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A Self-publisher’s Guide to Essential Writing Tools
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A Self-publisher’s Guide to Essential Writing Tools
“Invention is the mother of
necessity”
—Thorstein
Veblen, US
economist and social philosopher
The birth of the digital age has grown a long way in
offering convenience to the society. There has been a great evolution from
writing on papers, to typewriters, up to electronic writing gadgets.
Self-publishing takes with an extra challenge since the
entire publication lies upon the hands of the author. There are a whole lot of
writing resources and software that are very much helpful to ironing out
writing priorities and finally finishing that book.
Here’s a list of some essential writing tools:
Word Processors
This tool is possibly the next best thing aside from your
pen and paper. Word processors let you type and create documents. You can
easily type in your manuscripts with ease and convenience. Besides basic
formatting, it also gives you a hand when counting characters, words,
sentences, lines, paragraphs, and pages. Most word processors also contain
letter formats. So, you wouldn’t worry that much to creating and sending
business letters. It’s definitely a top essential tool for every writer.
Examples: Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Org, Word Viewer, Word
Pro, Apple iWork, Applix Word, AbiWord, etc.
Fiction-Writing
Software Packages
For writers who are venturing on novels and screenplays,
there are quite a number of software that can help you with pitching your manuscripts.
These kinds of software are significant for character and scene organization.
It can certainly help segregate your thoughts, making it tidy, and to having
more room for creative ideas.
Examples: Fiction Master, Dramatica Pro, Contour,
NewNovelist, Character Pro, QuickStory, Writers Café, etc.
Organizing and
Formatting Manuscripts
It’s tough to realize that when you’re almost at the end
of your book, everything is still not organized. If your head is aching on
keeping track with your manuscripts, formatting software can help ease your
problem. With this kind of software, it won’t be too difficult to weave in
cluttered up scenes and chapters.
Examples: Wizards for Word (a powerful
plug-in for MS-WORD), Prose
Pro, Celtex, Scrivener, etc.
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Top 19 Copywriting books
- 1. Ogilvy on Advertising. David Ogilvy. Wiley.
2. Positioning: The Battle for your Mind. Al Ries and Jack Trout. Warner.
3. The New Positioning. Jack Trout. McGraw-Hill.
4. Tested Advertising Methods. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
5. How to Make your Advertising Make Money. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
6. Guerrilla Advertising. Jay Conrad Levinson. Houghton Mifflin.
7. Direct Mail Copy that Sells. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
8. Sales Letters that Sizzle. Herschell Gordon Lewis. NTC Business Books.
9. Herschell Gordon Lewis on the Art of Writing Copy. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
10. Romancing the Brand. David Martin. American Management Association.
11. The Art of Writing Advertising: Conversations with William Bernbach, Leo Burnett, George Gribbin, David Ogilvy, Rosser Reeves. NTC Business Books.
12. Confessions of an Advertising Man. David Ogilvy. NTC Business Books.
13. My Life in Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
14. Scientific Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
15. How to Become an Advertising Man. James Webb Young. NTC Business Books.
16. The Lasker Story as He Told It. NTC Business Books.
17. Advertising Concept and Copy. George Felton. Prentice Hall.
18. The Copy WorkShop Workbook. Bruce Bendinger. The Copy Workshop.
19. Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads. Luke Sullivan. Wiley.
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