Troubleshooting Your Novel

Author : Steven James
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 159963984X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troubleshooting Your Novel written by Steven James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your story to the next level of excellence! You've completed the first draft of your novel--now what? Chances are, it's not perfect...at least not yet. In order to increase your chances of getting a literary agent, selling your manuscript to a publisher, or garnering an audience for your self-published work, you need targeted, practical instruction on tackling the problem areas and weak spots in your story. You need Troubleshooting Your Novel. In this hand-on, easy-to-use guide, award-winning author Steven James provides helpful techniques and checklists, timesaving tricks of the trade, and hundreds of questions for manuscript analysis and revision. You'll learn how to: • ADJUST elements of story progression, from causality, tension, and setbacks to plot twists, climaxes, and endings. • DEVELOP authentic, riveting characters by exploring their attitudes, desires, beliefs, and more. • LEARN narrative techniques for elements such as dialogue, flashbacks, suspense, voice, subtext, and flow. • ENSURE reader engagement by aligning with their expectations, fulfilling promises, and instilling trust. • CHECK issues with context and continuity. You owe your book more than just a polish and a proofread. Strengthen your story, prepare it for the marketplace, and make it the best it can be with Troubleshooting Your Novel.

Author : Steven James
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599639807
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troubleshooting Your Novel written by Steven James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your story to the next level of excellence! You've completed the first draft of your novel--now what? Chances are, it's not perfect...at least not yet. In order to increase your chances of getting a literary agent, selling your manuscript to a publisher, or garnering an audience for your self-published work, you need targeted, practical instruction on tackling the problem areas and weak spots in your story. You need Troubleshooting Your Novel. In this hand-on, easy-to-use guide, award-winning author Steven James provides helpful techniques and checklists, timesaving tricks of the trade, and hundreds of questions for manuscript analysis and revision. You'll learn how to: • ADJUST elements of story progression, from causality, tension, and setbacks to plot twists, climaxes, and endings. • DEVELOP authentic, riveting characters by exploring their attitudes, desires, beliefs, and more. • LEARN narrative techniques for elements such as dialogue, flashbacks, suspense, voice, subtext, and flow. • ENSURE reader engagement by aligning with their expectations, fulfilling promises, and instilling trust. • CHECK issues with context and continuity. You owe your book more than just a polish and a proofread. Strengthen your story, prepare it for the marketplace, and make it the best it can be with Troubleshooting Your Novel.

Author : Ed Jaworowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811729420
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troubleshooting the Cast written by Ed Jaworowski and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert diagnoses 32 common casting problems and shows how to fix them.

Author : M.K. Williams
Publisher : M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1952084105
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Wide: Self-Publishing Your Books Outside The Amazon Ecosystem written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this concise how-to-guide by M.K. Williams to bring your self-published books beyond the Amazon ecosystem Everyone is going wide... here's how: The buzzy term in the self-publishing space right now is, "wide." I was doing this before it was a thing. As more authors hear about the benefits of self-publishing on multiple platforms, I find myself on the receiving end of many panicked emails. While the concept is easy to understand the execution requires planning and patience. For those who want to get their book out to as many readers and retailers as possible, I have the tools you need to create than plan. I've condensed my years of experience and best advice into this short and actionable book to help you go from Amazon-Only to Wide Author. This book will cover strategy, platforms, opting out of exclusivity, and marketing for success. Get your free planners throughout the book to help you make and stick to your plan. Ready to go wide?

Author : Denise Jaden
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608685098
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Story Sparks written by Denise Jaden and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find rock-solid story ideas before you start writing Anyone who has been hamster-wheeling a story idea for years or has hundreds of pages exploring various approaches on their hard drive knows that there must be a better way. There is. Young adult novelist Denise Jaden shows exactly how to create the captivating stories that prevent dispiriting wasted time. Busting the “visitation from the muses” myth, she shows that inspiration is a skill writers can learn by understanding how story ideas work (or don’t), fertilizing the ground for fresh and sound ideas, and moving swiftly through stuck points. Practical and inspiring, Jaden’s approach celebrates the imaginative sparks that make innovations of all kinds possible while pinpointing the precise tools writers need to fan their unique creative flames.

Author : K. M. Weiland
Publisher : Penforasword
ISBN 13 : 9780985780425
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outlining Your Novel Workbook written by K. M. Weiland and published by Penforasword. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn How to Make Your First Draft Easy!Award-winning author K.M. Weiland's previous book, the bestselling Outlining Your Novel, showed writers how to embrace outlines in a way that makes the writing process fun, inspiring, and easy.Now it's time to put those lessons to use! Building upon the principles you've already learned, the Outlining Your Novel Workbook presents a guided approach to getting the bones of your story down on paper, identifying plot holes, and brainstorming exciting new possibilities.Containing hundreds of incisive questions and imagination-revving exercises, this valuable resource will show you how to:Create your own personalized outlining processBrainstorm premise and plot ideasDiscover your charactersChoose and create the right settingsOrganize your scenesAnd so much more!This accessible and streamlined workbook will empower you to create a powerful outline--and an outstanding novel.Start writing your best book today!

Author : Steven James
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1599636514
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Story Trumps Structure written by Steven James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't limit your fiction - LIBERATE IT All too often, following the "rules" of writing can constrict rather than inspire you. With Story Trumps Structure, you can shed those rules - about three-act structure, rising action, outlining, and more - to craft your most powerful, emotional, and gripping stories. Award-winning novelist Steven James explains how to trust the narrative process to make your story believable, compelling, and engaging, and debunks the common myths that hold writers back from creating their best work. • Ditch your outline and learn to write organically. • Set up promises for readers - and deliver on them. • Discover how to craft a satisfying climax. • Master the subtleties of characterization. • Add mind-blowing twists to your fiction. When you focus on what lies at the heart of story - tension, desire, crisis, escalation, struggle, discovery - rather than plot templates and formulas, you'll begin to break out of the box and write fiction that resonates with your readers. Story Trumps Structure will transform the way you think about stories and the way you write them, forever.

Author : Peter Selgin
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781582976075
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 179 Ways to Save a Novel written by Peter Selgin and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for ways to fix your novel? Or: Is your fiction writing in peril? Based on real advice gleaned from thousands of writing critiques, 179 Ways to Save a Novel is more than a collection of ideas for troubleshooting your work-in-progress (though it holds plenty of practical writing advice). This inspiring guide doubles as a thoughtful examination of the writing life—and not just with respect to writing, but to the reading habits and thought processes of writers. The 179 meditations in this book are grouped under six headings: Substance Structure Style Symbol, Myth & Metaphor Soul and Other Matters Dip into the book at random when in need of nonspecific advice, inspiration, or criticism. Or read it straight through for a deeper examination of the writing life. However you encounter them, these meditations are guaranteed to challenge, inspire, provoke—and occasionally to tickle or annoy. But most of all they'll awaken a deeper awareness of the fiction writer's many challenges and thorny choices.

Author : Julia Cameron
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 : 9781585420667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supplies written by Julia Cameron and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Artist's Date Book, Julia Cameron and Elizabeth Cameron Evans gave readers an illustrated book of provocative tasks to guide them in the Artists' date. Now, Supplies provides an owner's and driver's manual of spiritual wisdom for the creative drive. Highlighted with illustrations by Elizabeth Cameron Evans and text by Julia Cameron, this is a whimsical, entertaining, and inspiring volume that leads readers toward authentic growth, to renewal, and confidence.

Author : M.K. Williams
Publisher : M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1733392998
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alpha-Nina written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continue the time-travel adventure series from M.K. Williams and cross back over the Plain with The Alpha-Nina There is no such thing as a coincidence in an infinite multiverse. Each action happens, it is inevitable. It was bound to occur, somewhere, sometime. Or, more elegantly put: It is destiny. While Nina Marks may have found her way back home after being kidnapped across the multiverse, her alter-egos are now in danger. The technology needed to travel the multiverse exists in at least 4 known universes, and perhaps more. How can Nina, now stuck in Universe Alpha keep all the infinite universes safe from those looking to exploit this technology? And, if the weight of protecting parallel universes wasn’t enough on her shoulders, she is the primary suspect in the disappearance of Dr. Parker Lovett. Can Nina exonerate herself without exposing the secrets of The Portal? Can she trust her alter-egos to keep watch on their entry point to the multiverse? Can she just get through the first week at her new job without having to worry about the fate of all people living across the infinite universes? Read The Alpha-Nina, the second book in The Feminina Series, and the anxiously awaited sequel to The Infinite-Infinite to find out.