Help! I want to write a book—how do I begin?
Take your novel, memoir, or nonfiction book from idea to print! Finally, sound, easy-to-follow advice on the ins and outs of book writing: everything from writing practice to pacing your prose. Dozens of specific book-writing exercises to generate ideas, flow chapters, and keep you writing, plus expert up-to-date advice on today's publishing industry.
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The consummate How-To Guide for everyone
who has a book percolating inside them. —Nancy Slonim Aronie, author of Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice |
Find out...
- Why it's essential to know your reader—before you write your book!
- How a storyboard designs your book's flow of chapters and ideas
- Which book form is best for each genre
- How to handle your book's creative tension—and avoid writer's block
- Why you can throw away your outline—random writing leads to perfectly linked chapters
- Secrets of inner and outer story to create strong conflict, characters, plot
- What agents and publishers look for in a book manuscript today
- Comprehensive and Concise
- Generous margins for notation
- Real-world writing excercises
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