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You are a writer and you want to bring some good conflict to your story, but a hammer versus knife battle just does not fit in your story, and you don’t know the first thing about guns. So how do you write your story and not make major mistakes that some of your readers will pick up on? (This information...

To write well, you must reach beyond the classroom basics of composition, get a grip on the more complex concepts, and learn how to create books, articles, and stories that move—not only from the editor’s desk to the bookstore, but also in the minds of your readers. In this book, accomplished writer...

Do you want to tell memorable, vivid, life-altering stories? With plots that embed real knowledge about the natures and ways of men? Do you want to create characters that will haunt your readers' dreams? Do you want to learn the discipline to unite all the above, without overdressing your plots...

This book is meant as reference for new writers. Whatever we are attempting to write, we owe it to ourselves to at least know what is meant by structure, and what the various theories are on how a story, book, novel, or whatever we are attempting to write, should be structured.The fact that so much...

Writers get stuck, but now they don’t have to stay that way. This creative and comprehensive guide to overcoming writer’s block is chock-full of innovative exercises, anecdotes, and advice from dozens of authors. It also includes practical “life prep” lessons to keep writers from becoming...

Description in a novel can be as dry as bone dust or read like a laundry list. But done right, description can draw the reader deeper into a character’s point of view and deeper into the story. Using description to achieve deep point of view is one of the most powerful tools in an author’s toolbox. Learn...

For more than a decade, writers have turned to William Germano for his insider’s take on navigating the world of scholarly publishing. A professor, author, and thirty-year veteran of the book industry, Germano knows what editors want and what writers need to know to get their work published. Today...

This book is not just about mistakes writers make but about things they tend to neglect. However it will not tell you "How To" create a world. That is still up to you but the most important point is to create an abundance of living beings and all they need to survive in a believable way. Generally,...

It begins when you have that moment when you can close your eyes and see a world no-one has seen before. It might start from a grain of sand, the way light filters through the trees, the feel of satin robes, the smell of cooking soup, or simply a wish for somewhere, somewhen else. It happens for different...

Using a broad definition of fantasy to include myth, folklore, legend and fairy tale, this survey of the genre will entice as well as inform any student interested in the mysterious, mystical or magical. Beloved authors like J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Morris and Robert E. Howard are examined closely.

All writers want to create stories in which readers can lose themselves, and the flow of time in a story is an important element of reader immersion. This article length book explains how time works in fiction, its relationship to time in the real world, and looks at concepts such as order and duration,...

Every writer eager to supplement their indie publishing with traditional publishing must learn to write a clear, concise synopsis if they wish to sell their manuscript. A well realized synopsis is a sales tool, see how a pro does it. Multi-genre writer, Russ Crossley, offers his suggestions and provides examples of synposis' he has written that sold books.

A unique stress-free approach for anyone who has ever wanted to write.

This book examines what literary and dramatic plotting is--what plot is. The premise of this book is that the concept of forces in literature and drama is analogous to the concept of forces in physics. In physics, vectors represent the forces that push and pull--that move, propel, objects. Vectors...