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Tag Archives: Writing
Book in a Month: The Fool-Proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days
What Can You Accomplish in 30 Days? If you make time to write and put away all of your excuses, could you stay on track and finish your novel in only a month? With a structured plan and a focused goal, yes, you can! Using a combination of flexible weekly schedules, focused instruction, and detailed worksheets, author Victoria Schmidt leads you through a proven 30-day novel-writing system without the intimidation factor. Book in a Month shows you how to: Set …
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook
This powerful book builds on the success of it predecessor-Writing the Breakout Novel-and takes readers to the next level: improving their work with practical, hands-on lessons and exercises. With patented techniques from his popular writing workshops, Donald Maass shows fiction writers exactly how to make their work stand out from the crowd. Readers will learn how to strengthen any novel-in-progress, with sections on: – Building Plot Layers – Creating Inner Conflict – Strengthening Point of View and Voice – Discovering …
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel
The write stuff for telling a good story…includes exclusive interviews with New York Times bestselling authors! Novelist and editor Tom Monteleone shares his insights about the writing process-from developing a style through creating believable characters and settings, to the final editing and rewriting chores. Features never-before-published interviews with such bestselling authors as Janet Evanovich, Peter Straub, Richard Matheson, Whitley Streiber, Stephen Hunter, and William Peter Blatty Includes chapters on the publishing business Author has more than 20 …
Writing the Breakout Novel
From Library Journal In today’s world, an author who doesn’t produce a breakout novel risks getting lost in the midlist of the publishing world. Maass, the author of 17 novels who now works as a literary agent representing such distinguished writers as Anne Perry and James Patterson, knows firsthand what makes a novel rise above its category in the already saturated book market. Using his own clients as case studies, Maass defines the most crucial elements of a breakout novel …
WRITE A BOOK!
The Above Message was brought to you from my 16 Year-old-daughter, upset that I Didn’t finish a draft using the Book in a Month she bought me for Father’s Day. This shows the dangers of leaving the computer unattended for a minute, as the post she wrote over was a sparkling, brilliant piece of prose that is now lost forever. Goodnight
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