Nanowrimo 2018 : 6 tips to conquer National Novel Writing Month
November brings another National November Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and PaperTrue is just as excited as the participants of this month-long event. Gear up, let go of all your inhibitions, and start the prodigious project of writing 50K words to finish your book in 30 days….
4 Online Publishing Platforms To Boost Your Readership
Everyone’s got an audience now, thanks to social media. Here we talk about Online Publishing. From content creators who started small on Vine and graduated to Youtube, to microbloggers on Twitter catapulting their way to publishing books and inspiring TV shows. The digital space has…
What makes Typesetting a Pre-Publishing essential for every author?
Typesetting is that element of Pre-publishing which makes your book look every bit as good as it reads. Have you ever seen a page in a book which only has a single line on top, then the chapter ends and rest of the page is…
7 essentials elements of a perfect book cover design.
One deciding factor in making a book a best-seller—out of the thousands available at a bookstore—is its cover. For any book, its cover design makes the first impression on readers. Some classics have iconic covers which remain unchanged over the years, even in their reprints….
10 English Palindromes That Will Leave You Baffled
Palindromes are sort of anomalies in the English language. This week, let’s have some fun with words which read the same forward and backward. Common ones being Hannah, civic, racecar and radar. There are also sentences and phrases which result in this phenomena. A…
Challenges Of Part-Time Writing
The challenges of Part-time writing are far too many. Life feels like a busy circus the moment you step out of high school. Once you start working, move towns or start preparing for higher education, you get occupied with all sorts of things. And still,…
Short stories: Do’s and don’ts
Where else does the phrase “Less is more” fit more perfectly than in relation to short stories? Well, hundreds of other contexts in the modern world, yes. But the origins of the phrase can be drawn back to the golden era (mid-nineteenth century until 1917)…
Your next career move – Part-time writing
You want to write a book, being an author has been your lifelong dream. But life got in the way, and now you’re stuck with your job and daily chores. Making time to write amidst your daily grind seems impossible. Don’t hang your gloves already….
What ESL students can learn from ESL writers
For anyone who’s looked up recommendations for must-read books, Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov is a common sighting. This novel is a cornerstone in the English literature world. Such is the impact his first work in English has garnered over the years. His first nine…