Inkslinger — 99-Day Guided Writing Experience
Write Your Book Don't Wait Another Day
by Kimberly M Cooper Griffin
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Pub Date Nov 05 2020 | Archive Date Jan 30 2021
Night River Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Written by award-winning author and CEO of Inkstacks, Kimberly Cooper Griffin, edited by professional editor and author Marlo Garnsworthy, and published by award-winning independent publisher, Night River Press, Inkslinger - 99-day Guided Writing Experience guides you through the first three phases of the writing process. Starting with the basics, it provides a quick and fun set of educational material to lift the confidence of new writers, while reminding experienced writers of the fundamentals. This opens up the creative pathways, making room for that, oh-so-critical magical inspiration. Next, it motivates you through the perspiration of the process, by setting up the foundation of a solid structure, giving a set of easily attainable goals, queueing up accountability, and cheering you on to a strong finish. Finally, Inkslinger walks the writer through the finish line with solid revision and self-editing tips that take the ugly first draft through the transformation into a solid manuscript. This guide packs a lot of knowledge and how-to into these pages, but we've deliberately made it fun to read, easy to consume, and inspirational, so you will be encouraged to write that book you've been wanting to write for so long.
Books are the release of concepts generated by a fertile mind. They contribute to culture, history, and the stimulation of new ideas. But, only a fraction of a percentage of the people who say they want to write a book ever really do. That leaves a huge amount of stories and ideas lost to the inaccessible recesses of creative minds. Inkslinger helps to free these stories by removing the obstacles that prevent people from making the transition from idea to written story.
A Note From the Publisher
Book illustrator: Shelle Pourmanafzadehardabili
Other contributor: Skeeter Buck
ePub: 9780996434942
Book illustrator: Shelle Pourmanafzadehardabili
Other contributor: Skeeter Buck
ePub: 9780996434942
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780996434959 |
| PRICE | $11.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
jc C, Educator
Inkslinger — 99-Day Guided Writing Experience is a brilliant book for writers, especially those just beginning. I loved they way the book was so easy to read, straight to the point and so full of lightness and humour. Often books on writing are heavy and longwinded so this was very refreshing. I think the author has struck a really good balance because you feel inspired after reading it. The structure for jumping in and starting the challenge of writing is very good, and the additional worksheets are a huge bonus. Overall one of the best short books on writing I have read. Thank you
Annie B, Reviewer
Inkslinger is a well written, humorous, encouraging, and truly accessible guide with tips for solidifying ideas into written words, and editing them into a usable (possibly marketable) finished product. Released 5th Nov 2020 by Night River Press, it's a compact 150 pages and available in electronic format. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
Every year when NaNoWriMo rolls around, I intend to sit down and get words on paper. Every year until now it's turned into a somewhat stress filled NaNoWriNO-WAY for me personally. The author, Kimberly Cooper Griffin, gives me some hope that I can manage to get some words down and at least begin to understand the mechanics behind getting them into a readable form. After all, I've managed hundreds of thousands of words over my years on my blog (so how hard can it be, right? *haha*).
The guided course is set up like a workshop (without the group therapy aspects) in a logical and progressive format. The introduction and preparatory sections provide an overview of the course: background information (including tips on genre, target audience, text elements and overviews for both fiction and non-fiction writing and moving through a realistic and (sorry) brutal examination of the self-editing and revision process).
The second part of the material includes the actual timeline calendar (99 days). The author has broken it down into four main sections: inspiration, perspiration, celebration, transformation. This is a very concise guide and well laid out. I never found myself searching fruitlessly for needed information. The voice is very positive and upbeat and full of humorous camaraderie - we're all in this together.
The appendices include a good insider's overview of what happens after the newly born work is finished and edited - to publish (or not), how to publish (the options), and insightful no-nonsense info about the writerly life. This would be a good selection for a would-be writer, and I can also see it being a solid choice for a more formal writing class or writing instruction in a classroom setting.
Whether or not I ever manage to get through NaNoWriMo with something approaching a book/story/WordyThing - this book certainly provided both inspiration and reflection. It's very good at what it does. Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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