Before You Write: A Practical Guidebook for Those Who Have Decided to Write

by Marva Mitchell

So you’ve made up your mind – you’re going to write a book. Excellent! You’ve got your pen and paper (or laptop), a fairly good idea of what your book will be about and you’re ready to start. Stop!

Before you put that proverbial pen to paper (or keystroke to screen) – and for those who have already started to write, let’s take a moment to consider and define a few details about your book that will not only make your writing process more focused and goal oriented but will help you create a book that captures your audience’s attention.

Before You Write is a practical guidebook that takes your decision to write a book and builds out a goal statement for your writing process, that will serve as a constant guide for your writing, successes, and final product.

With a step-by-step approach, this guidebook will help

Focus your writing goalsIdentify your book typeIdentify your audienceDevelop your books marketability in processDefine what success looks likeHelp you save time and money during the editing processCharts are included for easy reference and cover details on choosing your age categories, genres and tropes. This resource will not only help you with your current work in progress but can be used as a guide for your future book projects.

Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2024

About the author

Marva Mitchell writes urban fantasy from her home in the Caribbean twin island country of Trinidad and Tobago. She has worked in the corporate world in Communications, Marketing, Graphic Design, New Media Design and Editing but her childhood hobby of writing fiction has remained her passion.

When not concocting new plots to test the limit of her characters or working her day job she's busy wearing the hat of mom to her three kids. Her favourite pass-times are binge watching fantasy series, binge reading fantasy books by her favourite authors and hashing.