By transforming the reading experience into writing inspiration, it breaks down how Jane Austen abided by the five commandments of storytelling in each and every scene of her novel. How do you write a love story?the story grid will teaCH YOU The Story Grid is a writing tool that. 1. Tells you if your story “works” or “doesn’t work.
Pride and Prejudice: Story Grid Edition #ad - 2. Pinpoints Story problems without abusing you, the writer. 3. Reveals—in very specific terms—what you must do to fix your Story’s problems. 4. Guides you in re-envisioning and resuscitating a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper you’ve stuck in an attic drawer. 5.
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know#ad - It is a tool that can inspire an original creation. Shawn coyne is a twenty-five year book-publishing veteran. He's acquired, robert crais, john brenkus, catherine crier, james lee burke, ben crenshaw, barbara Bush, David Feherty, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Dick Butkus, John Feinstein, published or represented works from James Bamford, edited, Jim Gant, Tyler Florence, Brett Favre, Nellie Connally, Col.
What is the story grid?the story grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. The story grid breaks down the component parts of stories to identify the problems. It is a tool to re-envision and resuscitate a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper stuck in an attic drawer.
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know #ad - 5. It will tell the writer the specific work necessary to fix that Story's problems. 4. Hackworth, joe namath, stephen graham jones, mo hayder, matthew modine, robert McKee, William Hjortsberg, Troon McAllister, David Leadbetter, Bill Murray, Jon Krakauer, David Mamet, Jamie Harrison, Alan Lomax, John J. It's like a ct scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what works better and fix what's not.
Nance, michael thomas, randy wayne white, dava sobel, jerry rice, anita raghavan, giora romm, william safire, Steven Pressfield, Matthew Quirk, Jack Olsen, Ann Scott Tyson, Betty White, Minette Walters, Scott Patterson, Ian Rankin, Nick Tosches, Tim Rosaforte, Steven White, Ruth Rendell, and Don Winslow among many others.
During his years as an editor at the big five publishing houses, as an independent publisher, as a literary agent both at a major Hollywood talent agency and as head of Genre Management Inc.
15-Minute Dictation: More Books, Less Frustration. Stone Tablet Singles Book 4Sterling & Stone #ad - He ended up frustrated and giving up after every attempt. You can produce more books, with less frustration… in just 15 minutes a day. End the frustration and learn dictation in just 15 minutes a day!Sean Platt spent over a decade trying to learn dictation, without success. After a sudden insight one day he made a few tweaks to his approach to dictation and has used dictation every day since.
In 15-minute dictation platt and silver show you how to adjust your approach to dictation to leave behind frustrating starts and stops and finally be able to produce more books in less time. You will discover:why authors struggle with dictation, and how to break the cycle of starts and stops. The surprising hidden benefits you get when you learn dictation it’s not just about going faster.
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Fun and practical exercises to help you get dictating today!This fun, practical and short read will help you ditch the fears that have held you back, the frustrations that keep you in the stop/start cycle, and finally help you dictate.
Into The Darkness: Hook Your Readers Stone Tablet Singles Book 3Sterling & Stone #ad - You will learn how to. Increase the tension in your stories to keep your readers hooked, without getting lost in your own painadd realistic darkness through researchcreate more believable and scarier villains by balancing their darkness with lightInsert humor and hope to keep your audience going when things get too darkKeep yourself feeling positive and hopefully, give them a powerful emotional experience, even when exploring dark themesIf you’re ready to tell richer, and leave them wanting to read MORE of your booksAdd depth and believability to your characters by layering in personal darknessMine your past and your own inner darkness to tell truer stories, fuller stories and create your own army of rabid fans… it’s time to go Into the Darkness.
Into The Darkness: Hook Your Readers Stone Tablet Singles Book 3 #ad - Create an army of rabid fans by telling richer, deeper stories that readers love. He masterfully balances darkness and light to create gripping stories his readers can’t put down, with just enough hope that they are left feeling satisfied and dying to read the next book. In into the darkness, dave takes you into his world and shows you how he approaches adding darkness to his writing, while still always being able to return to the light.
David wright has garnered thousands of avid fans by writing dark stories that pull his readers in and keep them hooked to the last page.
The 10X Author: Level Up or Be Left Behind Stone Tablet Singles Book 2Sterling & Stone #ad - If you want to survive and thrive in today’s game, you’ve got to level up, buttercup. No, it isn't everything, but it's often the most important thing. All the technical skills in the world are useless without it. If you've ever wondered what sets career authors apart from the wannabes, or merely been faced with doubts and fears, this simple book is for you.
Platt and johnny truant show you how successful authors cultivate the right mindset in order to thrive in today's competitive publishing game. Mindset? Really? Yes, really. Pick up your copy, and pick up yourself, today. In this honest and to-the-point book, bestselling authors Sean M.
Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative BattlesBlack Irish Entertainment LLC #ad - The run is worth it in ways you can’t yet imagine. They seem to have secret sauce inside that you just don’t possess. Running down a dream unflinchingly bares the naked truth behind all creations and shares the practical to-do list to take you from here to there. The good news? you don’t have to be an Austen or a Michelangelo or an Oprah to create a work of art.
The bad news? there is no glossing over the pain, embarrassment, and financial terror necessary to contend with on your journey to mission accomplished. More good news? what lies ahead for you is the realization of your heroic self. A deeply personal field Guide to Defeating Your Own Worst Enemy. When you dream, you envision a magical future.
Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles #ad - . But exactly how these successful creators went from being fearful dreamers to accomplished artists proves elusive. You’ll read about how they went for it, refused to quit, and would not be denied. You have heroically slayed the dragons and unlocked the creativity and genius buried deep inside. But how do you actually get there?You can analyze the myths of visionary creators–artists, software developers, writers, musicians, etc that have accomplished the impossible.
Writing the Blockbuster NovelForge Books #ad - For this revised edition of writing the blockbuster novel, which he uses along with classic books like Gone With the Wind and The Godfather, Zuckerman has added an analysis of Nora Roberts's The Witness, to illustrate his points. As dan brown said in an interview: "not long ago, I had an amusing experience meeting the author of a book I received as a gift nearly two decades ago a book that in many ways changed my life.
Zuckerman's commentary on Ken Follett's working outlines for The Man From St. Paul Wilson. He jokingly replied that he planned to tell everyone that he had helped me write The Da Vinci Code. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software DRM applied. A new introduction discusses social media and self-publishing.
Writing the Blockbuster Novel #ad - Writing the blockbuster Novel is an essential tool for any aspiring author. Zuckerman for the first time. Petersburg provide a blueprint for building links between plot and character. I was halfway through writing my first novel when I was given a copy of Writing the Blockbuster Novel. I gratefully told him that he had helped me.
When i met Mr.
The Last Fifty Pages: The Art and Craft of Unforgettable EndingsCompendium Press #ad - The first page of a book sells that book. The stew, accrue, Brew, Do brainstorming method. The best way to tie up loose ends. The most common ending mistakes, and how to avoid them. And more. Read this book and you will come away with a thorough knowledge of why great endings work and how to create them for every novel you write.
The most important secret of all—resonance. The last page sells your next book. Mickey spillanewhat are the secrets for writing a great ending for your novel? how do you leave readers so satisfied that they'll want another book by you—right now? What tools and techniques can shape your last fifty pages into a powerful, unforgettable experience?In this book, International Thriller Writers Award winner and #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell reveals:• The five types of endings.
The Last Fifty Pages: The Art and Craft of Unforgettable Endings #ad - What needs to happen in Act 3. How to use the Ah and Uh-Oh emotional wallops. A simple technique for crafting twist endings.
How to Write Fast: Better Words Faster Stone Tablet Singles Book 1Sterling & Stone #ad - You will discover:* How to immediately improve your writing speed. Why writing fast will result in better writing. How to redesign your writing strategy to promote going faster. The five simple hacks platt, silver and the entire story studio have used to repeatedly best themselves and move many of them to producing more than a million words a year.
Mental tricks to bypass your inner editor and why using them will retrain your brain to write faster, while also creating the cleanest copy you’ve ever created. Isn't it time you did more than just write fast? Now you can. Start writing better words faster today! What if you could make your writing fast, fun, it’s easy to end up burned out with subpar work, and BETTER THAN EVER?In the indie publishing world of rapid releases and blistering word counts, and a loss of the enjoyment that once fueled your craft.
How to Write Fast: Better Words Faster Stone Tablet Singles Book 1 #ad - There’s a better way. In how to write fast, platt and silver show you how to shift your approach to writing to dramatically increase your natural speed, while tapping into your inner storyteller and unleashing more of the stories you were born to tell.
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever NeedTen Speed Press #ad - Revealing the 15 "beats" plot points that comprise a successful story--from the opening image to the finale--this book lays out the Ten Story Genres Monster in the House; Whydunit; Dude with a Problem alongside quirky, original insights Save the Cat; Shard of Glass to help novelists craft a plot that will captivate--and a novel that will sell.
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need #ad - . The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success. Novelist jessica brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing.
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and ScreenTwelve #ad - Robert mckee's popular writing workshops have earned him an international reputation. The cornerstone of his program is his singular book, Story, which has defined how we talk about the art of story creation. Now, on the stage, mckee offers the same in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, in DIALOGUE, and on the page in believable and engaging ways.
. Famous mckee alumni include peter jackson, the writing team for Pixar, Paul Haggis, Geoffrey Rush, Jane Campion, and many others. From macbeth to breaking Bad, McKee deconstructs key scenes to illustrate the strategies and techniques of dialogue. The long-awaited follow-up to the perennially bestselling writers' guide Story, from the most sought-after expert in the art of storytelling.
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen #ad - Dialogue applies a framework of incisive thinking to instruct the prospective writer on how to craft artful, impactful speech. The list of alumni with Oscars runs off the page.