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How To Write A Book In Google Docs

February 23, 2024December 2, 2023 by Sarah Lentz

If you’ve used Google Docs for school or writing blog posts, you know it’s versatile, intuitive, and free to use.

So, while it may not be the first word-processing tool you think of for writing books, there are plenty of reasons why it should be one of your top three.

After looking through this post, it might even become your number-one option.

This guide will get you from a blank page (or blog post) to a finished book, with simple step-by-step instructions and screenshots that show you exactly what to do.

87 Self-Reflective Prompts To Help You Write About Yourself

January 12, 2024December 2, 2023 by Barrie Davenport

Having trouble deciding what to write about yourself?

Whether you’re writing for your journal, your memoir, or a class assignment, you have plenty of topics about yourself to choose from.

You’re more interesting than you might think.

So are the people you live with, work with, and meet — if only for a moment.

Once you look through the prompts listed below, the real challenge will be choosing which one to write about first.

The Best List Of 101 Hobbies For Your Book Characters

February 22, 2024December 2, 2023 by Barrie Davenport

When was the last time you were reading a novel and learned about a hobby you shared with one of your favorite characters?

Just like that, you feel more connected to them.

And honestly when are you not curious about character interests?

They seem more human when they have hobbies.

But when you’re writing a story of your own, how do you know which hobbies to give your characters?

That’s what the character hobbies list below will help with.

And the better you know each of your characters, the more likely the right hobbies will stand out for you.

7 Key Elements Of Suspense Story Writing

January 15, 2024December 2, 2023 by Barrie Davenport

You have an excellent idea for a suspense novel.

But getting that story onto the page and keeping your readers at the edge of their seats is more challenging than you thought.

It’s plenty suspenseful in your head. But when you write it out, something is missing.

Welcome to Authority Pub’s guide on how to write suspense — with everything you need to know about creating suspense for your readers and nothing you don’t.

You’ll be back to writing that future best seller in no time.

23 Things to Write About For Your Next Nonfiction Book

January 16, 2024December 2, 2023 by Barrie Davenport

man thinking at computer things to write about

You’re sitting at your computer (or with a pen and paper) making a list of things to write about for your next nonfiction book — which will be even better than the last one.

No pressure finding a topic.

But you’re still stuck on book idea number one.

And your renegade brain is still working on that last conversation you had and what you should have said.

Or maybe you’re thinking, “Just ten good ideas — any ideas — and I’ll pour myself a glass of something nice and watch another episode of Superstore.”

But the writing idea machine is jammed again. And you’re still wondering what topics to write about.

So Where Does The Comma Go? Before Or After So?

January 12, 2024December 2, 2023 by Barrie Davenport

It’s not the first time you felt stymied as a writer.

It happens. You’re looking at a sentence you wrote and thinking, “Do you put a comma before so?”

Is so a coordinating conjunction? Is it a subordinating conjunction? Is it an adverb?

The short answer is, “Sure. It can be any of those things.” But until you see when and how, knowing that doesn’t help much.

Once you know the rules described in this post, though, say goodbye to confusion.

You won’t miss it.

101 Imaginative And Fun Author Interview Questions

January 17, 2024December 1, 2023 by Barrie Davenport

You’re ready to interview an author for your blog.

Or maybe you’ve started a podcast and are wondering how to interview an author for it?

We’re here to help — both with preparing for the interview and with making your list of author interview questions.

As authors with an insatiable appetite for authentic stories, we created this post to answer the question, “What are good questions to ask an author about a book?”

There are loads of questions you could ask.

But these will make the interview more enjoyable for you and your guests.

For authors, these questions can help prepare you for interviews and know what to expect when you’re called on to talk about your work.