by Pat Iyer | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog, Book writing
Yes, you can write a book without help, but it may not be strong. Imagine that you’re in a strange city (before the Corona virus), and you’re lost. You didn’t get directions. People rush by. Do you ask one of them to help you get to your destination or do you find a...
by Pat Iyer | Mar 13, 2020 | Blog, Book writing
Do you know how easy it is to lose objectivity? I do. I get immersed in my books and sometimes miss the obvious. A beta reader helps you see those spots. You need to trust yourself to write your book. However, you are not the best person to critique it. When you think...
by Pat Iyer | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Writing Style
One of the biggest reasons people have for not having a newsletter, either for their business or for a book or other writing, is not knowing what to write for it. The best way to find out is to see what other people in your area of expertise write. You aren’t going to...
by Pat Iyer | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Writing Style
A list is an important element of nonfiction books. While in fiction, the combination of dialogue and narrative both vary the pace and break up the monotony of large blocks of type, this kind of interruption is much more important in non-fiction, where you don’t have...
by Pat Iyer | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Writing Style
How many emails do you get a day? Of these, how many do you delete without opening? How many do you open and then delete after reading a few words? Do you want your emails to be ignored? In this podcast, I will describe effective practices to greatly improve the...
by Pat Iyer | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Writing process
One of the biggest ideas that stops people from writing is that it’s hard work. I’ve mentioned before in this podcast how greatly our school experiences have conditioned us into a lot of negative beliefs about writing. This is one of those beliefs. A belief isn’t...
