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Index
Cover
Introduction
Foreword
IN THE BEGINNING:They’re Not Rules, They’re Price Tags
Getting Started
Visualizing The Story?
High Concept Stories
Holding Lightning/The Big Bang
Storytelling Tropes: Belief
Knowing What You Write
On Research
Metaphors, Similes, and Analogies, Oh My . . .
Scope
Short Fiction Revisited
Juggling
CHARACTER, DIALOGUE & POINT OF VIEW:A Rose By Any Other Name . . .
Ordinary People
The Importance of Wanting in Fiction
Befriending Your Characters
I Know Who That Is!
Creating Characters in Small Spaces
Hello, Mary Sue! Goodbye, Plot
The Great Satan: Part 1 (Antagonists We Love to Hate)
The Great Satan: Part 2
On Writing Dialogue
He Said, She Said: Thoughts On Dialogue
Oh No, She Didn’t!
Binding Character and Narrative: Point of View
Point of View: Single vs. Multiple
Again With the Point of View Stuff . . .
BUTT IN CHAIR:Deadlines
The Great Plot Synopsis Project
How To Title Your Story — Or Not
Great Expectations — No, Not Dickens
Trusting Your Reader
Developing Your Voice
Finding Your Voice
Getting Started: First Lines
The Opening Pages
Wave Formula
Swing Thoughts + Writing Tips = Swing Tips
Swing Tips: Part 2
Swing Tips: Part 3
Swing Tips: Part 4
Swing Tips: Part 5
Lasagna and Info-Dumps
Conveying Background While Avoiding Info-Dumps
Word Choice and Pacing
The Leading Edge of the Slog
Getting Started . . . Again
The End Game
The Beginning of the End
The Final Words
ON WRITING FANTASY:Making Magic
Creating Magic
Wrestling the TMP
Snap Thy Holy Fingers
With Worldbuilding, Every Detail Counts
Fantasy Language
How Far Is That Again?
Writing Action Scenes
Writing Action Scenes: Part 2, Battles
SELF-EDITING:The Editor Can Fix That . . .
Developing Your Internal Editor
Revisions: Cutting Words
Writers’ Crutches: Words
More Writers’ Crutches: Style
Revising Dialogue
Revisions: A How-To Guide
You Know What I Mean?
BIC and Rewrite Tips
Turns Out, Length Really Does Matter . . .
Slotted Spoons and the ABC(D)s of Beta Readers
Revisions: When is Enough Enough?
THE BUSINESS:Artistic Choices and the Market
A Conversation With My Editor
The Presentation of Your Submissions
Bait and Hook
One Step Shy
Networking
Con Tips
So There I Was, In the Elevator, And Who Walked In?
The Ideal Editor
Business Realities for the Beginning Writer
Royalties
Wow, That Must Have Cost A Lot!
Who Pays Whom: Part 1, Agents and Editors
Who Pays Whom: Part 2, Vanity Presses
Who Pays Whom: Part 3, Print on Demand (POD)
Creating A Web Presence
Terms and Definitions Every Writer Should Know
A WRITER’S LIFE:The Gregorovich-Feister Idea Farm and Fresh Market
Things I Did Wrong
Self-Determination
Why Bother?
Balancing the Tribal
Changes in the Light
Five Things You Ought To Know About Writers
Writing On Instinct
Writing Organically
Write What You Love
Writing Is A Solitary Business
About the Editor
About the Contributors
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