In ***?rrent ***?mes, merely within ten years the discourse has started in Urdu literature up on the philosophy of Postmodernism and Deconstructionism. Undoubtedly, almost all big critics in Urdu literature are involved in this discourse. At the same ***?me it has attracted a lot of creative writers to follow the theme.

Abrar Mujeeb, a fiction writer from the Industrial City of Jamshedpur [India], has written ****?h stories that represent the Philosophy of Deconstructionism. After 1980, the Urdu fiction has turned towards new colorful dimensions. Some new important names have happened to appear up on the ****?izon of Urdu short stories including NayyarMassod, SyedMohammadAshraf, SaajidRasheed, Ghzanfer, MusharrafAlamZaouqi, PaighamAafaqi, ShamuelAhmed, TariqChatari, SamimAfzaQamar, ***?rhatParveen, Qamar Jahan, ZakiyaMashhadi, KhursheedHayat, MahmoodShahid, AzraNaqvi, Shaheera Msroor, and GhiyasurRahman. Abrar Mujeeb is an important name in the equal list.

In his fictions we found the techniques of deconstructionism which has affected other story writers in Urdu to come closer to this. It is ought to understand that the communication techniques in deconstructionism are different than a narrative style of writing. It communicates through an alternative logic and subject next to the real text. Deconstructionism is not directly related to the subject matter of the story rather than it gives emphasis to the meaning of the text which undergoes in between the lines. So a deconstructionist critic or writer always stresses to communicate through the unwritten lines of his text which exist invisibly in his narration. The philosophy of deconstructionism can not be bounded with the text by any means, rather than it can be limited to the unlimited boundaries of the text beyond the text. The ideas presented beyond the text are suppose to be more genuine, authentic, and ***?ctual. So in order to review or form a creative writing the awareness of its ‘further than text expression’ pays vital role in the whole creative scenario.  

Abrar Mujeeb’s story ‘The scenario of night’ is a wonderful story. The habitual changes of day to day life, the look of life and death, the eternal journey of mankind and the universe, the conflict between evil and devil and the psycho-sociological changes of the human societies are ***?ed-up in a single knot. ***? if the human life and the nature were interdependent to each other to unveil themselves. It is a common concept that the occurrence of an incident depends up on the movement of the earth and this is the concept of the ***?rial ***?me which is defined ***? a subordinating cause of beingness. In this fiction Abrar Mujeeb has stated the idea that the occurrence of an incident not only depends up on the ***?me. The nature and the universe are eventful in ****?h incident to take place. In ‘The scenario of night’ he writes while describing the scene of an evening:

                   “… the redness of the evening is looking blackish ***?r in the ****?izon,                                        though it has not spread out like a spot on the blueness of the

                          sky ***? the spots of clotted blood, spreads up on the floor of a

                          slaughter house.”    

At a ***?cond put he writes: 

                             “…there is a bridge up on the chest of the river. At the moment

                             train has not passed over it and possibly all the scenario is

                             waiting for some important ***?me or moment and are vanished

                             in their own”.  

At the last when the story comes to end, the redness of the ****?izon turns into spreaded spots of frozen clotted blood and “at the same ***?me a train passes through the bridge and the whole picture disappears up on the *****?en of the thick fog, ***?rhaps these pictures were waiting for the same ***?me or moment”. Superficially it is just scenery, ****? virtually it is scenery which looks for some or more happenings or incidents to be added in it. And they all inevitably ***?ll together at one point to become the part of a big happening or a scene. In the eyes of the story writer every thing which is happening or going to be happen is the integral part of this universe. The ***?me and the place are inevitably put together along with the happenings to take place. Thus the conclusion comes from all occurrences that they all are predefined to occur. Though the tale of this story is of less worth ****? the whole treatment is excellent.       

Story “The fragrance of own soil” is written up on the philosophy of regional existentialism. In this story the basic identity of an individual and society has been brought to notice. An individual can not be the strength of a society if not he is ready to love and protect his identity. Consequently, the basic identity is ***? urgent for ****?cess in every ***?pects of life. The is the point where the individual and the society comes to strength. The strength and identity of a society depends upon the strength and identity of its individuals. The life then starts moving smoothly. Abrar Mujeeb also tries to strengthen and protect his soil.

Story “The rain” is simple in its expression ****? deep in its meaning. Story “Thrust” is a show of prohibited creativity. Story “The water way of backside” shows the everlasting continuation of ***?me. Besides this his stories “First task” “On the same turn” “Death” “The story of stories” are his best stories.

Summarizing all, we ***?e that the stories of Abrar Mujeeb are the stories of the communication of deconstructionism and prohibited creativity. More to the point, all these stories represents some or more thoughts and ideas of the philosophy of his age. Individuals, Society, characters, feelings, emotions, affairs and thoughts every thing being all together generates a deep taste of life in his stories. He creates a link between the post-modern ***?nsibility and universality. In the backdrop of his feelings and emotions and through his carefulness he teaches us to live with an extended thought of life. We feel that at the artistic level, through locating his own way Abrar Mujeeb passes through a ***?lf evaluating situation. These evaluations act like determiner and make his stories ****?cessful. Small things and small signs are of worth importance for him. The study of life through the mirror of deconstructionism has come closer to his art. He put his first creative step on the road to the life itself and the ***?cond to the universe.

Abrar Mujeeb is an active and ***?nsitive artist. His stories are decent, loving and alive. He is regarded ***? an important short story writer after 1980. Considering his style of writing and thinking he is regarded ***? a short story writer of high repute among the generation of writers in Urdu after 1980.

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- Dr.Equbal Wajid

My family is very traditional, especially when it comes to careers. I don’t know why, but the only profession my folks recognize is the medical profession. So, during family gatherings or parties, they gawp at me when I say I am a creative writer.

My family may be a wee-bit extreme. But, in my experience, many people perceive writing as just some sort of a hobby. They say that even famous novelists and poets were either teachers or editors. Nobody in his or her right mind will consider writing as a career.

The gross misconception that writers, particularly creative writers, are paupers is actually a result of our own opinion about our writing career. Playwrights, poets, novelists, and other creative writers are often portrayed in movies and books as helpless romantics who would rather starve than rewrite their masterpieces to fit the whims of kings and queens.

Gone are the days when writers were stoned to death if their books or ideas contradict the norm of the time. Writers can now freely express their ideas in whatever manner that pleases them.

Don’t fret my friend, if you are a budding writer. There is hope for you to succeed and create a name for yourself. JK Rowling, Dan Brown, and Stephen King, to name a few, all started as nobodies like you an me. Now, almost everyone in the planet knows them.

Here are some tips that could help jump-start you creative writing career today:

Consider Creative Writing as a Business

Many writers end up losing money in writing because they do not treat the profession as a business. How would you know if you are making a profit from creative writing if you do not have some sort of an accounting system?

The first thing you have to do is to tally all your expenses. You must account all the things that you use in writing as expenses – papers, ink, pens, and even your Internet connection. Aside from supplies, the number of hours you spend in writing and the seminars and workshops you attended and paid for are all considered as expenditures, or business investments.

After knowing how much you have invested in your writing career, you now think of your return on investment. How much do you need to earn in order to achieve a return on investment that will make you happy? Knowing your expenses and your target profit will help you decide how much you are going to charge for your writing.

Start plotting your career

The success of a business usually depends on a great business plan. As a writer, you should also have some sort of a plan on what direction you want your career to go. Are you interested in writing for advertisements? Do you want to be a murder or mystery writer? Or are you keen on making self-help e-books?

After determining which path to take, writers should now looking for ways to improve their craft. Attending seminars and workshops, and investing in good reference materials, magazine subscriptions and computer hardware and software are all going to help you hone your skills.

Think out of the box

Always find creative ways to sell your stuff. Ironically, a lot of writers do not have much imagination in marketing their work. Many of us just send our manuscript to publishers and wait for them to call us, while some hire book agents to assist them.

Nowadays, getting published is not the only solution for writers. If publishers denied your work, you can either publish it yourself or sell it as an e-Book. You can also create your own website and post all your writings there for free. Lastly, don’t be afraid to try new things – blogging, podcasting, etc.

Writers do not have to despair and be suicidal if no publishing house will accept their work. They can now make use of the Internet to bring their masterpieces to the global market.


- Mario R. Churchill

Creative writing calls for all the talent you can muster. If you don’t have very much talent, that’s just dandy. No one will notice it for a while anyway. Meanwhile, just lope along with the herd and fake it. And while you’re at it, think up a good story theme. What is a theme? It is what the story is about, generally speaking.

The climactic scene in the center is called the plot. Gone With the Wind is a love story from cover to cover. Moby Dick is a tale of revenge. Pinnocchio is a story of morals. The Ten Commandments is about righteousness and judgment. What will your story be about?

Whatever your theme is, every sentence in the story should point to it somehow. If it is imagery or scenery, the intent should be to weave it into the theme. For example, if you are writing a romance story and your opening scene is filled with snow and Christmas lights, it should be building up to something that connects with the theme. It should be introducing a character, or a situation that will tie into the story. If it has no purpose in the story, delete it.

Everything points to the theme, and all of it builds to the center plot that will be unfolded in one huge climactic scene. Everything that the characters say should be necessary to the story. Yes, some of the dialog may seemingly relate to something else, but in the scheme of things, every word must be part of the gluten that glues the whole story together.

Using the romance theme mentioned a moment ago, let’s suppose you have a scene where two neighbors are gossiping over the back fence. How could the gossiping scene relate to the romance theme?

· It could be introducing a new character

· It could be building the characterization of an existing personality

· It could be shifting the scene to a closer part of the theme

· It could be the first reference to a new piece of the puzzle.

One piece of the puzzle builds on the other until all the pieces mesh together to form the intended picture. A writer is an artist painting words on a canvas, just waiting for someone to open the cover and see the picture waiting for them. As with all paintings, develop it slowly and meticulously.

As you weave the theme, you will see natural questions emerging, and they must be answered. These questions are like little roads that lead to an unnamed destination. The plot builds on these roads until it finally bursts into the central climax. This process is called arcing. The first part of the story is “flat”, the middle of the story arcs, and the last part of the story resolves to a “flat” stage once again.

It resolves with answers to all the questions that have been raised. The end of the theme ties up all the loose ends until you have a nice, neat package with nothing left undone.


- Deborah Owen

All creative writers are bound to an invisible law of journalism. From the beginning of time, the same structure has been used. All of the great writers use it. But after this lesson, you will see that story structure is far more than the initial breakdown:

· Exposition – the beginning, what the story is about

· Conflict – conflict with man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. internal conflict

· Climax

· Resolution

If you Google “story structure,” you will find variations of the story structure. You might find plot, conflict, conclusion – or theme, climax, and conclusion. No matter how you word it, the basic answer is the same. Without any one of these elements, the story will flounder.

But you must expound on the following things, no matter what kind of story you are writing:

· Point of View

· Plot

· Theme

· Setting

· Characterization

· Dialog

· Action

· Writing style

· Genre

If you want to transfer your reader from their sofa or chair to the scene in your mind, you must use settings. This can be anything from an open window with a curtain blowing in the breeze to a murder scene in progress. The best idea is to open midway of an action scene. This will grab your audience quicker and keep them longer, as they read to find the outcome of the actions.

There is a difference between plot and theme. Plot is the series of events that occur in the story. Plot is what the story is about. Theme, on the other hand, is the underlying motivation that drives the story. The open window with the curtains blowing in the breeze is part of a setting, which in turn is part of the larger picture, the plot. Every time there is an event in the story, you must ask yourself these questions: “Why is the window open? How did the window get opened? Obviously, someone opened it. But why?” – then you are in the theme of the story. Always ask yourself, who, what, when, where, why and how. The answer to these questions is the theme that drives the story.

Point of view is how the reader sees the story. If you tell it in first person point of view (I went the store… ), the reader will see the story through your eyes. If you tell it in third person point of view, (He went to the store… ), the reader will see the story through the character’s eyes. New writers usually like to write in first person, but most editors are now buying mostly third person. This new trend makes a huge difference in choosing your POV.

A few brief words on some of the above: Characterization – make your characters real to the reader by concentrating on descriptions, attitudes, failures, and quirks. Dialog – it’s okay to use accents, but preferably not on the main character. And for settings – use anything that describes where a person is, or will be.

For more fantastic writer’s tips, see below!


- Deborah Owen

The Lifewriting™ approach to your writing career demands a relatively high creative output. It isn’t designed to coddle people who nurse a single story for years before sending it out.

But students often protest that they simply don’t come up with many good ideas, and that the ideas they do generate are appropriate for novels. In my opinion, basic ideas have no intrinsic length. The TREATMENT of an idea has an intrinsic length. The Civil War can be treated in a one-page story, on in a library of books. It all depends on the skill and intent of the writer.

Let me tell you a story:

When I was in college, I knew a woman who wanted to be a writer. She told me that she was working on a short story, and I said “great.” A few weeks later, I asked her how the story was going. She said “It’s getting a little long—I think it’s a novella.”

“Great!” I said.

A couple of months later, I asked her how the novella was going. “Well, it’s getting a little long, I think it’s a novel!”

“Wow!” I said, although a warning bell was tinkling at the back of my mind. A couple of years later, I asked her how the novel was going.

“Well, it seems to be turning into a trilogy,” she said.

Hmm. I made optimistic sounds, and left it at that.

A decade later, I was traveling on the East Coast, and knew I’d be passing the town where this lady lived. My wife and I stopped in to visit. Just because I have a masochistic streak, I asked how the trilogy was going.

There was a pause. Then, sheepishly she said, “I got tired of it, and put it away. But just a couple of months ago I started working on a new story. It’s good! But” she said, as I knew she would, “it seems to be getting a little long…”

That is so sad. My friend had encountered one of the stealthiest forms of writer’s block: to be able to write, but not be able to finish and submit. It serves the same purpose to an insecure subconscious: it prevents you from suffering rejection.

After all, the idea is so bright and appealing when it enters your mind! The process of actually slogging your way through multiple drafts can be a joy-killer.

Short stories are a perfect means to combat this. A short piece employs all the same basic tools that will be used in a novel, with a crucial difference. In the time it takes you to write a hundred thousand word novel, you can write twenty to forty short stories, and you’ll learn vastly more about your craft in the process.

Also, because you are going through the complete arc of generating story, planning, researching, writing rough draft, polishing, and submitting, you find out where your technical and psychological weaknesses lie.

And yet another advantage: if you write a story a week, or every other week, you don’t need to cling desperately to an idea, thinking it is the only good idea you’ll ever have.

But how to generate ideas? Here are some suggestions:

1) Keep a dream diary. A little digital or tape recorder at the bedside works great for this. Just tell yourself before sleep that you will briefly awaken after a dream and dictate the essence. In the morning, transcribe.

2) Search the newspaper. Make an exercise of looking through the various sections of the paper, looking for odd or interesting stories. Imagine how it would be to be the people caught up in these situations. What story would capture the essence of their lives?

3) Read books and watch movies. Imagine grafting the end of one film to the beginning of another. When a book falls apart, come up with a better ending—and write it.

4) Create modern versions of favorite old fairy tales. Have fun with this—remember, it’s just practice!

5) At the next family reunion or gathering, get the old folks to talk about their youthful days.

6) Go to a playground and watch children playing. Really notice the power games, the sharing, the crying, the laughter, the struggles and triumphs. Every single child, every day, has a story to tell.

7) Mine your own life. Learning to walk, to talk, to drive, to win, to lose. Your first fight, your first kiss, your first job, the first time you got fired.

There is really no end to the possibility. All you need is a belief in your goals, and the recognition that any individual story is just a step along the way—not some soul-searing win-or-lose proposition.

Have fun!


- Steven Barnes

The most creative writers inspire generations of people and their work lives on for centuries. Now you don’t have to sit and wait for that magic idea to appear. Here are 9 creative writing tips and hints.

Tip 1: Write Poorly

Only read what you have written, after you’re finished writing the text. Allow yourself to write horribly. If keep holding yourself back and are correcting yourself all the time, you’re probably also holding back on your most creative ideas.

Tip 2: Listen To Your Mother

Eat a balanced diet with lots of healthy foods, make sure you get enough sleep, and exercise. If you’re in top condition, your brain functions in optimal condition as well, which means that you’re more likely to get brilliant creative ideas.

Tip 3: Don’t Be Afraid Of The Truth

I recommend getting lots of feedback, because if you don’t, you probably don’t have a single clue how you’re doing. In my personal experience, getting feedback often leads me to great new ideas.

Tip 4: Break The Law

Yes, just forget about the laws. Be free. Don’t try to be seen as politically correct. Go against the opinions of the masses on purpose. For example, if you write about a con artist, avoid the cliché and portray him as the good guy, as a hero.

Tip 5: Go Back To School

If you’re looking for creative ideas, try some fun writing exercises. They will help you explore other writing styles and lead you to completely new ideas.

link: over 300 writing prompts and exercises

Tip 6: Lay Down Your Pen

Sometimes it’s best to take a break. The best and most creative writers also do a lot of research before they write down a single word. Doing research actually enhances your creative abilities, because it gives you more pieces to work with.

Tip 7: Laugh

If you’re not having fun writing, then your readers probably won’t be amused as well when they try to struggle through your writing.

Tip 8: Get A Life

Leading an exciting life with lots of different things happening gives you an infinite amount of subjects to write on. It also makes your life more fun. Try doing some things you normally would never do. Traveling a lot also helps to generate creative ideas.

Tip 9: Choose a bad subject

Choose the most lame topic you can imagine, a topic you have no interest in whatsoever. The challenge is to find out how to make it interesting.

Good luck with the writing!


- Creator

In almost every writer’s fora that there is, the deplorable perennial problem of writer’s block has always been brought up by both professional and amateur creative writers. Some discussions have even gone as deep as defining the nature of writer’s block in the hopes of acquiring counter-active measures should writer’s block, a.k.a. “fear-of-the-blank-page” come up in the middle of a deadline.

What is a writer’s block? On the surface, it is simply a period of non-activity for the writer. A writer or a poet may attempt to write something based on the need to write something, and come up with absolutely nothing creative, if anything at all. What causes a writer’s block and what can be done about it? Here are some thoughts and suggestions:

1. The fear of coming up short from their last project – Collectively speaking, most artists and writers have an obsessive compulsion to concretize and materialize, through their works, abstracted thoughts and ideas. Once they attempt at some work, there is always that fear of producing something despairingly short of what they have intended to create from its original idea, thus, disappointing themselves more than disappointing others. If artistic or writer’s block does not happen prior tot he start of the project, it may also very well occur while the work is in process. This explains why several writers may work on different projects at the same time, jumping from one unfinished work to another, others even abandoning previous works altogether for a new one and ultimately not accomplishing anything in the end.

2. A comeback after a long time off – Vacations and some time off taking care of familial/domestic or personal matters can only have two extreme results: either it rejuvenates, recharges and inspires the writer for the next project, or it completely diminishes or finishes off whatever is left of a prolific and fecund mind! Let’s face it, even professional writers are, first and foremost, human beings before they are writers. And, as humans, brilliant and loving their professions as they may be, writers too are bound to lose footing once they have taken some time off from writing, if not inspired and recharged, as mentioned.

3. Insecurities – Lack of formal training…Being a newbie…The writing style…a friend who’s a better writer…etc., etc., etc., these can all spell one thing: insecurities. Our insecurities can really work nasty for writers and we know there is no other way out other than a paradigm shift or a change in perspective for the writer. We know that there will always be other people more educated, more renowned in the creative writing field, writers who are relatively better than us, other trends and styles in writing which the writer can become unfamiliar and intimidated with, but the bottomline is that it is just a matter of gritting your teeth with some decision-making: to write or not to write? In the first place, if a writer is already too busy being concerned with being a writer rather than actually writing, if a writer writes for some reason other than writing for its own sake, then he/she has no business being a writer at all.

4. Bills to pay, daily tasks, and other small details – Where to get the money for the bills, who brings and fetches the children to and from school, and for writers with actual day jobs, how many deadlines to meet — who can still think of writing? These concerns, to mention only a few, hampers the writer’s writer’s sensitive thoughts. These are practical things that need to be done on the daily basis. On the surface, these concerns may seem harmless to an aspiring writer, but eventually, it dries up the creative writer’s reservoir that needs constant nurturing. This is not to say, however, that children, career and domestic chores and other concerns should no longer be tended to in order to write. Being a great writer does not necessarily entail shunning away from daily practical concerns, in the same manner that a duty-free person does not give you a prolific writer. Difficult for the right-brained writer as it may be, time must be managed, schedules and systems must be established in order to attain the perfect juxtaposition and equilibrium of work (chores and responsibilities) and play (writing).


- Ian Williamson

All those who love to write and express their feelings by making use of powerful words must go for the profession of content writing. If you have the art of writing powerful content then you can surely polish this art and give it a shape of creative writing. These days creative writers are using their caliber of content writing in the most efficient way to rule the different genres of writing.

Writing is not an easy job because every single word written by a writer conveys a message to others that must be understood by others in the same way with which the author has intended to write. These days the field of content writing is spread among different dimensions and among all the forms of writing, web writing is the most accepted form. With the innovation of new online technologies people want to post their views and comments online through a simple mouse click.

Several content writing services like article writing, submissions, blog writing, press releases and many more are utilized by different online marketing companies to promote goods/services through web. The aim of an efficient writer is to convey the message in a very subtle way while attracting the readers without compromising on the quality of the content. Content writing deals with beautification of the write up by using flowery words that do not tend to mislead a reader.

The job of a writer is to convey the right message in a right way by making use of the right words. Usage of absurd words can mislead a reader and thereby mar the image of a writer. If a writer has the perfect art of content writing then the writer can surely make his/her image in the field of writing. Content writer is the biggest artist because he/she makes sure to deliver a lucid content without loosing the essence of the content.

No, doubt that it takes years to expertise in content writing. All those who want to use the tool of writing to earn a living must start focusing on the fundamentals of efficient content writing.


- Naman Jain

A freelance creative writer has to think carefully about what genre they should write in and how it can be marketed to a niche. If you do creative writing rather than tutorial or non fiction writing, don’t dismiss the value of a niche to display your work in. Some people say there are no niches for creative writers. I believe you just have to be creative about this factor as well.

Remember that even though you may not want to be labelled and typecast, its harder still to be an individual that cannot be classified. The book that covers too many topics or stands alone on the shelf is the hardest book to find in a library or bookshop, there’s just too many places to look. Of course if someone knows it by title that makes it easier and you’ll get a few impulse buys because your book was just stumbled upon, but the bestsellers are those that are unambiguous about what they are.

Crime novels are in the crime section, romances in the romance section. Customers who like a genre head straight for that section and browse only there. This is one reason that authors have chosen to use pseudonyms, so that their pen name can be associated with a genre. If an author chooses to write a crime novel as well as a romance novel, a pseudonym takes all the guesswork out of classification. This is important because you want to be found and read. With so many new and junior booksellers putting books on shelves and ‘helping’ customers, ambiguity works against you. A well defined classification and cover gets your books where they should be, into a readers hands.

Believe it or not, the first two Harry Potter books were a hard sell when they came out. Wizard books were not so much in vogue. Horror, such as the Goosebump series, was the fashion and Goosebumps were much slimmer than Harry’s first book. Some kids did read science fiction and fantasy but Harry didn’t totally fit that genre either. Anyone who did read the Potter books would recommend them and JK Rowling had her wild success because she delivered the absolutely best story. Yet many a good story has failed because no one knew it existed. Reassuring a reader that they’re going to have a fun journey in your novel is important and clearly stating your theme helps with this…

People will try a new author but usually only if they have a strong feeling that its going to suit their expectations. People have a love/hate reaction to surprises. Once they know to expect a surprise they love it, but the surprise that comes out of the blue makes them feel uncomfortable. People who read horror expect scary surprises. Crime writers with a thriller or forensic edge have already conditioned their readers to expect gruesome surprises. A strong use of red on a cover in the romance section is an indication that there may be some explicit sex scenes in it while the blue covers indicate a sweeter more family based novel. People will accept what you write so long as their expectation that certain elements are present is met.

Genre helps to sell books. A general fiction or literary title competes in a bigger market than a romance with a bodice ripping cover. Of course the genre itself restricts a creative writer to the limiting expectations of its readers. A romance without a happy ending rarely belongs in the romance section because readers of these books want to believe that everything will turn out for the best in the end.

You should not write a genre book and compromise yourself as a writer if you have firm convictions about the integrity of your characters or the reality of a tale. A genre book only works if you follow the main elements of its formula. Creating a close to life tale amid such fantasies, and making it work, is difficult.

Marketing is a huge factor in the success of your book. Getting the right cover that will draw its targeted audience, having a good blurb on the back, getting the word out about it. Niching your novel into a genre gives a creative writer an edge that will draw new readers who are willing to try new authors. The same is especially true if you want to attract new readers on-line. Here you are under the extreme limitation of only being found by a keyword search, so niching yourself with other established authors is the best choice to market that you can make.

For example, if you write a horror novel that might appeal to Stephen King fans, you can target a Stephen King reader using this authors name in keyword optimized articles on your blog. Write some enthusiastic reviews that a fan may find interesting. Then near the reviews on your blog, advertise your own work and give away samples of it in exchange for an email address. You then have a chance to contact these avid readers who’d love to read a new book that thrills them as chillingly as a Stephen King novel. They start by searching for Stephen King and find you. Make it worth their while, this is your chance to make this person your reader. Follow up with them and tell them about your forthcoming works or lead them to a new blog post where you show them what you write about.

Don’t forget that as long as your blog is on-line it is constantly there working for you 24/7 to pull in new readers. Take the time to optimize posts for keyword searches and make sure that when people find you, you reward them with your best writing. Your traffic may start small but do these two things and it will grow. When you reach out then to blog communities and have something outstanding to show people when they follow a link to your site, your readers will continue to increase.

One day, who knows, a new writer will be targeting your name to get new readers.


- Julie Francis

I’ve been working on a story lately and there’s an aspect of the writing I’m really having a hard time with, so I’m wondering if any fellow creative writers have good advice. Do you ever come across specific scenes or pieces of a story that you think are necessary plot-wise but that don’t really interest you to write? How do you get yourself through these boring parts and write them anyway, and how do you prevent them from being boring to a reader?
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