Writing Incubator – Crafting Your Book
The articles and videos on this page are tips on details of book construction: Book Components, Font ideas, Best first lines, Back Cover Resources.
Book Components:
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Closing: summarize the book’s message and your final thought.
About the Author
Appendix
Bibliography
Call-to-Action
Prologue and Epilogue
Understanding the Basic Sections of a Book
Green Leaf Book Group
A list of examples:
Front Matter
Principal Text
Back Matter
How to fix unlikable characters:
https://thewritepractice.com/funlikable-character/
100 best first lines from novels
http://americanbookreview.org/100bestlines.asp
Reading articles like this can expand how you view your writing. What is the first line of your blog post? What is the first line of each chapter in your book? This is the first impression a reader has of what you are writing. So, check out the “Best First Lines” for inspiration.
- Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. —Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
- It was the day my grandmother exploded. —Iain M. Banks, The Crow Road (1992)
How to Title a Book
https://kindlepreneur.com/how-to-title-a-book-with-good-book-titles/
What Do Your Favorite Fonts Say About You?
https://writingcooperative.com/what-do-your-favorite-fonts-say-about-you-e4ab81f4c541