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How Not to Write a Novel

Author : Howard Mittelmark
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061862894
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Book Synopsis How Not to Write a Novel by : Howard Mittelmark

Download or read book How Not to Write a Novel written by Howard Mittelmark and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What do you think of my fiction book writing?" the aspiring novelist extorted. "Darn," the editor hectored, in turn. "I can not publish your novel! It is full of what we in the business call 'really awful writing.'" "But how shall I absolve this dilemma? I have already read every tome available on how to write well and get published!" The writer tossed his head about, wildly. "It might help," opined the blonde editor, helpfully, "to ponder how NOT to write a novel, so you might avoid the very thing!" Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid—at all costs—if you ever want your novel published. In How Not to Write a Novel, authors Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman distill their 30 years combined experience in teaching, editing, writing, and reviewing fiction to bring you real advice from the other side of the query letter. Rather than telling you how or what to write, they identify the 200 most common mistakes unconsciously made by writers and teach you to recognize, avoid, and amend them. With hilarious "mis-examples" to demonstrate each manuscript-mangling error, they'll help you troubleshoot your beginnings and endings, bad guys, love interests, style, jokes, perspective, voice, and more. As funny as it is useful, this essential how-NOT-to guide will help you get your manuscript out of the slush pile and into the bookstore.

The 29 Most Common Writing Mistakes and how to Avoid Them

Author : Judy Delton
Publisher : Betterway Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898794533
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (945 download)

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Book Synopsis The 29 Most Common Writing Mistakes and how to Avoid Them by : Judy Delton

Download or read book The 29 Most Common Writing Mistakes and how to Avoid Them written by Judy Delton and published by Betterway Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine tips for writers on how to avoid being their own worst enemy when it comes to writing and selling their work.

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes

Author : Jack Bickham
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898798210
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes by : Jack Bickham

Download or read book The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes written by Jack Bickham and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 1997-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes When you write fiction, you march onto a minefield. This book gives you a map. Oh, what tricky terrain you're traveling! You must reckon with: Character, Conflict, Point of View, Dialogue, Editors, Editors, and Editors, who--by returning stories they see as problem-plagued--can burst your hopes of publication. Where are the problems? Editors rarely take the time to map them out, so Jack Bickham has. In this book, he spotlights the 38 most common fiction writing land mines--writing mistakes that can turn even dynamite story ideas into slush pile rejects. And he guides you in overcoming them. In to-the-point style, he shows you how to: conquer procrastination--and put ink on paper regularly dump wimpy characters--and build characters ready to act look for trouble--and create conflicts for your characters cut coincidence--and put better-than-life logic into fiction escape the fog--and find and stick to your story's direction free feelings--and fire your fiction with passion and emotion In short, Bickham helps you take a giant step toward publication. Read this book. Strengthen your writing. And start setting off explosions where they belong: on the sales charts.

How to Not Write Bad

Author : Ben Yagoda
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594488487
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book How to Not Write Bad written by Ben Yagoda and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Yagoda's How to Not Write Bad illustrates how we can all write better, more clearly, and for a wider readership. He offers advice on what he calls "not-writing-badly," which consists of the ability, first, to craft sentences that are correct in terms of spelling, diction (word choice), punctuation, and grammar, and that also display clarity, precision, and grace. Then he focuses on crafting whole paragraphs—with attention to cadence, consistency of tone, sentence transitions, and paragraph length. In a fun, comprehensive guide, Yagoda lays out the simple steps we can all take to make our writing more effective, more interesting—and just plain better.

One Continuous Mistake

Author : Gail Sher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101501677
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis One Continuous Mistake by : Gail Sher

Download or read book One Continuous Mistake written by Gail Sher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, One Continuous Mistake teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice. In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher—a poet who is also a widely respected teacher of creative writing—combines the inspirational value of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way with the spiritual focus of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Here she introduces a method of discipline that applies specific Zen practices to enhance and clarify creative work. She also discusses bodily postures that support writing, how to set up the appropriate writing regimen, and how to discover one's own "learning personality." In the tradition of such classics as Writing Down the Bones and If You Want to Write, One Continuous Mistake will help beginning writers gain access to their creative capabilities while serving as a perennial reference that working writers can turn to again and again for inspiration and direction.

Artful Sentences

Author : Virginia Tufte
Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Artful Sentences written by Virginia Tufte and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte shows how standard sentence patterns and forms contribute to meaning and art in more than a thousand wonderful sentences from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book has special interest for aspiring writers, students of literature and language, and anyone who finds joy in reading and writing."--Publisher's description.

Outlining Your Novel

Author : K. M. Weiland
Publisher : Penforasword Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780985780494
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Outlining Your Novel by : K. M. Weiland

Download or read book Outlining Your Novel written by K. M. Weiland and published by Penforasword Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling guide will help you choose the right type of outline to unleash your creativity as a writer, guide you in brainstorming plot ideas, and aid you in discovering your characters.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Author : Audrey Niffenegger
Publisher : Night Bookmobile Editions
ISBN 13 : 0578889412
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book The Time Traveler's Wife written by Audrey Niffenegger and published by Night Bookmobile Editions. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who inadvertently travels through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. “Niffenegger’s inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip” (Entertainment Weekly).

Doctor Vanilla's Sunflowers

Author : Bethany Cadman
Publisher : Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks
ISBN 13 : 186151607X
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)

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Book Synopsis Doctor Vanilla's Sunflowers by : Bethany Cadman

Download or read book Doctor Vanilla's Sunflowers written by Bethany Cadman and published by Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÿ Deborah is 33 years old; her husband has left her and her son is dead. With nothing left to live for, she tries to take her own life, but fails. In a desperate search for help, she visits the mysterious Doctor Vanilla, a therapist who specialises in suicide cases. What Deborah hasn?t realised is that the day she tried to kill herself, she became separated from her soul, which is now helplessly wandering the earth trying to find its way back to her. Then she meets Luke, another soulless patient of Doctor Vanilla. As their relationship develops, and with the doctor?s methods becoming increasingly sinister, Luke and Deborah start to suspect that he has a terrible motive for seeing them. Soon reality begins to collide with their dream worlds, and they realise that time is running out. Will they manage to rescue their lost souls, or does a terrible fate await them? An extraordinarily imaginative story by a highly original new novelist, set on the borderland between fantasy and reality.

Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure

Author : James Scott Bell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1582976848
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure written by James Scott Bell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 off course? With Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure, you'll discover the answers to these questions and more. Award-winning author James Scott Bell offers clear, concise information that will help you create a believable and memorable plot, including: • Techniques for crafting strong beginnings, middles, and ends • Easy-to-understand plotting diagrams and charts • Brainstorming techniques for original plot ideas • Thought-provoking exercises at the end of each chapter • Story structure models and methods for all genres • Tips and tools for correcting common plot problems Filled with plot examples from popular novels, comprehensive checklists, and practical hands-on guidance, Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure gives you the skills you need to approach plot and structure like an experienced pro.

Poet's Market 34th Edition

Author : Robert Lee Brewer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593332113
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Poet's Market 34th Edition written by Robert Lee Brewer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Most Trusted Guide to Publishing Poetry, fully revised and updated Want to get your poetry published? There's no better tool for making it happen than Poet's Market, which includes hundreds of publishing opportunities specifically for poets, including listings for book and chapbook publishers, print and online poetry publications, contests, and more. These listings include contact information, submission preferences, insider tips on what specific editors want, and--when offered--payment information. In addition to the completely updated listings, the 34th edition of Poet's Market offers: Hundreds of updated listings for poetry-related book publishers, publications, contests, and more Insider tips on what specific editors want and how to submit poetry Articles devoted to the craft and business of poetry, including how to track poetry submissions, perform poetry, and find more readers 77 poetic forms, including guidelines for writing them 101 poetry prompts to inspire new poetry

The Stars Never Rise

Author : Rachel Vincent
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0385383932
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The Stars Never Rise written by Rachel Vincent and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From RACHEL VINCENT, New York Times bestselling author, comes the first book in a new series about a girl who must join forces with rogue exorcists to save her sister and, ultimately, humanity. Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy trying to actually survive. Her town’s population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago. When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she’ll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie’s sin has put her in serious trouble. To keep them both alive, Nina will need to put her trust in Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie? Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can’t survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.

The Lost Girl of Astor Street

Author : Stephanie Morrill
Publisher : Blink
ISBN 13 : 0310758432
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Girl of Astor Street written by Stephanie Morrill and published by Blink. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her best friend vanishes without so much as a good-bye, eighteen-year-old Piper Sail takes on the role of amateur sleuth in an attempt to solve the mystery of Lydia’s disappearance. Given that Piper’s tendency has always been to butt heads with high-society’s expectations of her, it’s no surprise that she doesn’t give a second thought to searching for answers to Lydia’s abduction from their privileged neighborhood. As Piper discovers that those answers might stem from the corruption strangling 1924 Chicago—and quite possibly lead back to the doors of her affluent neighborhood—she must decide how deep she’s willing to dig, how much she should reveal, and if she’s willing to risk her life of privilege for the sake of the truth. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray and Anna Godbersen, Stephanie Morrill’s atmospheric jazz-age mystery will take readers from the glitzy homes of the elite to the dark underbelly of 1920s Chicago.

Smash Poetry Journal

Author : Robert Lee Brewer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440355053
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Smash Poetry Journal written by Robert Lee Brewer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Poetry Journal to Poem Your Days Away! Don't wait for inspiration to strike! Whether you're an aspiring or published poet, this book will help you get in a frame of mind to make creative writing a consistent part of your life. With prompts from Robert Lee Brewer's popular Writer's Digest blog, Poetic Asides, you'll find 125 ideas for writing poems along with the journaling space you need to respond to the prompt. • 125 unexpected poetry prompts such as from the perspective of an insect, about a struggle, or including the word change • Plenty of blank space to compose your own poems • Tips on unique poetic forms and other poetry resources Perfectly sized to carry in a backpack or purse, you can jot down ideas for poems as you're waiting in line for a morning coffee or take it to the park for a breezy afternoon writing session. Wherever you are, your next poem is never more than a page-turn away.

The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)

Author : Steve Klabnik
Publisher : No Starch Press
ISBN 13 : 1718500459
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018) written by Steve Klabnik and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official book on the Rust programming language, written by the Rust development team at the Mozilla Foundation, fully updated for Rust 2018. The Rust Programming Language is the official book on Rust: an open source systems programming language that helps you write faster, more reliable software. Rust offers control over low-level details (such as memory usage) in combination with high-level ergonomics, eliminating the hassle traditionally associated with low-level languages. The authors of The Rust Programming Language, members of the Rust Core Team, share their knowledge and experience to show you how to take full advantage of Rust's features--from installation to creating robust and scalable programs. You'll begin with basics like creating functions, choosing data types, and binding variables and then move on to more advanced concepts, such as: Ownership and borrowing, lifetimes, and traits Using Rust's memory safety guarantees to build fast, safe programs Testing, error handling, and effective refactoring Generics, smart pointers, multithreading, trait objects, and advanced pattern matching Using Cargo, Rust's built-in package manager, to build, test, and document your code and manage dependencies How best to use Rust's advanced compiler with compiler-led programming techniques You'll find plenty of code examples throughout the book, as well as three chapters dedicated to building complete projects to test your learning: a number guessing game, a Rust implementation of a command line tool, and a multithreaded server. New to this edition: An extended section on Rust macros, an expanded chapter on modules, and appendixes on Rust development tools and editions.

Anatomy of a Premise Line

Author : Jeff Lyons
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317558952
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Anatomy of a Premise Line written by Jeff Lyons and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a story is going to fail, it will do so first at the premise level. Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success is the only book of its kind to identify a seven-step development process that can be repeated and applied to any story idea. This process will save you time, money, and potentially months of wasted writing. So whether you are trying to write a feature screenplay, develop a television pilot, or just trying to figure out your next story move as a writer, this book gives you the tools you need to know which ideas are worth pursuing. In addition to the 7-step premise development tool, Anatomy of a Premise Line also presents a premise and idea testing methodology that can be used to test any developed premise line. Customized exercises and worksheets are included to facilitate knowledge transfer, so that by the end of the book, you will have a fully developed premise line, log line, tagline, and a completed premise-testing checklist. Here is some of what you will learn inside: Ways to determine whether or not your story is a good fit for print or screen Case studies and hands-on worksheets to help you learn by participating in the process Tips on how to effectively work through writer’s block A companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/lyons) with additional worksheets, videos, and interactive tools to help you learn the basics of perfecting a killer premise line

Book Writing Mistakes

Author : Jim Edwards
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781502437716
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book Book Writing Mistakes written by Jim Edwards and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's how to avoid the mistakes most new business book authors make that doom their results before they really even get started! In this breakthrough NEW book about writing your own business book, you'll discover how to avoid the mistakes that keep you from selling more books, getting more subscribers, and building up your own audience of loyal readers. Here's just a sample of the book writing pitfalls and landmines we'll help you avoid in this incredible book: Why not having a clear understanding of exactly who will buy your book and WHY may be the biggest mistake of all!... How trying to write an entire book without a strategy for getting started quickly every time you sit down to write dooms you before you even begin... Why thinking the only way to make money with a book is through Amazon sales will kill your results... How to sidestep boring chapter titles that make your book's contents read like a cheap restaurant menu (boring!)... Why you should never assume people are willing to do things the "traditional" way (and why they NEVER want to take notes while reading your book).... How following traditional advice about your book's title can really destroy your sales!... ... and much, MUCH More! Don't miss this ground-breaking book that will help you STOP worrying about putting a ton of work into writing a book that nobody buys and START using your own unique business book to get more customers, make more money, and skyrocket your credibility in the marketplace. Grab your copy right now!