Are you a dreamer? And you want to make your dreams come true? You desire to be the most successful author? This won’t be a piece of cake because writing means touching the people, changing others’ lives and convey your thoughts and deliver it to readers and get their full attention of your words.
Writing is a great skill but it requires a constant fight for shaping ideas, creating interesting worlds and find the best way to capture emotions.
Do you want to win this fight? So your weapon is Knowledge, use this weapon to write in a creative way.
Now we will discuss the basic steps of how to be a successful and a creative author.
1. Let the Idea chip in
When an idea comes to your mind, accept it.
2. Giving Yourself Permission
The time when you decide that idea will bear fruit.
3. A strong Intention
Set the goals particularly to delight your audience
4. Finding the best resources
Gather all the material, the tools that you require to finish your job.
5. Commitment
You have to make the commitment with the idea.
6. Insistence
Keep going besides the difficulties.
7. Communicate
Communicate with other authors friendly. You may find the support from them.
8. Engagement
Allow yourself to enjoy the experience of engagement with your audience
9. Perspective
Assess and analyze your work, take the feedback from others
If you practice something for 21 days it will become a habit. And if your writing skills become a habit you will write with passion and power. To produce the best results, you need to transfer your emotions and thoughts into a written work which your audience is attracted to and get encouraged to read it till the last line.
The steps required to be followed in order to write a book in 90 days:
1. Full commitment to finish the book:
As George R.R. Martin said “Ideas are useless, execution is everything”, so you have to be committed to your ideas into a book.
2. Plan specifically:
– Plan for the time that you assign to write daily with no excuses and how many pages for your book.
– Define the word count.
– Determine the Genre.
– Make the writing smooth.
– You can get more details from the similar books.
– If you will write a story or a novel focus on compelling and plotting.
– Choose your characters, data, and information. 3. Write your drafts on a daily basis with sheer consistency
4. Gather a team
You need a team to work with you on design, illustration, proofreading and second writer that will help you if you got stuck.
5. Publishing and marketing process
After finishing the proofreading and finalizing the book and getting the feedback from your trusted first readers, you should think of choosing the best publishing model and a house. By this way you can write book in 90 days.
The Fastest Growing Publishers:
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Writing a book is a creative project which you have to finish it phase by phase and the most important phase is that that how your book is going to attract the readers, and finish it in a specific time period.
You may feel lost and unprepared in the midst of your first book. But after you make a commitment with yourself. your dream come true and finish the book in a time less than 90 days. There are many success stories in which authors finished their books in 90 days and gone on to hit new heights of success. So, are you willing to take on the challenge to write book in 90 days?
It comes as no surprise that children love summer holidays! Being free of restraints of going to school every day and being able to relax is a valuable part of growing up. The regular reading that is a part of many children’s school day suddenly comes to an end as there are far more interesting things to do during summer vacation than read a book.
After a long vacation, the ability of reading may be affected due to the lack of book reading and getting information from their teachers, therefore it’s necessary to encourage our children to read during their holidays. The following tips may become handy to inspire your kids to read books in this time:
Make it Interesting to Read Books
Read together in a funny way, act the story by funny voices and expressions to your children, read for them humorous books to engage their minds. Try to make the reading session for 10 minutes and increase their passion to come back tomorrow.
Plan Visits to Libraries and Bookstores
Plan a visit to bookstores and libraries. Make it a part of the family’s routine as these trips easily increase the children’s passion for reading. Teach them how to borrow books and what are the offers that they can get it from the bookstores and libraries.
Let Them Choose Books
The most important thing in the reading process is the book choice. Let them have it which in turn will not let them lose interest. Try to let them access a book in their reading level that will prepare them to be strong readers in future.
Make a Book Reading Atmosphere at Home
During the family reading routine, prepare for a special atmosphere e.g. lamps, special books light this will add the value to reading time.
Give Them Books as Gifts
Present them books that they want to read as gifts. Encourage your child to lend and swap their books with their family and friends. This would inspire them to gain an interest in books.
Read with Them
Reading together will inspire kids to read. It’s a great idea to give them the option of how they would like to read. Provide the opportunity for children to choose whether they would like to read aloud or silently. Check if they would like to try paired reading or if they feel like they need extra support with the book.
The most supportive strategies to inspire a kid to read is reading together and give them the option to read silently or aloud. Also, you can offer them a paired reading if they like it.
When your children cannot know the meaning of a word or a sentence, remember to:
Wait: Give them the option to figure out the word and let them have time to guess
Ask: Discuss with them about the meaning and ask them is it making sense to them
Working with your child to maintain good reading habits during their school break allows you to not only establish your kids as active readers but will give them the best possible start for when they return to school.
We are all aware of the importance of English language and can’t emphasize more on its prominence. Being a global language, it is one of the most read, written and spoken language in the world. English literature has always produced renowned writers and writing is no less than an art.
Let’s discuss some major points that will enable you to better in English Writing and get a hold of this art.
Read, read and read:
This is one of the simplest and the go to step for those who want to excel in English writing. The formula is simple, you need to read, read and read, if you want to become a good writer. Consume as much language as you can, for it is going to serve as the basis of your writing skills.
Read whatever you like, pick up a book, magazine, newspaper or anything of your choice or select any blog posts. Read anything, but make sure that you read a lot.
Write a lot:
You must be aware of the phrase ‘practice makes perfect’, it stands perfectly true for writing. Writing is a skill and it can be perfected like any other skill. Write daily and make it a habit of yours and set goals for yourself to improve every day.
Just enjoy your writing and write about different things, change genres periodically. Initially you won’t be able to come up with lengthy articles and essays but keep on going even if you are writing a few lines. A title and a small paragraph would do it, but never stop writing.
Don’t hustle into things, be patient. Improvement will come with every passing day. Get your juices flowing, think, come up, innovate and throw your thoughts on the paper without thinking about the quality. Just keep going.
Don’t bother learning grammar or vocabulary:
If you aren’t a grammar expert, it can be a blessing in disguise, after all you are still learning. Although, some people may not agree with this idea. When in process, don’t bother about the perfect, error free grammar or trying to use the most polished words as it can hamper your flow and thought process.
What you need to do is to read your favourite blogs, books, eBooks or whatever and note down the phrases and words that attract you. Search for their meaning and pay attention to how they are used in the sentence.
When you start practicing writing, try to use the exact phrase appropriately, doing this a few times will mean that you’ve understood its meaning and know how to use it. After sometime you can write it naturally without even thinking about it.
Just go however you want:
In the initial phases of learning how to write, you don’t have to follow a certain template. Just go however you want and express your thoughts wildly. After sometime, start using some basic writing templates when you start writing something new.
For instance this article, is a list template, which enlists all the important points under headings etc.
Consult friends and family:
Sometimes it becomes hard to judge one’s own writing, that’s where friends and family can help. Everyone has a person in his family or friends list who’s English writing is better than them. Ask them to have a look at your piece of writing and give feedback.
Outer eye perspective is great for your writings and will let you know about your weaknesses and strengths.
Keep in touch with bloggers and writers:
Whatever you are writing, it’s quite likely that someone else is also doing the same. Get in touch with them through emails or social media. Be friends with them and ask for their feedback, tips and tricks to do better.
Most bloggers are kind enough to lend a helping hand and do it quite happily.
Educate yourself:
Apart from all the points discussed above, you need to learn from successful writers who lead the market. Subscribe to their blogs, read their books and grasp the ideas of how they engage the reader. Find out how they put creativity into their work, how they maintain the flow and lots more.
Bonus tip:
One tip that you will really find interesting and which readily improves English is watching movies, listening to English news, watching sports and listening to its commentary. Entertainment and education at the same time. Isn’t it great? You can grasp English language while having some quality time with family and friends.
Try it, it really works.
Conclusion:
If you aren’t a native English writer and reading this article then you know that it isn’t difficult to write well in English. But success doesn’t come over night and you have to wait and be patient until you reach that point where you want to be.
Be committed and give your best, don’t shy away from the challenges and slowly and gradually you will be there, where you want to be, now.
Author of ‘Ramadan Express’ and ‘The Land of White’
When did you first discover that you loved to cook?
I graduated from a specialist school go hotel and catering management and achieved an honorary Ba in June 2000. My father and I established Alicia Resturant in London where we had to cook everything by ourselves and from scratch by our own recipes. As a Lebanese I had to mix and match my presented cuisine with contemporary trends and flavours.
Who/ What influences your cooking?
I love authentic Lebanese recipes. Moreover, any other cuisines that are rich with history and national culinary heritage are of great matter to my senses and of course my exquisite palette.
If you have a dinner party or friends over, what would you cook for them?
What a great question. In fact two families are coming to spend this Sunday with us and food is always a top priority. We’ll be baking Manaeesh a traditional Lebanese flat bread topped with either cheese or Zaatar (thyme,summac and sesame mix). Chargrilled rib eye steaks with chips and salad and some chicken kebabs too with garlic and chili sauce. Dinner course will be steak and cheese wreath, faroush and sujuk with tomatoes ( Armenian sausages) and fresh kibbe.
Are there any family favourites that your family ask you to cook?
My family enjoy food especially my signature dishes. Ali my husband loves cheese and steak wreath. My son adores my banana and walnut cake, he also loves my grilled chicken. Lameece who is my princess loves all cooking and she keeps judging me as if am one of reality cooking competitions. Her favorites are my chocolate cake.
What inspired you to write cookery books and share your cooking experiences?
although I am happily married to my husband; my confession is that I have an affair.. Yes a romantic affair with ingredients, flavours, culinary heritage. Food represents culture, traditions and it is a ref election of one’s identity. Good home made food is towards extinction and if we don’t try and keep our food legacy there will be so much lost throughout the disastrous things happening in the world. War is a terrible thing and if we imagine what would happen to a country’s culture, traditions, heritage, folklore if any of its monuments and locals are destroyed, wiped out or even forced to flea it due to violence. I want to celebrate Lebanese food every where I go so the new generations can hold it closer to their hearts and not distance it as its ancestors’ history.
Have you enjoyed the overall experience of writing you recipes into a cookery book?
there is nothing more magical than sitting in your kitchen and opening your very own recipes cookery book to carry on with your daily baking and other meals.
What did your family say when you wanted to share your recipes? Have they been supportive in your decision?
My parents have been always aware of my dream. In fact whenever I go to the Antique shops with my dad I used to chose the nicest arm chairs, I used to tell him one day I will sit on these chairs and be interviewed for being an achiever and famous. My dad always nodded his head but he reminded me of the words when The Land of White received the worlds Gourmand Award of Best in the Uk and nominated for Best in the World. My husband Ali is the most forever patient husband to let me through this wonderful experience, his patience throughout filming Ramadan Express for both Associate a Press andDiscovery Channel is impeccable.
On my way to Yantai to the Gourmand Awards Ceremony my son told me: Mum go and pursue your dream, celebrate your success we are proud of you. That was the first time in my life to leave them and travel..
Has the success from your previous books motivated you to write more books?
Hail YES.. I have a vision of cooking and sharing my good moments of cookery with people from all over the world. I want people to experience food and use all their senses. Food brings us all together and there is so much evil going on in the world that is driving people and good moments from each other. We have to unite and be together at one table, imagine all those politician and world leaders sitting in the parliaments and offices trying to sort out complicated world issues. On the contrary, imagine those same leaders coming together with food from their origins I bet the facial expressions and the whole ambience will change.
Writing and celebrating food unifies people from many backgrounds together and it indeed a message of love, blessing and of continued giving.
