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Youve got a great story idea. So now what How do you take that idea and turn it into a novel Building upon his Six Core Competencies approach to story creation presented in his book Story Engineering, bestselling author Larry Brooks helps writers do just that.

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On the 25th anniversary of Booknotes/Q&A, the shows' renowned host and C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb collects some of the best stories, interviews, and conversations from C-SPAN's beloved Sunday evening program.

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A good story flows from a solid understanding of writing and structure, along with a confident grasp of character, plot, and dialogue. This book deals with those fundamentals. It explores beginnings, middles, and ends; what keeps readers turning the pages; premise, theme, and tone; and many other elements of storytelling.

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Provides an entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization - from initial inspiration to realization - with special insights into the power of secrets and contradictions, the embodiment of roles, managing the "tyranny of motive," and mastering crucial techniques required for memorable dialogue and unforgettable scenes.

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With more than twenty million books sold internationally, Valerie Parv has made love and romance a career. This fully revised and expanded new edition is a necessity for the bookshelves of all hopeful romance writers.

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Strategies and Tactics for the Master Novelist. Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel is often like fighting a series of battles.

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teach at the world famous Arvon Foundation writing course and have distilled the essence of their course into this practical handbook with contributions from leading writers.

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Inside you'll find concrete steps, evaluations, sample business plans, in-depth training activities, editor and agent commentaries, and much more--all designed to help you stand out, from the slush pile to the shelf.

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"First published 2016. This version of the script updated 2017"--Colophon.

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The film industry is seeking fresh screenwriting talent, but today's writers don't just need to be accomplished at their craft - they need to be highly creative. The Creative Screenwriter is a workbook of inspiring writing exercises to sharpen the writer's talents.

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The Creative Writing MFA Handbook guides prospective graduate students through the difficult process of researching, applying to, and choosing graduate schools in creative writing. This second edition updates and builds upon the first edition, which was published in 2005 to great acclaim.

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The Film Mechanics Screenwriting Workbook is a fundamental workbook to help screenwriters in the development process before they write the screenplay.

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How do widely published authors keep their stories burning hot This work shows readers how to write compelling stories filled with interesting settings and vivid characters, and how to do it over and over again. It also shows readers how to infuse writing with life.

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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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Intended for aspiring writers, whether they want to write as a full time profession, or to supplement their existing income through writing. This guide helps you to decide what to write and how to sell it; and contains advice on ghostwriting, travel writing, fiction, short stories, television and radio scripts, newspaper and magazine journalism.

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"Based on her Huffington Post blog of the same name, [the author] shares the secrets and tools to developing a successful, rewarding writing practice in a way that inspires the reader to persevere through the inevitable lows and even the highs of a literary life, so that anyone can pursue the path to realizing their artistic dreams"--