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Creative Writing Career
Creative writing career - A Guide to Creative Writing That Sells
How is your creative writing career?
It's unbelievable that with all the creative writing courses out there, that no one teaches the necessity of researching your market before you set pen to paper. Learn how to up your chances of getting published by over 80% now with some creative writing tips.
Yes, we all want to be creative and let our imagination go. At the same time, wouldn't it be great to have some of your work published? Have your writing ideas noticed? Even better wouldn't it be awesome to know that you have upped your chances of getting published by around 80% by simply doing a tiny bit of browsing in a library or bookstore and actually get paid to write? You want your creative writing career to take off, and who doesn't?
Here is a way to make sure that there is an interest in your type of story and your creative writing ideas before you pick up a pen or pull out your laptop:
Go to the local bookstore and read the writing magazines. Editors actually tell these magazines what they are interested in, in a fairly timely manner. Most of the guess work is taken out for you. You know which editors are looking for what type of stories.
Look at the current Writer's Guide. It is filled with editors and publishers looking for fresh material. And guess what? They also tell you what each editor wants and what they are sick to death of.
Check out the bookshelves to see which children's books are featured. Is there a trend or pattern? For example the last few years Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl and Charlie Bone have all been hot. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that magical characters have taken kids and editors by storm.
Ask kids what their favorite books are. Ask them why they like one over the other. Ask if their friends are into the same books. Model these themes.
There is no need to make over the wheel or hire a psychic to figure out what publishers, editors and your audience - kids, are looking for. Gather this information and apply it to your writing.
Watch the number of your submissions rise, while your rejection letters become few and far between.
If you need some help organizing your ideas take a look at Write Your Book Now Masterclass. It's a great 26-week writing and marketing course to get your book written, published and sold by the thousands. It will teach you how to receive a great income every month with a profit-churning writing and publishing business.
I also have a few great books to recommend if your looking for a way to make some money from your writing.
*Instant Book Writing Kit will teach you how to write, publish and market your own money-making book (or EBook(R)) online.
*How to Write a How To Book is a comprehensive Step-by-step Manual For Creating And Writing A Professional Quality How-to Book Or EBook(R) On Any Subject.
In a supportive and encouraging tone, it gives step by step information on writing and producing e-books, offers writing advice and checklists to assist the reader to stay on task when creating their own e-book.
*Novel Writing Made Easy is a professional author's step-by-step system (2 approx. 200 pg. manuals, 2 workbooks, & 5 1/2 hours of audio included) for planning and writing a novel that will turn you into a published novelist.
