Writing Book Vs Blog

Book writing forces a different kind of thinking than blogging and that might ultimately be more valuable.

Writing book vs blog. Mention the book s theme. The clearer and more simplified your outline is the more clarity and conviction your post will have. Blogs can make for very bad books.

Though many authors end up both writing a book and blogging you begin by. Before writing the main sections of your post flesh out an outline to nail your points down. Identify the book by author and title.

Jane friedman janefriedman has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry with expertise in digital media strategy for authors and publishers she is the publisher of the hot sheet the essential newsletter on the publishing industry for authors and was named publishing commentator of the year by digital book world in 2019. The litreactor blog consists of writing classes workshops and a myriad of posts on writing and books some of which are even written by us. Never use a blog as a dumping ground for material that s already been written for the print medium or for book publication without any consideration for the art of the blog.

Ask one hundred writers how long it takes them to write their first drafts and you ll get one hundred different answers. Writing the first draft of a book is a grueling intimidating process. There s also an online magazine that includes interviews criticism and analysis and seasonally appropriate reads and recommendations.

Sometimes you will need to include background to enable readers to place the book into a specific context. But it doesn t have to be a slow process. In addition to being a columnist for publishers weekly.

Specify the type of book such as fiction nonfiction biography or autobiography. Unlike a blog a book exudes permanence and an extra level of care and attention that your audience will appreciate. A blog has its own reasons for being and blogs do not aspire to become books if they are truly written as blogs.