YOUNG AFRICAN WRITERS LEAGUE - 8 STEPS IN BOOK WRITING
8 STEPS IN BOOK WRITING BY EZE ANDREW OFORMA [ THE FOUNDER AND NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF YOUNG AFRICAN WRITERS LEAGUE]
Book writing is so multifaceted and laborious. Hence, everything has tactics and need to be well planned . If you plan and programme yourself, you will come to understand that there is enjoy in book writing. The followings are the basic steps one has to follow before he/she can gallantly answer an AUTHOR.
STEP 1- planning stage: this is the must critical part of book writing. It is a stage in which you start to think whether you have the skill of writing, and which area to write about.
STEP 2- summarize your idea: here you can summarize you idea in two or more sentences. That is, when you finally concluded that you can write something which you have to mention.
STEP 3- outline stage; here you detail your plan. Under this stage you sketchly outline you table of contents which will guide you.
STEP 4- preparing for the first draft; under this stage you following your table of contents and start developing them one by one. This can be inform of consulting other peoples' work in that field if it is research book but if it is classic book like novel you have to do a primary consultation and critical imaginations. You can here vividly express yourself in different ways. Note that under this stage, there will be full of errors but do not mind continue you work and do not edit anything.
STEP 5 - Editing the first draft : at this stage you can sceptically and logically edit your first draft. That is, you go through your your work gain with aim of adding or correction or removing unwanted variables.
STEP 6- Second draft: here after editing your first draft you re-draft it again in clean copy which will serve as your manualscript,
STEP 7- send your copy to editor: under this stage you take your manuscript to a person who has knowledge in the field you wrote on, who is also competent enough to re-read you draft again. This will make you work professionally exercise. It will also helps in removing undetected variables.
STEP 8 - Publishing: after the editor has done his best, you take your book gently to a publishing enterprise who will publish you idea into an object inform of TEXT BOOK OR NOVEL. After the publisher has published it, a copyright will be give to you. At this stage a publisher can published millions of copy for distribution. You or publisher can market you book depend on agreement you entered into with the latter. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR CONSULTATION OR CORRECTIONS PLEASE COMMENT BELOW LOGICALLY OR EMAIL ME VIA : www.gmail.com/ezeandrew50@gmail.com
Book writing is so multifaceted and laborious. Hence, everything has tactics and need to be well planned . If you plan and programme yourself, you will come to understand that there is enjoy in book writing. The followings are the basic steps one has to follow before he/she can gallantly answer an AUTHOR.
STEP 1- planning stage: this is the must critical part of book writing. It is a stage in which you start to think whether you have the skill of writing, and which area to write about.
STEP 2- summarize your idea: here you can summarize you idea in two or more sentences. That is, when you finally concluded that you can write something which you have to mention.
STEP 3- outline stage; here you detail your plan. Under this stage you sketchly outline you table of contents which will guide you.
STEP 4- preparing for the first draft; under this stage you following your table of contents and start developing them one by one. This can be inform of consulting other peoples' work in that field if it is research book but if it is classic book like novel you have to do a primary consultation and critical imaginations. You can here vividly express yourself in different ways. Note that under this stage, there will be full of errors but do not mind continue you work and do not edit anything.
STEP 5 - Editing the first draft : at this stage you can sceptically and logically edit your first draft. That is, you go through your your work gain with aim of adding or correction or removing unwanted variables.
STEP 6- Second draft: here after editing your first draft you re-draft it again in clean copy which will serve as your manualscript,
STEP 7- send your copy to editor: under this stage you take your manuscript to a person who has knowledge in the field you wrote on, who is also competent enough to re-read you draft again. This will make you work professionally exercise. It will also helps in removing undetected variables.
STEP 8 - Publishing: after the editor has done his best, you take your book gently to a publishing enterprise who will publish you idea into an object inform of TEXT BOOK OR NOVEL. After the publisher has published it, a copyright will be give to you. At this stage a publisher can published millions of copy for distribution. You or publisher can market you book depend on agreement you entered into with the latter. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR CONSULTATION OR CORRECTIONS PLEASE COMMENT BELOW LOGICALLY OR EMAIL ME VIA : www.gmail.com/ezeandrew50@gmail.com
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