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Write Your Novel From The Middle

A New Approach For Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between

by James Scott Bell ...

Series Book 1 - Bell's Knockout Fiction Series
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 pants."Other writers plan and outline and know the ending before they start. These are the "plotters."The two sides never seem to agree ... Read more

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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 pants."Other writers plan and outline and know the ending before they start. These are the "plotters."The two sides never seem to agree
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Story Made Simple

A No-Nonsense Guide to the Essential Elements of Storytelling

by Brandon McNulty ...

Unlock the secrets of storytelling and unleash your creativity!This ultimate guide for fiction writers demystifies the eight essential elements that every great narrative needs: concept, character, worldbuilding, theme, plot, structure, scenes, and pacing.Whether you’re just starting out or looking to supercharge your skills, this book is packed with practical insights, clear ... ... Read more

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Unlock the secrets of storytelling and unleash your creativity!This ultimate guide for fiction writers demystifies the eight essential elements that every great narrative needs: concept, character, worldbuilding, theme, plot, structure, scenes, and pacing.Whether you’re just starting out or looking to supercharge your skills, this book is packed with practical insights, clear ...
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The Writer's Little Book of Revision

Tips and Tricks for Fixing Your Fiction

by Marie Brennan ...

Series Book 9 - Writer's Little Books
Finishing a draft is just the first step: after that comes revision! But how do you tackle the suggestions from a critique group or an editor? And how do you develop your own critical eye, strengthening your capacity for self-editing? Award-winning author Marie Brennan takes you through her own revision process, to help you make your drafts as strong as they can possibly be . . . and then to help ... Read more

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Finishing a draft is just the first step: after that comes revision! But how do you tackle the suggestions from a critique group or an editor? And how do you develop your own critical eye, strengthening your capacity for self-editing? Award-winning author Marie Brennan takes you through her own revision process, to help you make your drafts as strong as they can possibly be . . . and then to help
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The Writer's Little Book of Critique

Tips and Tricks for Giving and Receiving Feedback

by Marie Brennan ...

Series Book 8 - Writer's Little Books
Critiquing the work of others is one of the most powerful ways for a writer to build their skills. But what separates good critique from bad? What should you look for and comment on, and how can you present your criticism in a constructive (rather than destructive) fashion? How can you get the most value out of receiving feedback from others? Drawing on her experience in teaching creative writing, ... Read more

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Critiquing the work of others is one of the most powerful ways for a writer to build their skills. But what separates good critique from bad? What should you look for and comment on, and how can you present your criticism in a constructive (rather than destructive) fashion? How can you get the most value out of receiving feedback from others? Drawing on her experience in teaching creative writing,
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Better Blurb Writing for Authors

by Olivia Atwater ...

Series Book 1 - Atwater's Tools for Authors
Write better blurbs. Get better readers.Writing book descriptions for genre fiction (or blurbs, as some authors call them) requires a completely different skill set from writing full-length novels. For many authors, blurbs are a last distasteful obstacle they must overcome before they’re allowed to sell their book—but it doesn’t have to be that way! Writing blurbs is far easier with a step-by-step ... Read more

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Write better blurbs. Get better readers.Writing book descriptions for genre fiction (or blurbs, as some authors call them) requires a completely different skill set from writing full-length novels. For many authors, blurbs are a last distasteful obstacle they must overcome before they’re allowed to sell their book—but it doesn’t have to be that way! Writing blurbs is far easier with a step-by-step
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Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

by K.M. Weiland ...

Series Book 7 - Helping Writers Become Authors
Powerful Character Arcs Create Powerful StoriesHave you written a story with an exciting concept and interesting characters—but it just isn’t grabbing the attention of readers or agents? It’s time to look deeper into the story beats that create realistic and compelling character arcs. Internationally published, award-winning novelist K.M. Weiland shares her acclaimed method for achieving memorable ... Read more

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Powerful Character Arcs Create Powerful StoriesHave you written a story with an exciting concept and interesting characters—but it just isn’t grabbing the attention of readers or agents? It’s time to look deeper into the story beats that create realistic and compelling character arcs. Internationally published, award-winning novelist K.M. Weiland shares her acclaimed method for achieving memorable
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How To Write A Novel

From Idea To Book

by Joanna Penn ...

Series Book 14 - Books for Writers
Writing a novel will change your life.It might not be in the way that you expect, but when you hold your book in your hand and say, “I made this,” something will shift.The process of getting to that point will light a spark in your creative soul and help you discover unexpected aspects of yourself. It will be one of the things you are most proud of in your life. This book will help you get there.I ... Read more

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Writing a novel will change your life.It might not be in the way that you expect, but when you hold your book in your hand and say, “I made this,” something will shift.The process of getting to that point will light a spark in your creative soul and help you discover unexpected aspects of yourself. It will be one of the things you are most proud of in your life. This book will help you get there.I
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How to Write, Publish, and Market Short Stories

by Joanna Penn ...

Write more stories, strengthen your craft, and grow your author career.Short stories give you the freedom to experiment with new ideas, characters, and genres, without committing months or years to a novel. They can help you strengthen your craft, build your creative confidence, grow your audience, and create additional streams of income.But how do you turn a promising idea into a satisfying story ... Read more

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Write more stories, strengthen your craft, and grow your author career.Short stories give you the freedom to experiment with new ideas, characters, and genres, without committing months or years to a novel. They can help you strengthen your craft, build your creative confidence, grow your audience, and create additional streams of income.But how do you turn a promising idea into a satisfying story
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Style: An Anti-Textbook

by Richard A. Lanham ...

“A necessary manual for those interested in the perpetuation, and the possibilities, of good English prose.”—Harper’s Magazine“[Lanham’s] style is notable for its audacity, liveliness, and grace.”—The Times Literary Supplement“The most applicably provocative book on the subject of prose style available. Imperative reading for all teachers and students of writing.”—ChoiceThis humorous and ... Read more

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“A necessary manual for those interested in the perpetuation, and the possibilities, of good English prose.”—Harper’s Magazine“[Lanham’s] style is notable for its audacity, liveliness, and grace.”—The Times Literary Supplement“The most applicably provocative book on the subject of prose style available. Imperative reading for all teachers and students of writing.”—ChoiceThis humorous and
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Why Write?

A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters

by Mark Edmundson ...

**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be ... Read more

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**From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be
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Plain Style

A Guide to Written English

by Christopher Lasch ...

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in ... Read more

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Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in
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The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces

by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...

Series Book 5 - Writers Helping Writers Series
Making readers care and feel like they’re part of the story should be the number one goal of all writers. Ironically, many storytellers fail to maximize one of fiction’s most powerful elements to achieve this: the setting. Rather than being a simple backdrop against which events unfold, every location has the potential to become a conduit for conveying emotion, characterizing the cast, providing ... Read more

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Making readers care and feel like they’re part of the story should be the number one goal of all writers. Ironically, many storytellers fail to maximize one of fiction’s most powerful elements to achieve this: the setting. Rather than being a simple backdrop against which events unfold, every location has the potential to become a conduit for conveying emotion, characterizing the cast, providing
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Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success

by K.M. Weiland ...

Can Outlining Help You Write a Better Story?Writers often look upon outlines with fear and trembling. But when properly understood and correctly wielded, the outline is one of the most powerful weapons in a writer’s arsenal.Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success will:Help you choose the right type of outline for youGuide you in brainstorming plot ideasAid you in discovering your ... Read more

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Can Outlining Help You Write a Better Story?Writers often look upon outlines with fear and trembling. But when properly understood and correctly wielded, the outline is one of the most powerful weapons in a writer’s arsenal.Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success will:Help you choose the right type of outline for youGuide you in brainstorming plot ideasAid you in discovering your
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The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes

by Becca Puglisi, Angela Ackerman ...

Series Book 3 - Writers Helping Writers Series
It’s a writer’s job to create compelling characters who can withstand life’s fallout without giving up. But building authentic, memorable heroes is no easy task. To forge realistic characters, we must hobble them with flaws that set them back while giving them positive attributes to help them achieve their goals. So how do writers choose the right blend of strengths for their characters—attributes ... Read more

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It’s a writer’s job to create compelling characters who can withstand life’s fallout without giving up. But building authentic, memorable heroes is no easy task. To forge realistic characters, we must hobble them with flaws that set them back while giving them positive attributes to help them achieve their goals. So how do writers choose the right blend of strengths for their characters—attributes
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Memoir Writing Guide

Brighten Your Leaf on the Family Tree

by Marilyn H Collins ...

Writing or wanting to someday start writing your memoir? This practical, step-by-step guide will lead you to all stages of writing, structuring, and producing a successful memoir. Use the workbook format to make the process even easier. A must for writing about the most interesting character you know -- YOU. Writing your memoir gives you the chance to brighten your special leaf on the family tree ... Read more

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Writing or wanting to someday start writing your memoir? This practical, step-by-step guide will lead you to all stages of writing, structuring, and producing a successful memoir. Use the workbook format to make the process even easier. A must for writing about the most interesting character you know -- YOU. Writing your memoir gives you the chance to brighten your special leaf on the family tree
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A Concise Guide to Technical Communication

by Heather Graves, Roger Graves ...

This compact but complete guide shows that less is more—with fewer extraneous details getting in the way of students trying to learn on the run, it allows them to focus on the most important principles of effective technical communication. The Concise Guide takes a rhetorical approach to technical communication; instead of setting up a list of rules that should be applied uniformly to all writing ... Read more

$36.99 USD

This compact but complete guide shows that less is more—with fewer extraneous details getting in the way of students trying to learn on the run, it allows them to focus on the most important principles of effective technical communication. The Concise Guide takes a rhetorical approach to technical communication; instead of setting up a list of rules that should be applied uniformly to all writing
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Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition

by Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw ...

Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and
In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples, the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing, ... Read more

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In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples, the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing,
... Read more
Blood on the Page Volume 1

The ScriptMedic Guides, #2

by Samantha Keel ...

Series Book 2 - The ScriptMedic Guides
Give your charactes injuries that are more than skin deep.Are you worried that your story won’t stand up to scrutiny from discerning readers? Do you want to make sure you get character complications and recovery times just right? Paramedic Samantha Keel has over a decade of treating life-threatening injuries firsthand. She’s helped thousands of writers understand the medical aspects of ... Read more

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Give your charactes injuries that are more than skin deep.Are you worried that your story won’t stand up to scrutiny from discerning readers? Do you want to make sure you get character complications and recovery times just right? Paramedic Samantha Keel has over a decade of treating life-threatening injuries firsthand. She’s helped thousands of writers understand the medical aspects of
... Read more
Business Writing for Technical People

The most effective ways to get your message across

by Carrie Marshall ...

Technically-minded people can struggle with business writing and many businesses get it wrong, losing their readers in avalanches of acronyms and jungles of technical jargon. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this book you’ll discover how to give your communication skills an upgrade, exploring the tips and tricks that will enable you to write effectively and persuasively for any audience. You’ll ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Technically-minded people can struggle with business writing and many businesses get it wrong, losing their readers in avalanches of acronyms and jungles of technical jargon. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this book you’ll discover how to give your communication skills an upgrade, exploring the tips and tricks that will enable you to write effectively and persuasively for any audience. You’ll
... Read more
WRITING AN ESSAY

5 Easy Steps To Writing A Professional Essay

by usman khan Yousafzai ...

The book is a helpful guide for students who are struggling in Essay Writing. It provides helpful tips and a new method with which Essay Writing should look to be an easier exercise especially for those students who struggle in competitive exams ... Read more

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The book is a helpful guide for students who are struggling in Essay Writing. It provides helpful tips and a new method with which Essay Writing should look to be an easier exercise especially for those students who struggle in competitive exams
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Body Trauma

A Writers Guide to Wounds and Injuries

by David W. Page ...

Series series Get It Write
Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels. ... Read more

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Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.
... Read more
Penguin Writers' Guides: Improve Your Spelling

by George Davidson ...

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively.From silent, double and capital letters to foreign words, proper ... Read more

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The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively.From silent, double and capital letters to foreign words, proper
... Read more
Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters

by Mary Kole ...

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide—it’s an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide—it’s an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into
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How to Produce an Audiobook on a Budget

by Renee Conoulty ...

Do you want to be part of the growing audiobook industry? Are you an indie author looking to expand your readership? Learn how to narrate and produce your own professional quality audiobook within a budget.I won’t bore you with a list of my expert qualifications because I don’t have any. I’m not a tech wiz. I’m not an actor. I’m an average person, just like you, and if I can do it, then so can you ... Read more

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Do you want to be part of the growing audiobook industry? Are you an indie author looking to expand your readership? Learn how to narrate and produce your own professional quality audiobook within a budget.I won’t bore you with a list of my expert qualifications because I don’t have any. I’m not a tech wiz. I’m not an actor. I’m an average person, just like you, and if I can do it, then so can you
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