Just Write by Bell, James Scott -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction: Embrace the Flux

Changing the Game Forever But Old School Remains in Session

Part I: Unforgettable Fiction

Chapter 1: What Readers Want

Don't Write Stuff People Don't Want to Read A Book that Failed and What We Can Learn From It What We Can Learn from Big Clunky Novels The Five Laws of the Fiction Reader How to Get Readers to Lust After Your Book Let Me Entertain You Know the Rules Before You Break Them

Chapter 2: Develop Your Ideas, Prepare to Write

When Brainstorming Becomes a Drought Ten Ways to Goose the Muse Don't Kill Your Thrills with Premise Implausibility Become Your Own Movie Studio Seven Things that Will Doom Your Novel Baloney Advice Writers Should Ignore Create a Compelling Concept How to Write a Novel Readers Won't Put Down

Chapter 3: Write Memorable Characters

Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Characters Character Temperament If You Have Character Dossier Addiction Don't Let Your Characters Act Like Idiots How Should Characters Change? Reflections on the Mirror Moment Using Minor Characters for Spice Ramp Up Your Characters with Inner Conflict

Chapter 4: Write Your Story

Story and Structure in Love Let Me Tell You About Showing and Telling How to Handle Exposition and Backstory The Power of the Shadow Story A Key to Creating Conflict in Fiction Supercharge Your Novel with One Simple Exercise The Two Power Questions Every Writer Should Ask How to Write Act II Create Your Own Tricks that Cannot Be Explained

Part II: A Rewarding Writing Life

Chapter 5: Brave the Writing Life

Do Not Go Gentle onto that Good Page Write Brave, Live Brave Competition is Good From Failure to Success in Writing The Seven Critical Success Factors of Fiction Keep Punching Write Until You Die Don’t Sabotage Your Writing Even Writers Get the Blues Avoiding Writing Paralysis Due to Overanalysis

Chapter 6: Study the Craft

Making a Novel a Page-Turner You Have to Learn to Write Teach Yourself to Write, the Jack London Way Put More Strings in Your Writing Bow Going Deeper with Your Fiction The Perils of Pure Pantsing First Be a Storyteller Story. Dammit, Story! Love, Loss, and Emotion in Our Writing Write Your Truth

Chapter 7: Write with Efficiency

Entertain Your Reader Your Novel’s Greatest Danger The Ten Commandments for Writing Failure The Ten Characteristics of Highly Effective Writers Twenty-One Power Tools for Time Management Stay Inspired A Few Tips on Defeating Writer’s Block

Chapter 8: Understand Publishing and Marketing

Facing Down the Harsh Realities of Publishing A Short Course on Successful Self-Publishing The Strategic Use of Short Fiction The End of Discoverability and the Rise of Merit We Are All Long Tail Marketers Now Marketing Lessons My Grandfather Taught Me Marketing Is Easy, Writing Is Hard How Not to Fumble Your Social Media Presence Analyzing Book Description Copy A Final Note on the Writing Life