Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers
Discover the Tricks and Tools of the Pros

Successful writers write, rather than just think about writing, talk about writing, or plan what they’ll write when they get a cabin in the woods. Yet even accomplished writers sometimes get “blocked,” losing access to their in-the-zone writing mind. Steve O’Keefe offers proven techniques and practices for jump-starting stalled ideas, honed during his many years of working in virtually every aspect of publishing. His innovative, often unconventional exercises will get you writing and accessing your own unique voice — a voice the world wants to read! Containing a career’s worth of writing and publishing savvy, as well as the advice of expert authors gleaned from hundreds of interviews, Set the Page on Fire is the kind of nuts-and-bolts coaching and encouragement invaluable to novice and veteran writers alike.
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Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers
Discover the Tricks and Tools of the Pros

Successful writers write, rather than just think about writing, talk about writing, or plan what they’ll write when they get a cabin in the woods. Yet even accomplished writers sometimes get “blocked,” losing access to their in-the-zone writing mind. Steve O’Keefe offers proven techniques and practices for jump-starting stalled ideas, honed during his many years of working in virtually every aspect of publishing. His innovative, often unconventional exercises will get you writing and accessing your own unique voice — a voice the world wants to read! Containing a career’s worth of writing and publishing savvy, as well as the advice of expert authors gleaned from hundreds of interviews, Set the Page on Fire is the kind of nuts-and-bolts coaching and encouragement invaluable to novice and veteran writers alike.
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Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers

Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers

by Steve O'Keefe
Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers

Set the Page on Fire: Secrets of Successful Writers

by Steve O'Keefe

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Overview

Discover the Tricks and Tools of the Pros

Successful writers write, rather than just think about writing, talk about writing, or plan what they’ll write when they get a cabin in the woods. Yet even accomplished writers sometimes get “blocked,” losing access to their in-the-zone writing mind. Steve O’Keefe offers proven techniques and practices for jump-starting stalled ideas, honed during his many years of working in virtually every aspect of publishing. His innovative, often unconventional exercises will get you writing and accessing your own unique voice — a voice the world wants to read! Containing a career’s worth of writing and publishing savvy, as well as the advice of expert authors gleaned from hundreds of interviews, Set the Page on Fire is the kind of nuts-and-bolts coaching and encouragement invaluable to novice and veteran writers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608686117
Publisher: New World Library
Publication date: 06/11/2019
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Steve O’Keefe is an author, editor, and book-industry professional who has helped hundreds of writers move from brainstorm to bestseller. As the content director for Orobora, Inc., he has hired dozens of expert writers to produce a steady stream of articles, blog posts, and website content for major corporations and nonprofit organizations. A regular presenter at conferences and seminars including Book Expo, he lives in Virginia.

Table of Contents

1. If You Want to Write...

2. "Everybody is Talented, Original, and Has Something Important to Say"

- Everybody is Talented

- Who Shot My Friend Robert in his House?

- Everybody is Original

- What Does Your Moon Look Like?

- Everybody has Something Important to Say

3. On Writing: "Microscopic Truthfulness"

- Bad Writing that is Actually Good

- Good Writing that is Actually Bad

- Keeping a Fake Book

- Listening Exercises

- Thinking, Talking, Writing, Reading

- The Writer's Warm-Up

4. On Barriers to Writing: Go Write Around Them

- Making Time for Writing

- Try to Write a Little Every Day

- A Nook of one's Own

- The Tool Trap

- Writer's Block

- Cultivating Your Dark Side

- What Door Should You Open?

5. Unconventional Ways to Tap Your Writing Powers in Ordinary Life

- Journaling

- Letters

- The Great Postcard Exchange

- Employee Theft

- Beef Enchiladas

6. On Editing: Get Closer, Get as Close as You Can

- Be Careful Not to Cut Out Your Own Sweet Voice

- “Her Table”

- Fixing Your Writing

- The Editor as Asshole

- SlugFest

7. On Pitching Periodicals: Find People, Not Publications

- All Commerce is Conversation

- The Money Issue

- Listening to the Magazine Rack

- Micro-Circulation Zines

- Steve’s Patented Four-Part Pitch

- Writing Exercise: The Four-Part Pitch

8. On Book Publishing: Find People, Not Publishers

- Self Publishing

- The Publishing Zone

- Finding a Commercial Publisher for Your Book

- The Query Letter

- Finding People—The Amazon/Google Trick

- Can You Pitch by E-Mail?

- Show A Little Shoulder

- The Book Proposal

9. How Do You Know When It's Finished?

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