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Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finish Draft Omnibus
Foundations of Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2016
Get all three Fixing Your Revision Problems books in one omnibus!
This book contains Fixing Your Character & Point-of-View Problems, Fixing Your Plot & Story Structure Problems, and Fixing Your Setting & Description Problems--PLUS a BONUS workshop: How to Salvage Half-Finished Manuscripts.
A...
MeSearch and ReSearch
A Guide for Writing Scholarly Personal Narrative Manuscripts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
From the Foreword: Robert and DeMethra’s book, MeSearching and ReSearch, has caught my fancy in a number of ways. The book title cleverly captures what SPN is all about—it is about self narratives (the “mesearch” part) and about scholarly meaning making (the “research” part). This eyecatching...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Now includes a subscription to NSSWM online (the fiction section of writersmarket.com). For 28 years, Novel & Short Story Writer's Market has been the only resource of its kind exclusively for fiction writers. Anyone who is writing novels and/or stories—whether romance or literary, horror or...
by Ruth Moratz
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
A potpourri of 200 writing prompts and exercises to encourage your creativity. You'll find everything from basic and image prompts to exercises to help you envision scenes from the point of view of different characters.
by M. L. Buchman
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Author’s commentary on the origin, backstory, and writing of the acclaimed military romantic suspense series: The Night Stalkers.
“Top 10 Romance of 2012.” – Booklist, The Night Is Mine
“Top 5 Romance of 2012.” –NPR, I Own the Dawn
“Best 5 Romance of 2013.” –Barnes...
by Dixon, Debra
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
"This book belongs on every fiction writer's bookshelf. Anyone who has ever had a story to tell and is dying to get it down on paper will find guidance and inspiration in GMC. The presentation is clear, immediate, and relevant to all writers--from novices to seasoned professionals. Experienced author...
by Steve Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2011
Author Steve Sharp tells his students that the thesis statement is the sun around which everything in their paper orbits. Every sentence must fall within its gravitational pull and obey rational orbital laws. Otherwise chaos ensues. If you really want to succeed in the academic world you simply can't...
The Way of Story
The Craft & Soul of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Offering an integrative approach to writing all forms of narrative, this illustrated book contains evocative insights from the authors own professional journey. The emphasis on the integration of both a solid craft and an experiential inner discovery make
Playwriting
A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Full of inspiration and practical advice, Playwriting: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is a comprehensive companion to writing for the stage.
PART 1 includes reflections on the art and the craft of playwriting, guidance on writing for a full range of genres and spaces and a brief history...
Blueprint Your Bestseller
Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
The first draft is the easy part…
In Blueprint Your Bestseller, Stuart Horwitz offers a step-by-step process for revising your manuscript that has helped bestselling authors get from first draft to final draft. Whether you’re tinkering with your first one hundred pages or trying to wrestle...
Write Your Best Book
What Every Author Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
No amount of marketing will make readers love a book that’s poorly conceived and badly written. If you want your book to get noticed—if you want to find readers—it needs to rise to the top. It needs to be your best book.
Whether your form is fiction or nonfiction, whether you publish...
by Steve Waters
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters.
Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writing - scenes, acts, space, time,...
Poetry
A Writers' Guide and Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthologyis a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. The authors map out more than 25 key elements of poetry including image, lyric, point of view, metaphor, and movement and use these elements as starting points for discussion questions and writing...
Story Sensei Characterization worksheet
Create memorable, three-dimensional characters
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Whether your story is plot-driven or character-driven, characterization is important. Your readers identify and/or empathize with your characters, and that’s what keeps them on the edge of their seats, wanting to know what happens next to your characters.
When your reader is apathetic about...