7 Writing Problems You Can Fix: Member Teleclass with Barbara McNichol

Barbara McNichol- Editorial Expert for the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE)How’s your manuscript? Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or have you been working on your book for many months? If you’re serious about the book you’re writing, you know that your rough draft will need more work when you’re finished.

To complement this month’s celebration of NaNoWriMo, we’ve invited NAIWE Editorial Expert Barbara McNichol to speak on 7 Writing Problems that Editors Constantly “Fix” to Make Your Book Sale-able. Barbara will discuss editing techniques—for both fiction and nonfiction writing—that will give you ways to immediately improve your prose. Even when you step up your productivity with the NaNoWriMo schedule, you can have an eye on quality as you go.

Barbara is a freelance editor who works with authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs to add power to their pen through the written word. She am author of Word Trippers: The Ultimate Source for Choosing the Perfect Word When It Really Matters - a reference guide for writers everywhere in searchable Kindle format. Word Trippers by Barbara McNichol

This members-only teleclass will be held on Thursday, 11/17/11 at 03:30 PM EST. **UPDATED DATE**

Members will find the call-in information in the Members-Only section of the NAIWE website. Just log in at the top of any page of the site and go to the Library. Click on “Expert Teleclasses,” and you’ll find the information you need.

Remember, our expert teleclasses are always free for membersNon-members will find additional information about the teleclasses on the Member Teleclass page.

You may visit Barbara at her member website, barbaramcnichol.naiwe.com, or at Barbara McNichol Editorial.

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Create a Rough Draft in 30 Days During NaNoWriMo

Join us on The Freelance Life as we talk with Sarah MackeyWrite a rough draft in 30 days during National Novel Writing Month in November from The Office of Letters and Light about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which is coming up in November.

You’ll learn about the origins of the event, writers whose NaNoWriMo books have been published, and how to use the month of November to create a complete 50,000+ word rough draft in just 30 days. Imagine what that can do for your productivity!

Here’s the recording:

Recorded Wednesday, 10/26/11 at 02:00 PM EDT at  The Freelance Life Online Radio Show.

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How to Use StoryBlue Software for Writers

StoryBlue software for novelistsWe interviewed Taylor Campbell, the software developer behind StoryBlue. StoryBlue is one of the simplest software programs available for novelists, and NAIWE members receive a $10 discount on it, so we thought you might like to hear the story behind it (it involves NaNoWriMo), and a little more about what makes it unique. The interview is just under 18 minutes– enjoy!

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