Write Now! 20 Simple Strategies for Successful Writing

by Greg Strandberg

Staring at a blank piece of paper or a flickering computer screen is no fun, and in fact can be quite daunting. The page is long, empty, and intimidating. How can you ever hope to fill it? The best way is to sit down and move your fingers over the keys, the faster the better. I'm not going to lie to you - that's about all there is to it. But if you want more, if you want some ideas, tips, tricks, strategies, and other winning combinations that could propel you to the next level then I urge you to buy this book. I wrote 1,243,780 words in 2013 and so far this year I've done 668,623 words. Last year I put out 21 books under my name and already this year I've put out 22 more. I transitioned out of a job I hate into one I love and I'm going to give you the same strategies I followed to do all that. That's why you should buy this book.

Genres: Writing

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 8, 2013

About the author

I was born and raised in Helena, Montana, and graduated from the University of Montana in 2008 with a BA in History.

When the American economy began to collapse I quickly moved to China, where I became a slave for the English language industry. After five years of that nonsense I returned to Montana.

I have 80+ books up on Amazon and iTunes and other retailers. Thanks for reading!

Reviews

[Richard Buro · Rating 5 out of 5]

The edited second version . . .

Write Now! 20 Simple Strategies for Successful Writing is the first book by Greg Strandberg that I have had the pleasure of reading. His style is very personal, with clearly reasoned arguments as needed for his points which are presented in clearly written text. Since he is writing about his work, the entire work is clearly first person as it should be, and this particular title focuses on how he believes you (the reader) can be a successful writer of your own work. This review will look at the overall content of the work, the credentials of Mr. Strandberg, an overview of his works, and my impression of this work and how it might provide help for aspiring authors.

Write Now! 20 Simple Strategies for Successful Writing looks at 20 strategies which Mr. Strandberg thinks are of primary importance, helping aspiring authors as they work upon their craft with success measured by the work that they sell to interested buyers. Finding them useful in his own work, Mr. Strandberg reviews each of his strategies as well as where you might find pitfalls or other issues that might challenge a novice writer. He tells the good and the bad he has found and why he feels that way. His writing is clear, concise, and consistently on-point with his topic. The writing is personal, just if he talks directly with you about his thoughts, opinions, and ways to work, in turn, with each strategy. Most readers who strive to be authors will find something useful about each strategy; at least that is how I felt in my reading of this informative work.

Mr. Strandberg comes to this work with 59 books to his credit. These works are a mix of fiction, history as related to both Montana, his home state, as well as China, a country where he worked as an ESL teacher. His fiction works can be located in the genres of science fiction and thrillers. His nonfiction works look at history, teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), and writing with a clear focus on writing strategies for all writers, as well as helpful how-to works on getting e-book cover designs, self-publishing, strategies for marketing your work, and ideas on how to become a better writer. With almost 60 works to his credit, all published within the past three years or so, his writing may seem to be almost too prolific. In actuality he has been working on several of these works for some time, but his focus on getting things published has actually taken off in the span of the last three years when most electronic publishing has become available with the simultaneous influx of various reading devices for use with electronic books of various formats. His writing tips and suggestions do focus clearly on the electronic book markets, with particular emphasis on both Google and Amazon.

Write Now! 20 Simple Strategies for Successful Writing looks at the top ideas that have helped Mr. Strandberg with his own writing. He writes as if you and he are talking about these topics, nicely simulating a conversation between you and him, writing at his keyboard on copy as he thinks of this conversation and its progress. His ideas are cogent, on-point, and clearly based on a lot of personal experience about which he is at times quite passionate. He is always informative and clearly has the reader's interest as his focal point. He wants you to know what he has learned, both good and bad, and how he was able to work around things, if necessary, and what things to know about (and perhaps avoid) in your own quest to become a writer and self-publisher.

Write Now! 20 Simple Strategies for Successful Writing is a good book about writing strategies. I think it has more appeal to a young adult audience, although his use of vocabulary and writing style can be engaged at just about any level where the reader has sufficient background knowledge of English mechanics and usage as well as a fund of knowledge that allows the reader to work toward becoming a writer of print material. His ideas are based on his experience which is broad and his interests which are also varied. He does not pull any punches on things that are potential barriers to your efforts as a writer. He does provide helpful suggestions throughout so that you can profit from his experience hopefully avoiding obvious pitfalls which may not be so obvious to the initiate.

I highly recommend this book to any reader who can understand the concepts and vocabulary. There is very little in the way of adult content. Young adults and older will probably have the most success with understanding and profiting from this work. I highly recommend it, as I have learned a great deal to help with my own efforts at writing. If you want to write as a career, this book, while short, is clearly a must read. You will find it most helpful, so much so, that I am happy to provide it a five-star rating. It clearly deserves it!


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