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I've been an avid romance reader, writer, and an editor. I also am a writing coach and an independent editor, expanding my experience beyond content, copy, and romance editing to other genres. I maintain an eclectic taste in reading, which is what keeps me from focusing on one genre when I write. After being invited to do a presentation about "writing short" for a conference, several notions came to mind. Before I retired from the corporate world to write fiction and edit, I used to write ads, newsletters, catalogs, educational material, and presentations for a marketing company. I clearly understand the reason why writing short needs to provide maximum impact whether writing ad campaigns or taglines or book blurbs. Every word counts. A few ideas, some painful analysis, and a great deal of research later, I hope to help other authors understand the idea of condensing a concept without losing the essence of the writing. Keep the flavor and the spice even when you choose to reduce the size of the recipe. The one exceptional thing I identified while preparing the presentation was how to take theme and compress the ideas to efficiently write something short yet interesting. The following are suggestions, so as writers, we can… Condense the essence and leave the reader satisfied. The magic word is…suggestion.
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Maximum Impact - Maureen F. Sevilla
COPYRIGHT
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Credit has been acknowledged when references or recommendations were made to works by other artists or authors.
MAXIMUM IMPACT Writing Short
Copyright © 2016 Maureen F. Sevilla
Cover and Foreword by Eliza March
Edited By Donna Confer
All rights reserved.
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Published in the USA by Eliza March
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to all authors who share their time and expertise with countless aspiring writers. The real answers to the questions about how to get published, how to write romance, and how to promote a book have always come to me from fellow authors. The research I did on my own over the years would have meant nothing without the generous support of my colleagues. Classes and workshops and explanations, critiques and beta reading from fellow authors who have always been there for each other has meant everything to me.
Thank you.
FOREWORD
For many years, I’ve been an avid romance reader, writer, and an editor. More recently, I’ve also been working as a writing coach and an independent editor, expanding my experience beyond content, copy, and romance editing to other genres. I maintain an eclectic taste in reading, which is what keeps me from focusing on one genre when I write.
After being invited to do a presentation about writing short
for a conference, several notions came to mind. Before I retired from the corporate world to write fiction and edit, I used to write ads, newsletters, catalogues, educational material, and presentations for a marketing company. I clearly understand the reason why writing short needs to provide maximum impact whether writing ad campaigns or taglines or book blurbs. Every word counts.
A few ideas, some painful analysis, and a great deal of research later, I hope to help other authors understand the idea of condensing a concept without losing the essence of the writing. Keep the flavor and the spice even when you choose to reduce the size of the recipe.
The one exceptional thing I identified while preparing the presentation was how to take theme and compress the ideas to efficiently write something short yet interesting. The following are suggestions, so as writers, we can... Condense the essence and leave the reader satisfied.
The magic word is...suggestion. I suggest you try this to either increase or decrease your word count.
Editor, Maureen F. Sevilla
1 CHAPTER - DEFINE SHORT
We write for a variety of purposes, and some of those purposes we don't even think about. We don't count much of it as writing—yet we need a certain structure and talent to do it well. Short writing includes magazine articles, newspaper articles, obituaries, engagement or marriage announcements, classified ads, advertising in general. For our purpose in this guide, we will concentrate on fiction writing and what tools a writer uses while writing fiction in general and how to