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How To Deal With Writers Burnout And Stress

ByNeal Martin

The old saying of it’s better to burn out than fade away may apply to rock stars and flaming celebrities, but it certainly doesn’t apply to writers.

There is nothing glamorous about burning out to the point where you stop production and loose your grasp on being a writer.

If you stop writing you are no longer a writer. Why would you want that?

You wouldn’t want that of course, but if you are not careful, that’s exactly what can happen.

In this article I’m going to show you how to spot the signs that indicate writers burnout is just around the corner, if not already there. That way, you can do something about it before it hits and causes real damage, otherwise you may end up writing your twisted memoirs on an imaginary typewriter in the wing of a mental hospital somewhere, and no one wants that.

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3 Ways To Improve Your Writing Before You Even Start

ByNeal Martin

Writing isn’t all about the craft. The craft is important yes, but so is the groundwork you lay in order to practice the craft of writing to its fullest extent.

There are things you can do before you start to write that will make a big difference to how you write once you actually begin.

It’s about the laying the proper groundwork so you can write at your fullest potential.

Read on to find out how you can give yourself the best chance of producing great work.

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How To Write Your First Non-Fiction Book And Start Earning As An Indie Author Part 5: Titles And Descriptions

ByNeal Martin

Here we are again, now at stage five of the process of writing and publishing your first non-fiction book.

In part one we looked at coming up with ideas and then researching those ideas.

In part two we looked at outlining your book.

In part three we discussed writing your book.

Then in part four we looked at designing the cover for your book.

Now we are going to discuss another important aspect of publishing your book, and that is the title of your book and the description of your book on the sales page.

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Why You Still Struggle To Be A Writer (And Why You’ll Eventually Succeed)

ByNeal Martin

If you struggle being a writer, if you still struggle to make a living from your writing, the chances are you’ve been struggling on and off for a while now, probably for years.

You may feel like you are not getting anywhere. It might seem to you like you will never make it as a writer.

If this is you, don’t despair. I’m here to tell you that you will make it.

First though, you have to understand something about the process of becoming a writer.

Once you understand this thing I’m about to tell you, thoughts of never making it as a writer shouldn’t seem as scary or despairing anymore.

You may not like what I’m about to say, but trust me, you’ll be glad I did by the time you finish reading this post.

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How To Tap More Of Your Potential As A Writer

ByNeal Martin

If you could, would like to take your writing to the next level?

What I mean by that is, would you like to step up a gear as a writer, to tap more of your potential as a writer?

I’d like to think that you would. After all, we all want to be better writers, right? At least better than we are now.

I’m going to show you how you can tap more of your potential as a writer.

You may think you are firing on all cylinders at present but we can always do better.

Here’s how I managed to tap more of my potential as a writer, and how you can to.

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How To Write Your First Non-Fiction Book And Get Started As An Indie Author Part 4: Creating Your Book Cover

ByNeal Martin

Welcome back to another installment in this series on how to publish your first non-fiction book.

In part one of this series we discussed developing and researching your book idea.

Then in part two we looked at how to outline the structure of your book and the kind of material you needed to include in it.

In part three, we then discussed how to go about writing your book.

Now in part four of this series we are now going to look at getting your cover sorted.

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How I Became A Professional Writer And How You Can To

ByNeal Martin

I’m sure you’ve heard that said a million times before, to the point where it’s become so trite and clichéd as to be totally meaningless.

The fact is though, people give up on their dreams all the time, and it’s sad.

It’s sad when I meet people who have resigned themselves to a life of drudgery, people who have made their lives a creativity free zone. It makes me sad because I can see the sadness in them. They’ve let themselves get beaten by negativity or setbacks in one form or another.

When you suggest to some people that they should maybe start going after those dreams they once cherished so much, they just shake their head (sadly) and shrug. They tell you its too late, or that they are happy enough with how things are.

For the most part, these people just exist, they don’t live.

I only say that because I used to be one of those people, for a while anyway.

Then I caught myself on.

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The ONE Thing You Can Do To Take Your Writing To The Next Level

ByNeal Martin

Out of everything I have done to try and improve myself as a writer over the years, there is one thing in particular that I did which helped me take my writing and myself as a writer to the next level.

What is that one thing?

I created a good writing environment.

That’s right. I found a place that I could go to every day and write without any distractions.

Before that, I used to try and write anywhere. Mostly I wrote at home, late at night when everyone else was in bed sleeping. That worked for me for a while, but it got to the point where I could hardly concentrate at such a late hour. My mind and body was tired and I didn’t have the energy or focus to sit there and write for the hour or two it would take me to finish something.

Most writers do their writing at home. The problem with that is that most writers also have families and an infinite number of distractions to contend with. This can seriously slow down your progress.

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How To Write Your First Non-Fiction Book And Get Started As An Indie Author Part 3: Writing

ByNeal Martin

Welcome back to this series on writing your first non-fiction book.

If you’ve followed parts one and two of this series, you should now have a solid concept for your book, as well as a good outline to follow.

Now we get to arguably the most enjoyable part of the whole process—writing your book!