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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Focus on the Writing Life: GETTING STARTED GET OFF YOUR BUTT & WRITE by the Editors of Writer’s Digest YOUR NOVEL BLUEPRINT by Karen S. Wiesner
Part 1. CHARACTERS: THE STAKEHOLDERS IN YOUR STORY
Chapter 1. DRAW CHARACTERS FROM THE STRONGEST SOURCES by Nancy Kress
Chapter 2. EMOTION-DRIVEN CHARACTERS by David Corbett
Chapter 3. DEPICTING CONVINCING RELATIONSHIPS by Elizabeth Sims
Chapter 4. CREATE THE (IM)PERFECT HEROIC COUPLE by Leigh Michaels
Chapter 5. CHOOSING YOUR CHARACTER by Michael J. Vaughn
Chapter 6. THREE TECHNIQUES FOR CRAFTING YOUR VILLAIN by Hallie Ephron
Chapter 7. CREATE VICIOUS VILLAINS by Charles Atkins
Focus on the Writing Life: FEEDING YOUR CREATIVITY CREATIVE LOLLYGAGGING: WORK HARDER AT WORKING LESS by Michael J. Vaughn
Part 2. PLOT & CONFLICT: YOUR STORY’S ACTION & SUSPENSE
Chapter 8. STORY TRUMPS STRUCTURE by Steven James
Chapter 9. MAP YOUR NOVEL WITH A REVERSE OUTLINE by N.M. Kelby
Chapter 10. WRITE WELL-CRAFTED SCENES TO SUPPORT YOUR STORY by James Scott Bell
Chapter 11. USE BRAIDING TO LAYER YOUR STORY LINE by Heather Sellers
Chapter 12. CRAFT AN OPENING SCENE THAT LURES READERS INTO Chapter TWO by Les Edgerton
Chapter 13. WRITE A FIVE-STAR Chapter ONE by Elizabeth Sims
Chapter 14. STRENGTHEN YOUR SCENES by James Scott Bell
Chapter 15. RESCUE YOUR STORY FROM PLOT PITFALLS by Laura Whitcomb
Focus on the Writing Life: BEATING WRITER’S BLOCK START ME UP by Elizabeth Sims
Part 3. POINT OF VIEW: THE VOICE OF YOUR STORY
Chapter 16. UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES IN POV by James V. Smith, Jr.
Chapter 17. USING PERCEPTION TO ENHANCE YOUR POV by Alicia Rasley
Chapter 18. POV CHARACTERS WHO OVERSTEP THEIR BOUNDS by Kristen Johnson Ingram
Chapter 19. MASTERING MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW by Simon Wood
Focus on the Writing Life: USING YOUR MUSE MAKE YOUR OWN MUSE by N.M. Kelby FUELING YOUR MUSE WITH COMPOST by Heather Sellers
Part 4. SETTING & BACKSTORY: THE CONTEXT FOR YOUR STORY
Chapter 20. CREATING YOUR STORY’S TIME & PLACE by Donald Maass
Chapter 21. REFINE YOUR SETTING SKILL SET by Brian Kiteley
Chapter 22. WHY BACKSTORY IS ESSENTIAL by Larry Brooks
Chapter 23. SIX WAYS TO LAYER IN BACKSTORY by Hallie Ephron
Chapter 24. WEAVE IN BACKSTORY TO REVEAL CHARACTER by Rachel Ballon
Chapter 25. HOW TO BUILD SUSPENSE WITH BACKSTORY by Leigh Michaels
Focus on the Writing Life: BALANCING WRITING WITH THE REST OF LIFE MARRY YOUR LIFE TO YOUR WRITING by Sheila Bender THE WRITE-AT-HOME MOM by Christina Katz
Part 5. DIALOGUE: WHAT YOUR CHARACTERS SAY TO EACH OTHER
Chapter 26. AMP UP DIALOGUE WITH EMOTIONAL BEATS by Todd A. Stone
Chapter 27. WEAVE ACTION, NARRATIVE, & DIALOGUE by Gloria Kempton
Chapter 28. AVOID WRITING SAME-OLD, SAME-OLD CONVERSATIONS by Michael Levin
Focus on the Writing Life: MAXIMIZING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY REINVENTING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME by Sage Cohen
Part 6. DESCRIPTION & WORD CHOICE: WHAT YOU TELL READERS
Chapter 29. BALANCING DESCRIPTION & SUMMARY by Ron Rozelle
Chapter 30. FOLLOW THE RULES FOR STRONGER WRITING by Nancy Lamb
Chapter 31. KEEP YOUR STORY LEAN by Nancy Kress
Chapter 32. MAKE YOUR TONE PITCH-PERFECT by Adair Lara
Chapter 33. UNDERSTANDING GENDER DIFFERENCES by Leigh Anne Jasheway
Focus on the Writing Life: RESEARCHING YOUR WORK RESEARCHING YOUR IDEAS by the Editors of Writer’s Digest
Part 7. REVISION: HOW YOUR STORY COMES TOGETHER
Chapter 34. HOW TO GAIN PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR WORK by Elizabeth Sims
Chapter 35. FIRE UP YOUR FICTION: FOUR TECHNIQUES by Donald Maass
Chapter 36. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR NOVEL STALLS by John Dufresne
Chapter 37. KEEP YOUR STORY MOVING AT THE RIGHT PACE by Jessica Page Morrell
Chapter 38. PUT YOUR FICTION TO THE PLAUSIBILITY TEST by Steve Almond
Chapter 39. TRANSFORM THAT OUT-OF-SHAPE FIRST DRAFT by Lin Enger
Focus on the Writing Life: GETTING PUBLISHED SELLING YOUR FICTION by the Editors of Writer’s Digest
Appendix A. FICTION GENRE DESCRIPTIONS
Appendix B. RESOURCES
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