Jacqui Lipton, Author at SavvyAuthors

Trademarks and Titles by Jacqui Lipton

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about whether authors can use other people’s trademarks in their book, story, and essay titles. This can come up in a lot of different genres: notably, nonfiction. If you want to write about, say, the McDonalds corporation, or Nike, or General Motors, how do you do that …

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Self-Publishing an Audiobook by Jacqui Lipton

Indie authors have the advantage of really being in control of both their own author business as well as the creative side of the process. For people who enjoy both the business/marketing side of publishing as well as the creative side, it’s a dream come true. Now, there are more opportunities than ever to engage …

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Opening Pages Casting Call by Jacqui Lipton

Most writers know that what’s on your first pages can make or break your book. If your first pages are boring or confusing, the reader will turn to something else. So many questions come up about how to craft engaging first pages, including how to balance backstory with action, how to create and introduce an …

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Prime Stakes by Jacqui Lipton

Elements of a Plot If you’ve ever plotted out a novel, or taken a story structure class, you’re probably familiar with the idea of working forward from the protagonist’s goal. As I (and MANY others) have said: CHARACTER + DESIRE + OBSTACLES = PLOT. If you know what your character wants more than anything else …