On Writing: Conclusion & Resources
All of the resources mentioned in the various blog posts compiled into one easy list for your convenience!
Tag: Savanna Roberts
Being Fearless: What Nobody Tells You About Becoming an Author
When you have finally finished your manuscript and you’ve revised it the best you feel it can be, there comes the moment where you’re most likely going to take a publishing route. Sometimes that publishing route is traditional, sometimes it’s self-publishing. But once you’re on that path, there are a thousand doubts that enter your mind and people start to offer their opinions…
Writing Advice That Doesn’t Work For Everyone
As a writer, have you ever been given writing advice? How did it influence you – negatively or positively? In today’s post, I really wanted to discuss common writing advice that doesn’t work for everyone…
Book Trends in 2019
One thing that self-pub and traditional-pub authors alike need to pay attention to is the book trends for the year. They don’t have to write their books to follow those trends, of course, but it’s always good to be aware…
On Writing Support Groups
Honestly the title of this blog post should be, “On Writing Support Groups and What to Watch Out For,” because not all writing groups provide the support you deserve or even need. I’ve been involved in quite a few writing groups: at conferences, at homeschool group clubs, ones that meet monthly, family, and then of course the beta reader system I’ve created…
Common Downsides to Self-Publishing
While I love self-publishing for multiple reasons and there are a lot of serious self-pub authors that do as well, I can’t deny that there are a handful of downsides to self-publishing. There are downsides to traditionally publishing as well, but since I’m strictly self-pub at the moment and those of you reading may be interested in self-pub either now or in the near future, I wanted to discuss the downsides of being an indie author with you today…
Self-Publishing Your Novel: Formatting Tips & Fun Stuff
Hey, guys! In this post, we’re going to discuss the Cover, the Copyright Page, the Dedication, the Acknowledgements, and then the Extra Goodies that a lot of authors have started to stick in the very back of their books…
My Editing Process
Hi, everyone! Today I’m going to be talking about my editing process. I briefly discussed this in an Instagram post when I was posed the question not too long ago, but I thought it might be neat to recap it here and possibly go into a little bit more depth…
My Favorite/Least Favorite Writing Tropes
I am literally SO EXCITED to talk with you about my favorite and least favorite writing tropes today! I wasn’t 100% sure at first whether I was going to include this in my writing discussions, but it’s such a fun topic that I figured why not?
Marketing Ideas & Strategies for Aspiring Authors
Today I wanted to discuss some marketing strategies and ideas with you guys. This post is probably going to be more geared toward writers that are looking to self-pub or have already self-published a novel or two, but I hope that no matter what publishing path you’re looking at, you’ll be able to take some of these strategies into consideration!
The Importance of Genre & Target Audience
Today and I wanted to discuss the importance of knowing what genre you’re going to write in and what target audience you want to write for. A crucial mistake beginning writers make is not knowing what specific genre they’re going to write in, and an even bigger mistake is not knowing who their audience is…
On Characters
Here are the topics we’ll be discussing in today’s post: Character Development, Keeping Character Voices Distinct, How to Manage Multiple/Differing Point of Views.
