by bomb2060 » 02 Oct 2020, 07:20
Peterluck22 wrote:My earnings so far as gone from terrible to worst. But with this marvelous article you have shared with us today, am ready to step my game up
I wish you the best of Luck
-- 02 Oct 2020, 07:26 --
Angie10 wrote:fergus1234 wrote:Speaking of writing ebooks, Grammarly premium help me got my articles published. So it can be used for writing ebooks too. It not only fixes grammar but the readability too.
I have to say though, I honestly don't like Grammarly all that much. Ok, I do use it but find I have to be very, very vigilant because quite often, it's WRONG - some errors slip through the net, while it tends to highlight perfectly fine words/phrases/sentence structures as wrong when they are not
It's ok, but certainly far from perfect.
One that proper grates on my nerves is 'It's' - short form of 'it is' - honestly 9 out of 10 times, Grammarly wants to change it to 'its' as in the possessive. Like, really?!? Also (I know I did say one thing!), all names and words in my language get me a mark down
Surely if it's clearly a name, it has nothing to do with Grammar. I know it doesn't really matter but I really pride myself on good grammar and written skills and even though I try not to let it get to me, it really winds me up
Hey,
You should use Grammarly as a guide to writing proper grammar. Not as the Ultimate solution for grammar. You get what i mean? Grammarly is just meant to give you direction, you dont have to go by everything it suggests.
I get loads of "Passive Statements" alert, but if i read the sentence and understand it, i dont change it to suite Grammarly. You just need guidance from it. Not all tools have good NLP. So you should sometimes go by your guts.
Plus, with time, you will realize you have perfected your writing naturally, that you will not need the help of Grammarly. It will just be a tool for double checking to confirm you are on the right track.
-- 02 Oct 2020, 07:31 --
anilmr wrote:Fergal wrote:My suggestion would be to get started right away. You could start by, deciding that you will spend a minimum of 2 mins per day writing / putting together your first e-book.
Yes sir, thanks to your advice I have compiled all the material needed, including circuit diagrams, illustrations, pictures of various parts of hydraulic machinery, and also animations need to write an e-book on Marine Hydraulic Machinery. I'm planning to show this to my seniors from my industry for their advice and suggestions.
You are heading in the right direction.
If i were you, i wouldn't show them the material i have gathered, i would write the brought draft (1 week), review it (1 week), then present it to them for their review (3 rd week). That is what i do with all my articles.
I usually take 5 - 7 days to write a 30,000 words article. Then i give it to friends and/or family for scrutiny before i self-publish.
Another way, is to start a blog, publish articles frequently (Daily, weekly, fortnightly etc). At the end of the month, create a montly pdf newsletter or an ebook that contain the articles. At the end of the year, combine the monthly ebooks to make a MEGA book. You will sell the book like crazy! it has worked for me and a few of my friends.
[quote="Peterluck22"]My earnings so far as gone from terrible to worst. But with this marvelous article you have shared with us today, am ready to step my game up[/quote]
I wish you the best of Luck
-- 02 Oct 2020, 07:26 --
[quote="Angie10"][quote="fergus1234"]Speaking of writing ebooks, Grammarly premium help me got my articles published. So it can be used for writing ebooks too. It not only fixes grammar but the readability too.[/quote]
I have to say though, I honestly don't like Grammarly all that much. Ok, I do use it but find I have to be very, very vigilant because quite often, it's WRONG - some errors slip through the net, while it tends to highlight perfectly fine words/phrases/sentence structures as wrong when they are not :roll: :roll: It's ok, but certainly far from perfect.
One that proper grates on my nerves is 'It's' - short form of 'it is' - honestly 9 out of 10 times, Grammarly wants to change it to 'its' as in the possessive. Like, really?!? Also (I know I did say one thing!), all names and words in my language get me a mark down :lol: Surely if it's clearly a name, it has nothing to do with Grammar. I know it doesn't really matter but I really pride myself on good grammar and written skills and even though I try not to let it get to me, it really winds me up :lol:[/quote]
Hey,
You should use Grammarly as a guide to writing proper grammar. Not as the Ultimate solution for grammar. You get what i mean? Grammarly is just meant to give you direction, you dont have to go by everything it suggests.
I get loads of "Passive Statements" alert, but if i read the sentence and understand it, i dont change it to suite Grammarly. You just need guidance from it. Not all tools have good NLP. So you should sometimes go by your guts.
Plus, with time, you will realize you have perfected your writing naturally, that you will not need the help of Grammarly. It will just be a tool for double checking to confirm you are on the right track.
-- 02 Oct 2020, 07:31 --
[quote="anilmr"][quote="Fergal"]
My suggestion would be to get started right away. You could start by, deciding that you will spend a minimum of 2 mins per day writing / putting together your first e-book.[/quote]
Yes sir, thanks to your advice I have compiled all the material needed, including circuit diagrams, illustrations, pictures of various parts of hydraulic machinery, and also animations need to write an e-book on Marine Hydraulic Machinery. I'm planning to show this to my seniors from my industry for their advice and suggestions.[/quote]
You are heading in the right direction.
If i were you, i wouldn't show them the material i have gathered, i would write the brought draft (1 week), review it (1 week), then present it to them for their review (3 rd week). That is what i do with all my articles.
I usually take 5 - 7 days to write a 30,000 words article. Then i give it to friends and/or family for scrutiny before i self-publish.
Another way, is to start a blog, publish articles frequently (Daily, weekly, fortnightly etc). At the end of the month, create a montly pdf newsletter or an ebook that contain the articles. At the end of the year, combine the monthly ebooks to make a MEGA book. You will sell the book like crazy! it has worked for me and a few of my friends.
