All posts by Ty Cohen

  • Self-Publishing Can Be Painless - Writer's Life.org
    Self-Publishing Can Be Painless

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! It's been about a month and a half since I self-published How to Write a Novel: 47 Rules for Writing a Stupendously Awesome Novel That You Will Love Forever. Both...

    • Posted September 10, 2015
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  • Should Your Fiction Narrative Be Plot or Character Driven? - Writer
    Should Your Fiction Narrative Be Plot or Character Driven?

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! ish me luck.  I’m about to dive into one of the eternal debates among writers.  Which is “better”: a plot-driven story or a character-driven story? If you’re not familiar...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • What's the Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy Fictio
    What’s the Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction?

    Share, Pin Or Retweet If You Love Writing! In the introduction to an episode of The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling said: “It’s been said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction—the improbable made...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • Enough Fooling Around ... Get to Work Writing! - Writer's Life
    Enough Fooling Around … Get to Work Writing!

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! I’m writing this from a friend’s borrowed apartment in New York City.  Sun streams in through the east-facing windows.  The air-conditioner hums.  Outside, a bus sighs — that’s how...

    • Posted September 7, 2015
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  • You Don’t Have To Write Every Day

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! There's one kind of blog post I dread seeing in my feed reader. They're the blog posts that sport headlines like "The ONE Thing You Need to do to...

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • Your Rules For Getting That Novel Done!

    There are lots of lists out there for how to be a writer, but most seem for newly minted MFA grads trying to keep up spirits and output in the sudden absence of grades and semester deadlines....

    • Posted September 3, 2015
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  • Should You Use Crowdfunding to Write Your Book? - Writer's
    Should You Use Crowdfunding to Write Your Book?

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Like Writing. Jon Yongfook didn’t even intend to write a book at first. But the growth-hacking expert and software entrepreneur decided to give it a shot when Guy Vincent, founder of...

    • Posted September 2, 2015
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  • Should Amazon Self-Publishers Write Longer Books?

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! Authors who use Amazon’s KDP Select program, which includes the Kindle Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited, will be compensated in a new way as of July 1, 2015. Previously,...

    • Posted September 1, 2015
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  • 3 Ways to Be A Better Empathic Writer - Writer's Life.org
    3 Ways to Be A Better Empathic Writer

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Like Writing! Becoming a better writer down to three simple steps: 1. Study – you learn the principles of good writing and the conventions of your chosen form. You study the...

    • Posted August 31, 2015
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  • Overcoming Writer Negative Self-Talk - Writer's Life.org
    Overcoming Writer Negative Self-Talk

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! A Caravaggio painting can take my breath away. A lunar eclipse, when the shadow cuts the light, entrances me. Consider, though, the dark without the light, the shadow crossing...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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