Improve Your Chances of Becoming An Award Winning Author (Skillshare)

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Improve Your Chances of Becoming An Award Winning Author (Skillshare)

Entering book contests can be highly beneficial for you as an author. But, if you want to improve your chances of winning an award, you need to be prepared. In this class, we share 9 benefits of entering and 23 powerful keys to help you become an award-winning author.

You’ll learn the following:

  • 9 Benefits to Entering Book Contests
  • 8 Ways to Make Your Book Stand Out and Above the Rest
  • 5 Ways to Capture Positive Attention from the Judges
  • 4 Ways to Help Judges Enjoy Reading Your Work
  • 6 Keys to Drastically Increase Your Chances of Winning

Use the assignment for Improving Your Chances of Becoming an Award-Winning Author to get prepared before you submit your book. You’ll find 5 easy questions and activities to help guide you in your efforts of entering your first or next of many book contests.
Make sure to to attach your sheets here to complete the assignment.
We would also like you to post a picture of your book cover here, so that we can see some amazing books.

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