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Elements of Fiction Writing - Description
Description is most powerful when it's visible, aural, tactile. Make your descriptions fresh and they'll move your story forward, imbue your work with atmosphere, create that tang of feeling that …
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The Elements of Mystery Fiction
The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whodunit has guided and inspired mystery writers—veterans as well as beginners—for nearly a decade. Here William G. Tapply, with more than 20 …
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How to Write Killer Fiction
Examines ways to help you write fiction for mystery and suspense.
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Plot & Structure (Write Great Fiction)
Craft an Engaging Plot How does plot influence story structure? What's the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that's gone …
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The Seven Basic Plots
This volume provides an analysis of stories' plot structures and their psychological meanings, attempting to distill all of storytelling down to a few archetypes. Drawing on a vast array of …
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Emotional structure : creating the story beneath the plot ; a guide for screenwriters
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint (Write Great Fiction)
Create Complex Characters How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? …
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Dynamic Characters
A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next. In Dynamic …
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The Writer's Quotebook
If you have ever stared a page that remains stubbornly blank; if you have ever wondered why writers write, or whether good writers are born or made; if you are …
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Writer's Guide to Character Traits
From Sex to Schizophrenia: Everything You Need to Develop Your Characters! What makes a person commit a white-collar crime? Who is a likely candidate to join a cult? Why do …
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Creating Characters
Authors and screenwriters will get a creative boost with this lively and exciting catalogue of creative writing techniques which they can instantly employ to create memorable, realistic characters. D'Vari reveals …
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Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint
Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made. &break;&break;This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, …
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Creating Characters
A jargon-free manual on the basics of developing interesting fictional characters Vibrant, believable characters help drive a fictional story. Along with a clever plot, well-drawn characters make us want to …
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Creating Character Emotions
In this unique book, Ann Hood will help you find fresh, creative images, words and gestures to evoke feelings in your fiction. In 36 "mini-lessons," Hood sheds new light on …
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Malicious Intent
Explores the fact and fiction of who criminals are, why they commit their atrocities, how they choose their victims, and how the police catch them.
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Dialogue (Write Great Fiction)
Craft Compelling Dialogue When should your character talk, what should (or shouldn't) he say, and when should he say it? How do you know when dialogue--or the lack thereof--is dragging …
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Writing Dialogue
Whether you're writing an argument, a love scene, a powwow among sixth graders or scientists in a lab, this book demonstrates how to write dialogue that sounds authentic and original. …
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On Dialogue
Bohm explores the purpose, methods, and meanings of the multi-faceted process he refers to simply as "dialogue." He offers tools that facilitate a true exchange of ideas between people.
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G M C: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
Originally published in Great Britain by Polar Press Limited.
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Writing As a Small Business
In today's world, authors need to have business savvy. Yet so many find themselves long on creativity, but short on tax knowledge, business expertise, or marketing skills. Writing as a …
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Tools for Mystery Writers
Tools for Mystery Writers emphasizes the rules that work well to create best-selling fiction. Also included is how to write from personality preference research and how to write from the …