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    So You Want To Write?
    So You Want To Write?
    So You Want To Write?
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    So You Want To Write?

    By R Frederick Riddle

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    So You Want To Write? is written for the author, both new and current, who needs basic and advanced training in writing. Aside from the writing course, the book also covers publishing and marketing.

    The book answers the following question:
    Am I a businessperson?
    If so, how do I set myself up?
    How do I publish?

    This book explores the idea of you being your own independent author/publisher/marketer. Written in an easy to read style, the book enables the reader to get a basic understanding of being a businessperson and the how to do it. With chapters on motivation, work place, setting up your business, grammar, writing scenes, building characters, and much more the book gives the reader a broad education that will pay dividends.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR Frederick Riddle
    Release dateFeb 5, 2016
    ISBN9781311765772
    So You Want To Write?
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    R Frederick Riddle

    R. Frederick Riddle, Christian fiction author, seemed destined to write from an early age. But while now he has authored several Christian fiction books, it wasn't until he was 60 years old that he actually started writing.* 1943 Born in Port Huron, MI to Dale and Lucille Riddle* 1964 Joined U.S. Navy - Became a Radioman and served aboard the USS St. Paul and the USS Oklahoma. During his service he was stationed off South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.* 1968 Hired into Bell Telephone. Working first with Western Electric, he was later laid off and rehired into Michigan Bell, which became a part of Ameritech.* 1970 Started attending First Baptist Church of Pontiac under Pastor Robert Shelton.* 1973 Received Christ as Savior. At the time he was working for Western Electric and was on assignment to Kalamazoo, MI where an old telephone building was having its equipment removed as part of an upgrade. During his time there he had time to reflect on the preaching of God's Word he'd been hearing at First Baptist. On May 9th, he knelt beside his motel room's bed and asked Jesus into his heart. It was a life changing decision, both in this life and in eternity.* 1981 Left First Baptist and began attending Shalom Baptist Church under Pastor Dr. Harry E. Carr.* 1981 Met Teresa Wheeler at Birmingham Bible Institute and met her again when he began attending Shalom. On September 19th they got married.* 1993 Retired from Ameritech after 25 years.* 1993 Hired as Financial Secretary at a church. He was already serving in voluntary position as Sunday School Secretary.* 2003 Wrote Refuge:Genesis Chronicles, a novel based on the last 100 years leading up to the Flood.* 2007 Wrote Adam's Chronicles, a novel based on Creation and the years leading up to birth of Cain.* 2010 Wrote Perished: The World That Was, the beginning of the series The World That Was. Perished combined much of Refuge and Adam's Chronicles plus added much more material. The novel covers the 1656 years from Creation to the Flood.* 2013 Wrote and published Dead Eye Will, a novel based in the early 1800s. It covers the period from 1812 - 1836, which includes the War of 1812 and the years following. This novel marks the beginning of Mr. Riddle's venture as a publisher of eBooks. Dead Eye Will is also the beginning of a new series, An American Hero.* 2014 Working on third novel of The World That Was series.* 2014 Co-Founded with Tess Riddle T&R Independent Books*2015/16 Published So You Want To Write* 2016 Launched TR Authors Academy* 2016 Published Did You Know About Bible History?* 2017 Republished World of Shem (formerly Rise of Shem)* 2019 Established TR Writing Services, enabling pastors, evangelists, missionaries to publish* 2021 Has now completed World That Was series, including World of Abraham, World of Jacob, and World of Joseph* 2021 Began new series: The Facts About, which examines secular subjects. The first book is The Facts About the Insurrection* 2021 Began another new series: What's True About, which examines Christian beliefs and practices. The first book is What's True About Christmas.* 2022 Established new and improved website at https://www.trbookservices.com* 2022 Joined Christian Authors Community* 2022 Writing What's True About Easter* 2022 Writing a new novel about Moses which will become a series.

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      So You Want To Write? - R Frederick Riddle

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      From the Author

      Why Do You Want to be a Writer?

      What about Genre?

      Work Place

      Your Audience

      Plotting Your Story

      Know Your Character

      Location of Story

      Resources

      Page Setup

      Starting Scenes

      Middle Scenes

      Ending Scenes

      Watch Your Grammar

      Knowing Your Viewpoint (1st, 3rd)

      Multiple Person Viewpoint

      Scheduling

      First Draft

      Second Draft

      PC Editing

      Do I Need An Agent?

      Choosing An Agent

      Seeking A Publisher

      Handling Rejection

      Self-Publishing

      Traditional Publishing

      You, The Publisher

      Marketer-in-Chief

      Standard Marketing - (Traditional)

      Social Marketing

      Indie Marketing

      Marketing Aids

      Miscellaneous

      About the Owners

      Other Books

      From the Author

      This eBook has been written with you the author in mind. You may have come across some of the ideas expressed here in other venues. However, in putting this book together I have tried to impart specific guidelines plus Tips, Examples, and Applications.

      The structure will appear as follows:

      Principle

      The underlying principle being taught.

      Tips

      Author’s tip(s) related to subject.

      Example

      An example of principle in action.

      Application

      Applying the principle to overall strategy.

      Instead of an in-depth manual, this book is a series of brief articles covering some of the most important aspects of being an author. The Author’s Basic Writing Template is based on this book and is a useful tool in itself.

      You may have received the Author’s Basic Writing Guide when you got this book. The guide is geared to this book and is designed to give you the fingertip experience. In other words, many ideas and tips from the book are included in the guide. Use it either as an aid in using the book or as a stand-a-lone guide.

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      Why Do You Want to be a Writer?

      Why?

      That is a key question in life. And that is just as true for today’s writer as any other life activity. Which brings us to our first principle.

      Principle

      Discover WHY you want to write.

      Sounds simple, but knowing why you want to write is virtually as important as knowing how to write. It requires soul searching.

      The Why may change over time and therefore you should always keep track of it. Not only the change itself but the reason for the change.

      Tips

      1. Ask yourself why you want to write? What are your motives, and expectations.

      2. Take your time. Better yet, take a sheet of paper and start writing down reasons for writing. Don’t reject anything at this time. Lay it aside for a day, then review it, crossing off those that don’t really measure up. Keep doing it until you have your primary motive.

      3. Motivation is the backbone of your writing. When you hit the wall or get discouraged or encounter difficulty, you will return to your motive.

      4. Christian authors should have another motive: The Call of God! If He called you to write, then that is a supreme motive.

      Example

      What excites your literary inner you?

      When I ask myself those questions I come up with several answers:

      o It’s God’s plan for me.

      o The simple joy of writing.

      o The satisfaction of seeing my story in print.

      o The desire to convey an idea or thought to others.

      o The chance to make money.

      o Fame.

      Application

      Any person wanting to accomplish anything needs a plan. Even God had a plan when He created the world. Authors also need a plan.

      One of the things that I have learned over the course of my writing career is to have a flexible plan. A plan that can be adjusted to reflect new knowledge and/or ideas.

      That plan begins with knowing why you want to write. That is why I made a list. I put God first in the list because He planned for me to write before I was ever born. All other items flowed from that fact.

      But success as a writer requires a plan, which you will see unfold in this book.

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      What About Genre?

      First, we need to explain Genre. It is defined in Wikipedia as: A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. The distinctions between genres and categories are flexible and loosely defined, often with subgroups.

      Principle

      There are many Genre subgroups. So you, the author, must decide where your writing fits.

      Discovering your genre will be a valuable aid not only in marketing, but in the writing and publishing of your book.

      Don’t brush this aside. When I first began writing I didn’t even know what genre was, let alone which one I was under. At best I knew that I was writing fiction.

      As time went on

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