Tips and hacks for writing faster or more productively
1- discover your writing time sweet spot, 15 to 30 minute writing sprints with a 5 to 10 minute break allows for greater production
2- research, how much is necessary? Knowing your subject is important but we can get lost in the research. Start writing your story and keep track of things you need to research.
3- character analysis prep, I fill out the basics before I start, description and some important details but the rest I learn as I write the first draft.
4- I'm not a plotter but I do plan, I love sticky notes. I use different colors for characters, setting and plot points. I can add or delete them, move them around or even change them.
5- Before you stop writing each day, write a question to help you get started on the next day.

Have fun and always ask yourself "what if." Happy writing.

1) Generously sprinkle your story with passion, knowledge, and detail. Write it as though no one has read the topic before.
2) If you've not laid your soul naked on the page, keep editing.
3) Write what you know fearlessly and what you don't know with curiosity and a yearning to know more.
4) Never cut corners when it comes to hiring a professional, book editor.
5) If you're writing about a particular topic that has protocol, slang, or certain procedures, ask if you can shadow a pro to learn more. If you're not true to the reader's profession (law enforcement, for example) they'll recognize the errors and, as a reader, never be back.
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1. Write while the thoughts and words are coming.
2. Tell people about your book.
3. Send your manuscript to as many publishers as possible.
4. Keep reading while you're writing. Read all kinds of things, not just your genre!
5. Work on your social media profile the whole time.

Let go of self-defeating language.
1. It's not "writer's block." It's the restorative pause, the time needed to refill the creative well, the release from arbitrary production "shoulds," the sensory replenisher. Trust the process.
2. It's not "rejection." It's the blessing of having avoided placing your work with the wrong entity.
3. You're not an "aspiring" writer. If you write, you're a writer. Period. Own it! (People who run every day but never race are still called runners.)
4. You don't have to have a "current project." You can just write. Anything. Trust the process.
5. There's nothing magic about 1,000 words a day or any other arbitrary number. Two perfect sentences can be a whole day's work (and worth every minute!) while 2,000 words can be boring shredder fodder. Just write. Trust the process.

(Did I mention, trust the process?)

1. Write clean.
2. Follow the rules...grammar, syntax, tense, inflection, diction.
3. Break the rules or tropes customary and commonplace to your specific genre.
4. Find the balance between writing/marketing and your personal life.
5. Never follow any authors' tips on writing unless you've read their work and it doesn't make your eyebrow quirk.

1. Don't try so hard. You have no rules! Have fun! You will want the memory of that journey later on!
2. Fall in love with & have a relationship with your characters. You get to make them exactly how you imagine them!
3. There is a beauty is making a book from just your imagination. Remember you are a creator!
4. Have a purpose, not just goals. Can your book be both entertaining AND impactful?
5. Designate time every day to it. Today could be 5 minutes, tomorrow may be 5 hours.

Don't worry about good English, spelling and etc. in the middle of writing. Get the story down, then make it look pretty!

If you want to write a book, which the critics would love, you have to keep five things in order to reap that most cherished love:
1- The plot summary: You need to write it as if your life depends on it, your whole book will be built on it, so give it the time it needs to be done perfectly.
2- A powerful intro: As a chronic reader, I would read or quit reading a book based on the first three chapters, if these were not powerful enough to drag me by the scruff of the neck to read on, I quit on the book. It is your hook to pull the reader on once they started the book.
3- Action: Whatever the genre you are writing in, if there is not enough action going on, the reader and the critic would hate your book, so keep them coming. Any conflict is good, inner or external.
4- Pace: Now that you planned your plot, your intro, and the needed action scenes, you have to keep them at a good pace. Too fast and the reader will feel that they were cheated, too slow and they will get bored. You need to be picking momentum as the book reaches the second act, then going fast from there and on.
5- Polish: You finished writing your book, now it is time to read it, and excise, add as necessary the bits that are too crude or too slow, then read it again. You need at least two drafts before reaching an editable version.

Keep a calendar, pre-book launch and afterward, of every place your book will appear online
If considering hiring a publicist, interview a few and come to the interview prepared with what you're looking for.
With book tours online and social media, know the number of followers
Support other authors, review their books, and engage with the book community, don't just promote your book.
Get out and meet your readers in person because readers are not only intelligent, they're fun

Your own writing space where you will be uninterrupted
A notepad and pen on your desk to jot down ideas as they come
Always write down ideas when they come to you or they will disappear
When you have a work-in-progress, visit it every day
Read voraciously

1. Write with your filter off. Don't stifle your imagination to fit into anyone's box.
2. Be brave. Don't change your storyline because you fear other's judgement. It will happen anyway. Be authentically you.
3. If you don't know how to do something, ask other authors. Most of us will help if we have the time.
4. Do not panic over a bad review. Check out this person's account. If their reviews are more than 80% bad and they have thousands of reviews, they are just a Troll. Ignore them, believe it or not, it's helpful to have a few bad ones. Suck it up and remain silent. Never comment back. Say this with me, "We do not engage with Trolls."
5. Always write in justified paragraph format and set the advanced settings to do not add space after shift. That isn't the exact wording. I'll look it up and clarify this if you need me too. If you have to respace line by line, it's going to be mind-blowingly tedious.

1. Be fearlessly yourself on social media. If you have a dark sense of humour, roll the dice. You won't regret it.
2. Other Authors are your friends, you are not in competition with anyone but yourself.
3. Follow people with large followings and engage in conversation.
4. To avoid conflict, stay away from these subjects, politics, religion and sex. A media expert told me this over a decade ago.
5. Set aside time each day for book promotion on social media. Update as much as you can every day and always follow readers back. (real accounts only) Who are we to pick and chose?

1. Begin early. You do not have until your book is finished.

2. Know your audience.

3. Research books similar to yours.

4. Get advice from successful authors.

5. Keep current on changes in publishing.

1. Write every day, even if it's a sentence, a plot idea, or hundreds of words, it does not make a difference, as long as you keep at it.
2. Keep reading; your favorite genre and something out of your comfort zone.
3. Never stop learning how to master your craft, listen to webinars and do those courses, there are so many authors offering that for free or at a low cost
4. Write what you want to write, yeah, write to market, DO THAT, but write what moves you, what made you start this journey in the first place.
5. Don't belittle your success, the fact that you wrote a book, is HUGE!

1. Starting your day with prayer and meditation will clear your mind and prepare you for writing.
2. Find a place that you can write without any interruptions.
3. Walking helps your writing flow.
4. Write daily.
5. Do not give up continue to write even when you do not feel like it.