Oh man, I really should have read these free writing guides before I tried to craft my own headline. Now I just feel stupid. Actually, I feel like an SEO rebel, because from what I hear, writing a nonsensical headline is tantamount to Google search result suicide. Oh well! Someday I’ll learn write more better!
As some of you are aware, every November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. If you’re a NaNoWriMo DoRk–and I can use that term because I’ve been one myself in the past–then you know that it’s incredibly difficult to squirt out the minimum required number of words every day for 30 days straight. (I never made it past day 3.) Most likely, the last thing you need at this delicate point in your quest is to be interrupted by a bunch of writing advice. What you need is caffeine, snack items, and another big helping of willful idiocy self-abuse.
But these titles probably won’t be free much longer, so try to sneak over to Amazon and grab them before they go away. Then, come December, you can peruse them at your leisure over a snifter of brandy while you relax by your hearth; I’m pretty sure no writer worth his salt would sit by a regular fireplace.
- Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go by Les Edgerton
- Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
- The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book by Marilyn Ross
- How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play by Barbara Baig
- The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need to Know About Creating & Selling Your Work by Editors of Writer’s Digest Books
- Getting the Words Right by Theodore Cheney
[via eReaderIQ.com]
By Alan November 8, 2011 - 9:48 AM
Hi
Over the past few months I’ve tried several times to get one of the books you post as free, and never have found one of them to be free.
Am I missing something? Is there a secret handshake I need to learn?
Thanks
Alan
By Chris Walters November 8, 2011 - 10:02 AM
One probable cause: if you’re trying to access these from outside the United States, then you’re running into regional restrictions from publishers–European countries in particular are often shut out from these temporary freebie offers, due to rights issues.
If you visit eReaderIQ.com, you can set your selected region at the top of the home page, and it will filter offers. Good luck!
By Patrick November 11, 2011 - 3:39 PM
Thank you for posting such a great list of free (in the US) writing guides! It is most appreciated.