected
book coach who attracted through my web site, teleseminars,
eNewsletter and clients–many more clients!

At the same time, I have created several new books to help
writers who may not be able to attend my seminars or hire me as
their coach.

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Joyce Carol Oates. Langston Hughes. Anne Sexton. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nikki Giovanni. The names of authors (dead and alive) can go on and on. But I’ll let you have first pick!

You are in a room with some of your favorite authors. About ten of them. However, you are only allowed to invite one of them to Starbucks for a couple of chocolate mochas. Just you and your favorite author. It doesn’t matter if the writer is deceaseduse your imagination! After all, you’re a writer, right?

Oh dear, who shall it be? Should it be William Shakespeare with his purple pantaloons; Sylvia Plath who now vows to use an electric oven instead of gas; or should it be Maya Angelou and old playmates from her broken-hearted brothel?

Finally, you have selected an author.

You take him (or her) to Starbucks. You order the mochas. You sit down. As you open your mouth to ask the author questions nothing useful comes out.

What’s the problem?

Often times we’ll chance upon moments when we can interview an author. And, with technology nowadays, methods of research and brainstorming have changed slightly.

1. Research the Author

Ask yourself, “Is the author self-published or published in a traditional publishing house?”

Actually, does it really matter?! No. Why? Because you’re going to need to treat all authors the samewith much respect. Be laid back, and in turn, the interviewee will become comfortable and open-up to you.

After all, whether published or not, we’re all human. Before the interview, however, use your investigative reporting skills and attempt to discover as much as you can about the author. Surf the Internet for any hidden agendas internet-published writings the writer may have. Not only do you want to know about the author’s book, but the personal life as well. Find out what makes the author tick.

2. Research their genre and subject matter

Does the author write poetry? Historical nonfiction? Dramatic nonfiction? Children’s literature? Discover how easy or difficult it is to publish in that particular area of writing. Before you meet up with the author, you must know their genre, as well as the basic themes. If the author writes only historical nonfictionwhat’s their subject matter? Pre-civil war? Early African Slave Trade? Cuban artwork? Compare and contrast authors in similar subject matters.

Learn as much as you can while you can. And, at the same time, be sure to formulate an opinion about the subject matter, whether it be pro or con. This will allow you to ask more in depth questions.

3. Don’t Interrupt

Remember to ask your question then shut up. This isn’t a time for you to reminisce of your (waning) writing skills. This is moment for the author to be in the spotlight. Listen to their responses, and make sure that you have a rebuttal question prepared in the back of your head.

After you are away from that particular topic, be sure to go to your next question. Though you may have your list of questionsit’s okay to ask the questions out-of-order. Actually, I highly recommend to adlib the questions. This will make the questions seem a bit more unforced. In short, treat your interview as if it’s just a regular discussion amongst friends.

Above all, I highly recommend to record the interview. Before you display your trusty hand-held recorder, ask the interviewee for permission to record them. Keep and label all used tapes with the author’s name, date and location of the interview. You never know when that once self-published novelist will become the next Best Seller.

Stephen Jordan has five years experience within the educational publishing industry. Stephen was a freelance editor with such educational foundations as Princeton Review, The College Board, New York University, and Columbia University. Away from the office, Stephen promotes his creative writing with his home-freelance business OutStretch Publications and his artwork. Stephen holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in writing and literature from Alderson-Broaddus College of Philippi, West Virginia

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