It’s a Book, Not a Slide Deck: Avoiding Fast-Content Habits in Nonfiction

It’s a Book, Not a Slide Deck: Avoiding Fast-Content Habits in Nonfiction

Today’s post is by book coach and editor Dinah Laprairie. I opened the manuscript and sighed—not at the message, which was well-stated and useful, but at the wall of bold, italic, underlined, ALL CAPS text that shouted for attention on every page. It read more like a web article or social post than a book. Nonfiction writers—especially those working on prescriptive nonfiction—often turn to familiar writing formats from business, blogging, or soc…