Lisa Tener
Book Writing Coach
After Your Finish Your First Draft, Consider Developmental Editing What comes next after writing a first draft? One thing you probably need is developmental editing: Read through the first draft. Consider whether the overall structure works or whether it may need to be structured differently (Note: here’s where an experienced, objective editor can help) Move…
Got writer’s block? Were you on a roll only to crash and burn? How do you get back on track when you’ve stopped writing? Writer Derailed! When Board Advisory and Executive Coach Marina Cvetkovic joined my Bring Your Book to Life® Program to write her book, she dove into the Quick Start exercises and sent…
As Harvard Medical School’s CME writing and publishing course, Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals, draws closer (it’s in June this year), I look forward to seeing my colleagues, the other faculty members, many of whom I have known for over a decade—literary agents, acquisitions editors at publishing houses, publicists, editors and others….
Months ago I wrote to Huibert Evekink, co-author of the Stevie Award winning book Feedback First to catch up after our editing work together and to find out how his book was doing. In particular, I asked him how the book served as a business booster to impact the start up he had launched with…
Happy National Grammar Day Why should grammar be important to you and I as writers? Let me count the ways. But really. My dad, Martin J Tener was a english teacher. He emphasized the importance of it while we grew up. He might of easily made a list like this: Good grammar help make your…
Earlier this week, on a call to explore writing coaching, Kaya picked my brain about writing a book for a trade audience, whether she’d be seen as an expert if she self published, how to evaluate the success of other books similar to hers, how to best build her platform, whether she should hire a…
