Pain Points and Solutions
(Reader alert: There is a sales pitch at the end of this article!)
Creating a work of fiction is a complex project requiring the writer to meld numerous components into a unified whole. In other words, the writer faces a bunch of problems or pain points.
Self-publishing a book for the first time likewise involves a number of unique pain points.
As for book marketing? Writing a book does nothing to prepare an author for the book marketing trauma that they will face.
Let’s identify these pesky pain points.
For fiction writing, the major ones a writers faces are:
Character development
Building a plot
Holding readers’ interest
What to do first when creating a new story
Control and consistency with the first draft
For self-publishing, the pain points are:
Formatting
Vanity presses
Mis-information
Getting professional help
With book marketing, an author faces these pain points:
Social media (in general)
Finding a target audience
Free advertising
Keywords
Promotional avenues
Social media marketing
Multiplicity of marketing tactics
Finding solutions for this these problems requires research and/or assistance. Addressing them individually takes time and that means less time spent on projects.
But, what if there was a website that addressed all this stuff? Would you check it out? Would you be interested in seeing what it has? Especially if most of the solutions are free?
Well, such a site now exists and you can find it at https://writersarc.com