The Most Powerful – and Most Ignored – Tool in a Writer’s Toolkit

I learned so much from Joan about using Microsoft Word as an author. This course is a winner!

Joan Leacott

Do you see Word as a tool – or as The Enemy?

“Hi. My name is Sandra and I’m a self-pubbed author. I dread preparing my manuscripts for conversion to ebooks. I have to upload over and over, fixing a different error each time. I lose so many hours when I could be writing.”

“I’m Thomas and I’m traditionally published. My editor just sent my manuscript back. Not for the usual edits and proofing, but with formatting instructions! What the heck are Styles?”

“Jamila here. I’m entering lots of contests to get noticed by an agent or editor. I keep losing so many points for formatting, spelling, and grammar that I just miss first place and now I’m no place. How do I fix this?”

Are you like Sandra, Thomas, and Jamila? Aggravated and confused by technology? Frustrated by wasting your precious writing time not actually writing?

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