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First impressions are vital and the opening scenes of a novel are crucial if the reader is going to stick around until the story's end. This guide walks writers through the tasks their first 50 pages must accomplish in order to avoid leaving the reader disoriented, angry, or, worse.

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Discover Your Voice and Enthrall Readers!

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Whether you're just starting out or you need one more push to get you over the top, two things are certain--a kick-ass writer never quits, and Chuck Wendig won't let you down in this high-octane guide to becoming the writer you were born to be!

(Paperback)

Intended for the tens of thousands who don't make it into MFA programs each year, this book talks about magazine writing, memoir and personal essay, poetry, fiction, playwriting and more. It provides inspiration and tips on revision, stamina and productivity; instruction on the craft behind the art; and reading lists to expand literary horizons.

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You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story.

(Paperback)

Featuring over twenty candid essays from memoirists sharing their experiences and advice, as well as exercises for writing about others in your memoirs and essays, The Truth of Memoir will give you the courage and confidence to write your story--and all of its requisite characters--with truth and grace.

(Paperback)

The Writer's Compass teaches writers to visualise their story's progress by creating a story map that helps them see all the different components of their story, where these components are going, and, perhaps most importantly, what's missing.

(Paperback)

Give your story its best start!

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Serves as a reference for writers who want to create realistic and distinct characters. This guide includes: over 400 easy-to-reference character listings, typical behaviours and thought processes as well as common reactions to different situations; and sidebars and statistics on a variety of personality types.

(Paperback)

This title offers detailed information and an in-depth examination of story-telling and story structure. The author uses examples from classic and contemporary sources to explore all the key elements of children's storytelling, along with worksheets, exercises and checklists.

(Paperback, 10th anniversary ed)

Offers writers the experience and self-awareness they need to create and refine ideas that demand to be transformed into greater works - the kind of compelling, absorbing writing that will have other writers asking "where DO you get those ideas" This title features exercises, text, examples and a new section called "Questions to Consider".

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This book will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription by showing you how to take advantage of what the world's biggest genealogy website has to offer--and how to find answers to your family tree questions within its billions of records and massive network of family trees.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Discover how to use FamilySearch.org! Learn how to tackle the largest free genealogy website with this in-depth user guide, newly updated to reflect the site's latest developments.

(Paperback, Edition)

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Transform Your Passion for Writing into a Career!

(Paperback)

Filled with magazine article examplesincluding front-of-the-book pieces, roundups, how-tos, profiles, and more--and the voices of writers who make a full-time job out of freelancing, this book is your roadmap to building a writing career and earning more assignments.

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Write It Short, Sell It Now. Short stories and personal essays have never been hotter--or more crucial for a successful writing career. Earning bylines in magazines and literary journals is a terrific way to get noticed and earn future opportunities in both short- and long-form writing.

(Paperback)

Strong combination of examples, techniques, and exercises. Practical tools in each chapter allow novelists to apply these methods immediately to create fiction that transcends genre, creates realities unique to its authors, conjures characters who feel more "real" than real people, and shows readers the world around them in new ways.

(Paperback, Edition)

Discover the secrets to crafting an unforgettable mystery!

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction will guide you through the complex and compelling universe of fantasy and science fiction writing and help you unleash your stories on the next generation of readers and fans.

(Paperback)

The Kidlit Writer's Guidebook is the first interactive writing guidebook for scribes of middle-grade (MG) and young adult (YA) literature from a literary agent's perspective.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Teaches writers how to open up memory, access emotion and discover compelling material; shape scenes from experience, as life events become plot lines; and populate stories with the fascinating, silly, and maddening "characters" that surround them.

(Paperback, Edition)

Writing Picture Books Revised and Expanded Edition builds off its predecessor's reputation as the go-to resource for any writer just beginning to concept a picture book to writers who have published several books for children and are looking to take their work to another level.