STOP making these mistakes while writing a book!!!

Here are some points to keep in mind.

• Don’t start using heavy weight words and show off your vocabulary unnecessarily. It becomes very annoying for the reader to keep consulting a dictionary or Google every time that they read.

(If you want to show off your vocab then remember that your audience will narrow down significantly, as, only a particular set of people prefer to read non-lucid texts).

• Don’t use fonts that readers can barely make out. Keep it clean.

• Don’t start publishing on every platform that you happen to come across. Understand the pricing of your book and choose your platform accordingly.

• Don’t ‘over promote’ yourself in your books. An author’s page with the relevant links is going to be good enough.

• Don’t use pictures in your book unless you have the rights to it. I’ve seen a lot of authors get into trouble later on, because of this. Use royalty free pictures or get proper licensed ones if you want to use them badly.

• Make sure that you have clarity about your genre and that you stick to it. Don’t end up classifying your Crime Thriller as a Satire just because your book has some dark humor associated with it.

• Make sure you hit the maturity marking (18+) if your books happen to have ‘not so clean’ content. This also includes usage of slangs across your book.

• Keep the formatting of your book in such a way that people can understand things easily.

• Be wise if you’re writing a political book or a Satire. You don’t want to spread hate through them. You are free to voice your opinions, but you don’t want to turn off your reader. Get your facts in check.

• Proof-read your books thoroughly. Don’t end up having multiple spelling errors here and there.

• Ensure that your margins are perfect and your text is aligned properly. You wouldn’t want your text to get cut out from the edges.

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That’s all for today.?Make sure that you’re keeping these things in mind.

Still need help? Let me know. I’ll help you out. Yup, for free.

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