{"id":348,"date":"2020-09-30T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crackerjim.co.nz\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2023-05-11T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:22:10","slug":"how-to-write-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crackerjim.co.nz\/how-to-write-books\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Write books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"348\" class=\"elementor elementor-348\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a44f623 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a44f623\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f4d85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1f4d85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6262ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6262ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Writing Books<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-588d41b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"588d41b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Write books by Jim Henderson<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6ce80 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b6ce80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7133b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7133b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f7f78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28f7f78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Know your subject.<\/li><li>Think about and mull over story. This may take up to two months per book.<\/li><li>Your writing needs to be interesting, funny, topical, and\u00a0 contain something about technology &#8211; this shows you are up with modern trends &#8211; even though you may not be!<\/li><li>Check out the competition- to see what else is out there.<\/li><li>I self publish &#8211; This means I have to pay my costs up front. So my advice is not to print too many. You can always print more and it doesn&#8217;t cost you the second time for set up and illustrations.<\/li><li>Good illustrations- if you are doing this yourself or someone else make sure your artwork is of the best quality. I use a professional illustrator. For my books &#8211; the illustrations really help to sell the books.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aade204 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aade204\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-772d299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"772d299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7. Get people to proof read your work. Friends, teachers or other writers who will critique your work and will be honest but kind to you. I have about 4 go to people.<br \/>8. Take their advice (mostly) &#8211; You want to write books that people will buy.<br \/>9. My illustrator will send the book as a PDF to the printer whilst we continue to edit. Sometimes the printer will spot errors that we need to fix before printing.<br \/>10. I use a local printer &#8211; but you can also use on line printing companies.<br \/>11. I write my story &#8211; and then suggest illustrations to my illustrator &#8211; but I am always open to his suggestions as he is a very creative person. He sends me drafts so that we can make alterations before the final inking and colouring of the artwork.<br \/>12. In New Zealand you get an ISPN number from the national library and from that you can create a bar code. It sounds complicated, but it isn&#8217;t and the costs are minimal.<br \/>13. Check out and join any local writers group &#8211; they can be a great resource and source of inspiration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-820f88b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"820f88b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crackerjim.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Flossie-in-a-rubber-ring.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-359\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3875a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3875a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Feel free to contact me at <a href=\"mailto:jimmarieh@xtra.co.nz\"><u>jimmarieh@xtra.co.nz<\/u> <\/a>if you need any more help.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Books How to Write books by Jim Henderson How to Write books by Jim Henderson Know your subject. 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