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Telling Stories, Talking Craft is a collection of fifteen conversations with some of the finest contemporary fiction writers. These distinguished authors discuss their lives and their craft in candid, thought-provoking interviews from the pages of Sycamore Review, Purdue University's international journal of literature, opinion and the arts.
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THE NEGATIVE TRAIT THESAURUS digs into over 100 personality flaws and the dysfunctional behavior and biases associated with each. It's a robust database of weaknesses that can hold characters back and provide them with an internal challenge that must be defeated in order to achieve the story goal.
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The World Building From the Inside Out Workbook is filled with detailed questions and easy-to-grasp explanations to help you probe deeply into your created world's cultures and fill them with meaning that pushes plot and builds tension.
Specifically designed to work with the World Building From the Inside Out reference book, but can be used individually to jump start your creative process.
Ask questions. Dream big. Build the fantastic!
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A true romance that began after Wayne reluctantly agreed to write Karen. A mutual friend pleaded with him to write her and try to help; she wanted to break the chain of her addiction to methadone.Her heart called his to make it whole. The poem Wayne wrote for Karen peeked into the future, where spirituality would merge the gap between peace and pain for him to find comfort in a situation he could not understand. Two Broken Hearts touched where only...
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Have you ever thought that you might want to write a story but simply couldn't find a way to get started? This book, What's the Story?, just might launch you on the road to writing fiction. It consists of twenty casts of characters - made up of three to seven personages, with each character described in a paragraph. Both the individuals and the casts differ greatly from one another. Most are presented as currently living in various locations across...
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Concevoir l'histoire courte
Apprendre à
Évitez les pièges courants de la rédaction de nouvelles
Les écrivains débutants commettent souvent des erreurs courantes qui, avec un peu de savoir-faire, peuvent être corrigées ou évitées.
Créez l'intrigue parfaite pour votre nouvelle
Dans Crafting the Short Story, vous apprendrez la principale différence entre l'intrigue de la nouvelle et celle du roman et comment cela peut augmenter vos chances...
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This second edition of Emotion Amplifiers teaches you to use conditions and states-pain, arousal, dehydration, addiction, etc.- that will make it difficult for a character to emotionally self-regulate, setting them up for overreactions, misjudgments, and (hopefully) colossal mistakes they'll have to fix and learn from. Use these 52 amplifiers to force them to face their errors, acknowledge their true feelings, and work through the contradictions at...
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Do you want to write a cozy mystery but don't know how to get started? Use this companion workbook to learn how to create a framework so that you can begin writing your cozy.
Do you want to know the basic building blocks of a cozy mystery? Do you wonder why cozy readers devour these mysteries voraciously? Are you fuzzy on how the structure of a cozy mystery fits into the classic plot structure? Do you wonder what the "rules" are for a cozy mystery?
Let...
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THE EMOTION THESAURUS (Volume 2) is an expanded version of the original. Now with over 130 entries and enhanced instructive front matter, this ultimate show-don't-tell tool helps writers navigate the difficult terrain of character emotion by listing the body language, internal sensations, actions, and thoughts associated with a multitude of feelings.
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Nik Morton has been writing for over forty years, honing his craft. He writes genre fiction, whether that s science fiction, horror, crime, thriller, romance or westerns. To date he has 15 books under several pseudonyms. His westerns are usually, written under the name Ross Morton. Within these pages, you can discover how to write a western from the initial ideas, through the preparation and research, to those all-important character studies and plots....
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"An Airport Ate the Neighborhood" comes from the writing collection, Essays & More Straight from the Pen, available in print and as an eBook. This memoir is a historical accounting of astonishing facts about the world's busiest airport, which covers the early years and some events from the author's life as a delinquent child and young adult. Anyone who lives or works near an airport may be able to identify with the experience of change generated through...
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Are you a writer whose words fail to come to life on the page? Does your research lack substance or credibility? Can your grammar and usage use a facelift? Has your attempt at self-editing fallen short? If you answer yes to any of the above, you may be an average writer. The good news is, you don't have to be. Whether you're a new writer or a not, you can improve your craft and break out of average-writer status with a little determination and know-how....
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All sorts of different people want to learn how to do different things getting a personal make-over, surviving health scares, business or career advice, self-help and improvement, travelling, living and working abroad, acquiring social skills, developing a hobby, creative writing the list is endless. And if anyone has ever asked for your advice, then you have a skill to write about. How-to writing can run from an article on how-to organise a successful...
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A step-by-step guide through the process of proposing a book to a publisher, this straightforward and accessible work helps aspiring authors get their nonfiction work published quickly. Packed with specific examples of proposals, query letters, publishing contracts, and more, this reference addresses the many questions authors have in this digital age. Written by a seasoned editor and used in publishing classes at numerous universities, the book is...
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The material contained in this eBook is formatted to be a working guide. The contents will challenge you to explore profile characteristics in your partnership or marriage that may not be readily obvious.Understanding the character traits and core values of our partner permits us to create an effective yardstick to gauge the strength of our union. Useful tools will permit us to measure where we are in the growth of our oneness and where we are headed.How...
38) Life's Road Trip
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Detours, signs, pedestrians, vehicles - these are just a few of the elements encountered when driving, and living. New drivers must learn how to navigate to make their journey fun and safe. More experienced drivers may find a refresher course useful from time to time.Life's Road Trip is a delightful little cruise through the twists and turns that most people experience as they journey along life's highways, byways, country roads and busy side streets....
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Aprenda cómo
Evitar las trampas comunes al escribir cuentos
Los escritores principiantes a menudo cometen errores comunes que pueden ser corregidos o evitados con un poco de conocimiento.
Cree la trama perfecta para tu cuento.
En La elaboración de cuentos aprenderá la principal diferencia entre tramar un cuento y una novela y cómo puede aumentar sus probabilidades de publicar su historia.
Cree personajes que sus lectores amarán.
Es vital...
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¿Alguna vez has querido escribir un ahistoria pero no sabes sobre qué escribir? Sugerencias de Escritura e Ideas es tu guía ideal, llena de ideas para comenzar. Gana muchas ideas para comenzar tu historia. Con doce capítulos llenos de fragmentos de historias y escenarios nunca jamás te faltarán las ideas. Nunca mires una página en blanco o un cursor parpadeante de nuevo. ¿Sueles sentarte y mirar una página en blanco o un cursor parpadeando...