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Why Every Word Counts When Writing Short Story?

If you have ever written something you know all about word count. If you are writing a short story for a contest then you know all about that all important word count. But it's not the amount of words that make a story, it's how those words are used to make the story come to life that is important. Contests often will tell you how many words can be in the short story for it to be considered for the contest. If you don't think they will count the words to make sure that your count is within a few words of the maximum allowed number then think again. Often these types of contests will require the writer to submit a word count number on the cover page of the story itself. So if you're limited then you want to make sure every one of those words count for something. You don't really have time to fill your story with fluff and stuff. "Keep your short story concise" says HG Nadel . You want to make sure that your plot is adequate and can be covered in only so

Steps by HG Nadel to Take to Become a Good Book Reviews Writer

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A book reviewer's job is not an easy job to do; many things have to be taken into consideration when you become a book reviewer. You will put in many long hours when you choose this occupation. To be a successful book writer reviewer you have to deal with many things to look for. If you really want to be a successful and impressive book reviews writer, it is important that you take certain steps to achieve your goal. Below are some of the effective steps suggested by HG Nadel a writer and book reviewer in this regard: (1) Your first step is, Now that you are about to be on your way to writing book reviews, there are certain things you need to consider about your review. Before you read the whole book for writing review, pay full attention to the title. The table of contents and the title plus the arrangement of the book will give you a lot to write about. It is good if you start taking points at this stage. Later once you are done with reading the book you can start writin

How Can You Get The Best Perception in Book Editing?

There are a number of authors, who cannot get assured with the book editing procedure or the book editing service. They are still with the imagination that probably the book editors correct the document with a pen and thus slaughter their manuscript excitedly. However, the matter is completely different with the expert Book editing services. It is a good experience for you if you work with some good book editing company to edit your manuscript before you are going to publish the final copy. If you are advanced enough to work with some professional book editing company, then you will not be disappointed. HG Nadel suggests that you must try to edit your manuscript first before you send it for editing, as it looks good if you send a manuscript that is not clumsy. When you have completed your writing, then you must edit it by yourself. You should check the grammatical mistakes and the spellings, so that the primary works are done easily. If you are checking your manuscript in computer, t

How to Get Your Book Reviewed on Blogs? Explains HG Nadel

Book reviews are an easy and effective way to promote your book. People like hearing about new books and what others think of them. You've probably seen book reviews published in your local newspaper or in your favorite magazines. You may even have seen them on T.V. during news or talk shows. Those are all good places to have your book reviewed, of course. But newspaper columnists, magazine writers and television hosts simply don't have time to review every book that comes their way. And as popular as they are, their audience may not be the ideal audience for your book. HG Nadel a writer often suggests trying having your book reviewed on blogs that are popular with your target market if you want to reach a lot of people with your book very quickly. Why Ask Bloggers to Review Your Book? Bloggers and often overlooked but powerful social influencers. Well known bloggers have thousands, and sometimes hundreds of thousands, of loyal followers who read their posts daily. They

Don't Make This Huge Mistake When You Need Book Reviews

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Authors of self-published books face unique challenges. You pay for your own review copies, so you need to use them wisely. You don't always have access to top distributors and magazine reviewers. However, there is no reason to be discouraged, if you know you have a book that satisfies the needs of at least one market. It is important to plan your marketing campaign carefully. Ideally you will start marketing even before publishing your book. At any stage, it is easy to be tempted to invest funds in tactics that seem to promise fast, easy results. For example, new authors usually realize that they need to get their books reviewed in online venues, such as Amazon. Yet they don't know how to find reviewers who can write credible reviews for their own book. Therefore, it is tempting for a new author to hire a service to review his or her book. When you Google "book reviews" you will discover this sources readily. These services promise they will write a positive revi

Teaching Speed Reading Skills by HG Nadel

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There are many books, courses and programs from which you can learn how to speed read. Whenever you pick up a book, course or software on "Learning How to Speed Read" or "Speed Reading Training", you will come across such terms; skimming, scanning, previewing, predicting, anticipation, silent reading, reading in chunks, and guessing the meanings of unfamiliar words. Training with these can help you in acquiring a very effective compromise between fluency and accuracy in reading. Let's see what these terms mean... Skimming This is one of the first techniques you will learn to use when you begin your training. Skimming means reading a text quickly, just in order to get the "gist" of the text. Skimming is a useful reading technique especially in extensive reading. So skimming enables us to extract the most relevant nouns, adjectives, and statistics from the text, so we know what we're getting into before we really read the text. Scanning This me

Using Set Goals to Achieve Speed Reading Skills

For everything in life to be successful, there must be a form of set goals in place to checkmate the progress to reach that goal eventually. This is a fact that is applicable in all aspects our lives. Speed reading is no exception. However, setting goals for the achievement of your speed reading will also require that you use action plan to make it a success. When you set goals, it makes it possible for anyone to reach a target that ordinarily might not be reached. You will need to be very positive each time you set your goals. Use affirmations to confirm to yourself that you actually mean what you decide to reach your goal. Affirmations help you to reinforce your goals in mind and also give you a push to carry out your plan to reach your goal. When you affirm, it means telling yourself: "I must achieve my goal of speed reading" In carrying out your action plans to achieve your speed reading, you want to include all details, techniques, strategies, methods, and information

How to Improve Reading Skills in Children?

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Reading is an important part of everybody's life but it is more vital in your child's life as they are in the learning stage and there will be lot of reading required in their school life. First they will learn to read and then they will be reading to learn. Hence as parents you should ensure that reading and learning is an enjoyable experience. Here are ways suggested by HG Nadel a self published author you can improve the reading skills in your children   1. Fix a regular time In order to make your child enthusiastic about reading ensure that you fix a regular reading time. It can be before bedtime, or in the afternoon or in the morning. Whatever suits you and your child, but try to stick to one time everyday. Before long when your child is able to read themselves they will be looking forward to that time. 2. Reading material Fill your home with various reading material according to your child's age. You can spread children's magazine with colourful pictures, or

A Long Way to go with Excellent Reading Skills

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  Reading a very simple word yet means a lot and a person's excellent reading skills can take them a long way in life. The literal meaning of reading is not just to say aloud what is written rather to read out anything with freedom, fluency and confidence, to mentally interact with the message and understand it completely. It is crucial to be aware of why is reading so important for us and our children. Especially for children as they are in their growing years, it will be easy for them to grasp this; but how to develop these skills in children? And what about the children who have some or the other disorders and face problems in academics? Technologically man has grown so much that there is a way for almost every disorder people are suffering from. Even though the life of a parent is chaotic but one should try to take time out to spend reading aloud with the child at a specific decided time. If one cannot spare time to accompany your children in reading, give them story books

Writing Fiction - Creating Believable Characters

Believable characters are what every reader of creative fiction wants and needs to read about. They love getting involved with who and what the person is, and often they want to identify and sympathise with the character. Our job, as writers, is to fulfill that need. Developing such a character can be done quickly and easily with a few simple methods. The secret to developing a believable character revolves around those idiosyncracies which all of us have in one way or another. Sometimes they are quite noticeable, but often they are more subtle and can slip past us until we really try to spot them. Giving your character one or more of these quirks will bring believability to them because readers will think to themselves, "Aunt Emma used to do that," or "Young Jake down the road is always doing that". Making these connections in a reader's mind makes your character more real simply by association with someone who really is real! Don't give your characters i

Feel The Blend Of Romance And Thrill

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In spite of ever-growing craze of TV, theatre and big screen shows the penchant for reading romantic and suspense novels could not be diminish even a little. The thrill formulated by reading such an awful as well as full of romantic and emotional incidents continuously keep on increasing the excitement of readers and with every new chapter heart throbs starts beating in audible speed. Romantic suspense author have formulated undying character from their minds that we hardly realize than it is not original but an imaginary one. They weave a flawless and fixed story background and give birth to fascinating characters and organized speed to go forward did not let you sleep and compel you to turn pages until your reach the end. It is the exertion of hectic minds of romantic suspense author that has enriched our new and old literature with numerous unforgettable characters and masterpieces. The demand for new breathtaking Romantic suspense fiction has been never found decreasing. People

Causes for Child Behavior Problems by HG Nadel

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More often than not, there is a compelling reason behind child behavior problems. There are an infinite number of reasons why a child may display negligent or bad behavior, the trick is to identify just why they are behaving in this manner. Once the cause of the bad behavior has been established, it is far easier to discipline the child effectively or establish a solution to the deviant behavior. Here you will find the most established and recognized causes described by HG Nadel for child behavioral problems and causes of action to eradicate or stop that particular behavior trait in the child. 1. Attention Seeking: More often than not this is the primary cause of bad behavior in children. Children will often misbehave deliberately to gain attention. To counter this behavior, it is important to give your child lots of attention when they are behaving well, this way they will associate good behaviour with their desire - attention. 2. Feeling Of Discomfort: children will often b