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The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide
Prompts and Activities to Create the Most Interesting Story for Your Character
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbook—an essential addition to any player’s gaming kit.
You’ve chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you’re now the proud owner of your own RPG (role-playing...
Trough of Hell
How to Wrap Up the Middle of Your Story with Maximum Impact
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Conquer Act Two. Complete Your Story in Less Time--and with Less Frustration
If you’re like me, you know how your screenplay or novel* is going to start and end. Maybe not the exact image or line, but you’ve got a rough idea of what you’re going to write. So you begin writing your story...
The Plot Machine
Design Better Stories Faster, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2017
There are a lot of books on story structure, but only The Plot Machine presents a step-by-step guide to designing a story. In clear precise language, this guide discusses the various types of stories we tell, their specific parts, and how they are assembled. Say good-bye to staring at the blank page...
Creating Unforgettable Characters
A Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series, Advertisements, Novels & Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
In this book, Linda Seger shows how to create strong, multidimensional characters in fiction, covering everything from research to character block. Interviews with today's top writers complete this essential volume.
by Michael Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Many people find music theory a tough subject-- but it doesn't have to be! The best-selling Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician (and even more experienced ones) how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading...
Contemporary Songwriting
First Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2018
*** Sale price of $69.99 (30% off of $99.99) ***
Contemporary Songwriting teaches you to compose and produce popular music with a Mac computer using the Apple programs GarageBand 10.2 (free) and MainStage 3 ($29.99). (You may use Logic Pro X as an alternative to MainStage 3, though it is more...
45 Master Characters, Revised Edition
Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Create unforgettable characters your readers will love!
Want to make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex, and original than ever before? 45 Master Characters is here to help you explore the most common male and female archetypes--the mythic, cross-cultural models from...
Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays.
by Marva K. Blackmore
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2019
Are you thinking about writing your memoir or your family's history? Does it seem like a daunting task? Well it doesn't have to be.
In Telling Your Story, Marva K. Blackmore presents techniques learned from her many years as a professional storyteller to show you how to craft your stories and...
Story Genius
How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.
It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing...
Write Your Novel From The Middle
A New Approach For Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
A powerful secret and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction!
What's the best way to write a "next level" novel? Some writers start at the beginning and let the story unfold without a plan. They are called "pantsers," because they write by the "seat of the...
Take Off Your Pants!
Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (Revised Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
When it comes to writing books, are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?” Is one method really better than the other?
In this instructional ebook, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She’ll show you how to develop a foolproof...
by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Crafting likable, interesting characters is a balancing act, and finding that perfect mix of strengths and weaknesses can be difficult. Not only does a well-drawn protagonist need positive attributes to help him succeed, he must also have flaws that humanize him and give him something to overcome....
by José Saramago
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Una guía para leer a José Saramago escrita por el propio autor
De la estatua a la piedra. El autor se explica
De la estatua a la piedra es un recorrido en primera persona por las obras más emblemáticas del Premio Nobel de Literatura, acompañado de una introducción de Pilar del Río, epílogo...