Writing 101: How to Write for Yourself & Share with the World

By Theresa Jacobs

Writing 101: Inspiration for beginners.
Move past your fears, get writing and self-publish with tips such as:

•Where to begin
•Creating your own covers
•Avoiding scammers
•Self-Publishing
•Links to free help

Also get free advice and tales from four unique authors.
Theresa Jacobs - Speculative fiction writer, producing 6 books in two years.
Lucy Lombos - biographer, children’s writer, poet, and educator.
Karina Bartow - traditionally published romance author, warrior.
David Kummer - Prolific horror/fantasy writer, high school student.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Theresa Jacobs
• Release date: Sep 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463037263

Theresa Jacobs

Theresa Jacobs believes in magic, fairies, dragons, and ghosts. Yet she trusts science and thinks that aliens know way too much. When she is not at work she spends her time, reading, writing, exercising her dog, and binge-watching TV shows, with her longtime partner and fiancé.She is also a big movie buff and a sci-fi nerd at heart.

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Writing 101

How to write for yourself and share with the world.

Theresa Jacobs © 2018

Featuring with permission:

Lucy Lombos, Karina Bartow, David Kummer.

All rights reserved.

With special thanks to my dearest friend, and new editor, Jacqueline Leahey.

Table of contents

Introduction

(Theresa Jacobs a 45-yr. old beginner)

Practice

Ideas

Scammers

Covers and editing

How to self-publish and market

Additional author’s input:

Lucy Lombos

(A Filipino writer who’s come to Canada)

Karina Bartow

(A writer with a different ability)

David Kummer

(A writer under 20)

Bonus Free story & judged results

Links, links and more links.

INTRODUCTION

(Theresa Jacobs a 45-yr. old beginner)

My Name is Theresa Jacobs and I am a writer. I wrote my first novel, Cataclysm, in 1994, but it wasn’t until I began self-publishing in December of 2015 that I started writing actively.  I have not yet tried the traditional route; it is a slow process and I have little patience. (Perhaps by the time you read this, that will have changed.)

So, who am I to tell you how to write?

Who is anyone for that matter?

Writing is not as complicated as we make it out to be. Most of the time it’s our own fear holding us back from sharing with the world. We are afraid of ridicule, afraid of success, afraid of the unknown. Writing is art, and art is baring your soul to the world.

No one can really tell you how to write. Not even writers who have found huge success, like Lee Child, Stephen King, or J. K Rowling. Sure, they can give you advice, just as I am doing now, but they can't tell you how to find your own voice, or how to find a story within yourself.

This tutorial is not about grammar or structure. You can Google that stuff–it’s all there, and it’s all free!

I’m here to tell you that I let fear hold me back for forty years and if this little book can help just one person, then I am happy.

I wanted to write since before I could even read or write, it's just something that you're born with, it's innate. Or it’s a new passion you discover along your path in life.  By the time I could read and write, I was already telling little stories and would draw crazy pictures to go along with them. My passion started showing more and more, so much so that my parents got me a typewriter one year for Christmas - yes, I'm old. I started in the game before computers and internet, a luxury you should not take for granted. I'm not going delve deep into my history, just know that when I got brave and published, my life changed.

And yours can too!

Practice

Begin with writing practice.

When writing drafts don’t worry about grammar. A draft is simply the artist mind coming to life on paper. Let the words flow, create the picture, you can clean it up later.

In the beginning, finding your voice may take time and will only come as you write. You can't think about it, or force it, or

Reviews for Writing 101

[ABIOLA DAMILOLA · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book. Tbh, I am not a reader nor am I a writer but I loved every page.