Writing Hack #34—Yoga for Writers; Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Craving to Publish

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

I want to share a unique writing aid—Yoga for Writers! For three years I wrote nearly non-stop. Oh, the aches and pains! The muse so inspired me that I considered the bathroom break as a rude but necessary interruption. This is what can happen when seized by a writing streak in the Caribbean–or when the mind forgets the body during an inspired writing session. The non-stop inspiration was glorious, but my body paid the price. That is, until I discovered Yoga for writers!

When the muse was fully operational, I wrote 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week! However, now, I am lucky if I can steal 2 or 3 hours a day to write. This is due to the time required for infrastructure and marketing. A few years ago, building a website was faster, easier, and cheaper than owning-p[=[ a brick and mortar store. Now, maintaining an Internet presence is expensive and complicated.

Yoga for Writers is Saving My Body

But I digress. I return to Yoga for Writers. What a wonderful discovery! My body took a great toll from writing for all these years. I wrote and published several books in those days, and the books have taken good care of me. However, a couple of years ago, I had to acknowledge a “crick” in my neck which was so severe it leads to numbness and tingling in my left pinkie. Then, a year later, my thumbs started experiencing a tunnel carpel situation.

Not one for traditional medicine, I went to the chiropractor for my neck for about a year. In addition, I added monthly massage to my healing routine. It took a year and a half, and the crick in my neck softened and disappeared. But, I realized that I needed more than that to reverse all the unnatural tension in my body. I needed prevention—daily prevention.

Yoga for Writers Keeps Your Writing Flow Going

Enter YOGA. Yoga in its gentle but firm approach has helped me to unwind the tension from the 20 books I have written over the past 10 years! At first, having worked out as a body builder, Yoga seemed at first to be very minimalistic. However, after a few sessions of trying Yoga, I discovered its power. The gentleness of it keeps me in my writing mind.

Now that I am a Yoga enthusiast, what is even more exciting is a new Yoga practice introduced on YouTube by Adrienne. She has made a special half-hour yoga practice for writers! This is fantastic. As an aspiring writer and publishing coach, we need to get up every few hours and do a little yoga to keep our bodies from clenching up into a ball in various places.

I love how Yoga can help my hands and wrists and neck and lower back extend, and unwind. If you spend more than 3 or 4 hours a day writing, be sure and give Adrienne’s Yoga for Writers a chance!

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

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Writing Hack #28 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

Part of good editing is to use fewer words. If you learn to self-edit, then you will actually be able to improve your writing as you go. However, this is only after you have made telling your story passionately the first priority. Polishing your writing has to come last.

Below is a list of common redundant words. Try to learn and eliminate these redundancies from your writing. Obviously, these are only a few. Discover your own and add to this list! Examine these words and realize the repetition!

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Have a Dream to Publish a Book— But Lack the Time or Know-How?

Look no further. This potent detailed DIY publishing guide grants you the time and know-how. Learn how to self-publish a book by doing it! Once you become a published author, friends, family, and peers see you in a whole new light! This unique system propels both aspiring and seasoned authors through digital publishing step-by-step. You won’t even need your completed manuscript to start!

Includes downloadable template Free ISBN number & POD account 10 steps to print on demand publishing Displays book parts in chronological order Publish your book blueprint proof in a week

Those who have completed Ms. Nelson’s Courses are raving fans. See Videos Reviews & Author Library. Hmmm … I am not quite ready—just send me the Free Self-Publishing Toolkit

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Writing Hack #27 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

Now that your writing is passionately flowing stories with excitement and action, let’s focus on how to polish your writing. Understand that the “art of writing” and the “craft of writing” are different mindsets. For best results do these different types of work in phases so that you are not demanding your mind to shift back and forth from the “art” to the “craft.” If you have not read Hack #10 Art and Craft of Writing you might want to review that tip now.

The writing industry offers many options to polish your writing. The three main ones include content editing, copy editing, and proofreading. I find that I can easily edit my own writing, but only if I wait a few weeks or months, after writing it. Content editors charge from $75-$100 an hour. However, this is a cost I do not want to incur. Therefore, I have learned how to edit, and consequently, also to self-edit. The key to effective self-editing is to edit with a fresh mind, and fresh eyes, which requires letting your writing sit for at least 3 weeks or longer.

I wrote a mini-course, 10 DIY Self-Editing Tips for a Smoothly Written Ride, which is phenomenal for saving hundreds and thousands of dollars in editing. As for copy editing, and proofreading, I suggest hiring a specialist from one of the freelance sites. These are very detailed types of work, and editing takes ongoing practice in order to develop the eye and mind to catch the details of the work.

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Have a Dream to Publish a Book— But Lack the Time or Know-How?

Look no further. This potent detailed DIY publishing guide grants you the time and know-how. Learn how to self-publish a book by doing it! Once you become a published author, friends, family, and peers see you in a whole new light! This unique system propels both aspiring and seasoned authors through digital publishing step-by-step. You won’t even need your completed manuscript to start!

Includes downloadable template Free ISBN number & POD account 10 steps to print on demand publishing Displays book parts in chronological order Publish your book blueprint proof in a week

Those who have completed Ms. Nelson’s Courses are raving fans. See Videos Reviews & Author Library. Hmmm … I am not quite ready—just send me the Free Self-Publishing Toolkit

FREE SELF-PUBLISHING TOOLKIT

Writing Hack #26 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

How do you make your words jump off the page? With a multitude of instant media forms competing for attention, writing must be succinct and action-oriented. Our writing must connect with the reader to provide instant information or entertainment. So how do we exactly put action in our writing?

First thing, write as much as you can primarily in the active voice. The second way to write the action is by writing as if the action is happening in the present.

Two easy ways to write in the active voice—limit passive verbs and limit the use of possessive. Passive verbs are those such as: is, was, were, do, did, doing. Search your document for “do,” “did,” “doing,” and other passive verbs to replace them with active verbs, you will bring your writing alive.

Replace the words “have,” or “had”—and in ninety percent of the cases, your writing will soar. Find more descriptive, active words to replace the word “had” or “have” and other possessive words.

Along those same lines, avoid using “it,” and “there is” or “there was” and “there are.” These are sleepers. What is even more boring, is starting several sentences with “it,” which most certainly can build a rhythm that rocks the reader to sleep!

Lastly, use present tense as much as you can, to keep the action in the present moment. This will help to engage the reader in the action!

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Writing Hack #25 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

A few new writers have experienced an amazing set up of circumstances and their life is ripe for an autobiography. Take the example of Helen Keller, Steve Jobs, John Adams (second US president), and other people who experienced high-level life stories. You do not need to be well-know, but if your life story is one that has overcome impossible odds and obstacles, then your life can be a book. If your life has been full of adventure, action, and drama, that could be great material for a novel–or a series of novels.

The challenge of this is that you probably need to have kept a journal during the times you faced these dramatic odds. If you try to remember everything five or ten years later, this will be quite difficult. In order to write an engaging, inspiring autobiography, it would be best to work from a journal, notes, or a diary. If you had written a blog during that time, that could be some great material from which to resurrect the story in a fairly accurate way.

However, if you love to write fiction, you can use your life experience for the basis of a novel. Many novels are based on a true story, but of course, the artistic license can be taken with events, times, places, and the leading characters in the book.

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Writing Hack #24 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

A certain number of writers have quite a life story to tell. However, you might not want to write just one book on your life story. Break it up into sections, and see if you could get a few books going. If your life has been super adventurous, consider writing a series.

You could embellish your various life stories to create a fictional series from the individual stories. Practice writing one chapter of your life to see how it reads. Take it a local writers group for feedback. If you don’t have a local writer’s group that you feel you can trust, set up a half-hour consultation with me. More on that below.

Always remember, your reader knows nothing. Your words must paint the backdrop, and fill in the details as well. Too many details are distracting and too sparse details will not keep the reader’s interest.

Here is a good trick when telling a long story. Drag an imaginary magnifying glass with you as you write. Magnify the details, and word pictures to create the present moment as you write. You want to place your reader into a fresh new moment as they read along. Keep it fresh with details but continue to paint the backdrop with broader word images, so that the details have context.

Your life stories are rich content for a multitude of articles, books, and short stories. Use this material to touch the reader with your wisdom and experiences.

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Writing Hack #23 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

If you are doing most of these writing hacks in order, chances are that you are going to be continuously inspired! I was so inspired I once wrote a book in three months. After it was published to Amazon Books, I made enough money to pay rent for the next 5 years just from the sales of that book. Inspiration can start from the simplest of places. More me, I get inspired by peaceful waves of the ocean. If you enjoy the outdoors or certain places spark your inspiration, go there! Find the scenario that helps you write today.

You can stay inspired if you truly love to write, and are practicing your writing skills, as well as finding opportunities to write. The more you do it, the easier and faster it will be to write articles, and books. As with any skill, practice makes perfect. Find your inspiration in the mundane or enhance your life with new experiences.

Join some of the online freelance companies for small to big jobs writing articles, and product descriptions, and various other projects.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Writing Hack #22 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Craving to Publish

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

You may have already started a blog and if you have, that is great! At this point graduating from a journal to your own blog would be a great step. I would not suggest doing it earlier because I am writing this to beginning writers, as well as intermediate and advanced authors. I do not want the beginning writer to be asked to write publically until they have had experience writing privately.

WordPress.com is an easy blog format. You can sign up for a free account, and follow the instructions to set up your blog. You might want to think of an attractive brand that relates to your primary writing subject.

To be sure you have some readers for your blog, you will need to post the link to your daily, or weekly blog onto your social media. The top social media platforms are Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Hundreds of other social media options exist, but these are the most popular at the time of writing this article.

Every blog needs to have attractive and interesting images. You can buy these for a couple of dollars on some of the photo sites online. If you are a good photographer you can use your own images to illustrate your blog. Pexels.com offers free images. Making a blog and writing regularly to your blog is a great first step towards becoming a working writer.

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Writing Hack #21 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

If you are determined to publish a book or to make writing your full time or part-time career, you will find it helpful to set writing goals.

As with any dream, visualization propels the dream to reality. Visualizing the dream helps think of the actions and strategies to bring your dream to reality. Goal setting is part of that visualization.

What kind of writer would you like to be? Do you want a job working for a publication? Or do you want to write books? Do you want to learn how to write technical support materials? Do you have your mindset on becoming a freelance writer from home for jobs on the Internet? How about writing instruction booklets for manufactured electronics and devices?

If you start to pinpoint the kind of writing you love to do, then you will be a step closer to having your dreams fulfilled. You may want to outline some extra training or courses that will get you even closer to the kind of writing you want to do.

I offer a book series called Change Your Story, which helps readers and clients to rewrite the script of their career or even of their lives. Change Your Story is a two-part curriculum series with a workbook that guides you through self-publishing a simple storybook that expresses your goals as a vision already come true. You may learn more at my online store at Dream to Publish.

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.

Writing Hack #20 of 33—Writing Hacks for Aspiring Authors Who Crave to Be to Published

By Deborah S. Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker

Writing is not the easiest career to enter. You may expect some twists and turns along the way. Some people graduate from college with a degree in English or something else and go to work for a magazine or newspaper low on the totem pole.

That was the old way. Today, the forms of writing have expanded at least 10-fold. However, you enter your writing career, keep the dream alive, as it may require many steps before you see your dream as a writer fulfilled.

Writing for the Internet is a new frontier. You can start a writing career with a blog, a webpage, social media, or work as a freelance writer for people who need content for the website. A multitude of opportunities is available. The Internet is the Publishing Medium of the 21st century and everyone needs content. Videos are becoming more popular, but even videos need scripts written.

So, keep on dreaming about being a writer and ask your dreams to grow, then write them in your journal so that you may see how far you have come. Keep visualizing what being a published author looks like to you. Including pictures, and a story to illuminate your dream to become a full-time author is a tremendous way to actually make it happy. See my book, Finding the Author Within and Published at Last!, to learn how to create your vision book which defines your path becoming an author.

Experience the exhilaration of BOOK COACHING during a trial session with Deborah S. Nelson. Click to schedule a complimentary 1/2 hour—available Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12p.m.-6p.m. EST.

Deborah S. Nelson is an aspiring writer who has written and published 22 books to Amazon.com in the past nine years. She has worked inside a publishing house and written at least 400 online and offline articles. She claims she is still an aspiring writer addicted to the thrill of publishing—both your thrill and hers. That thrill is what propelled her into publishing coaching—and keeps her hooked!

Be sure to check out Ms. Nelson’s do-it-yourself writing kits at the Flash Book Writing Kits and our DIY Self-Publishing Kits. Buy all the 33 Writing Hacks for Those Craving to Publish at the Dream to Publish Shop.