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Writing Active Hooks

Author : Mary Buckham

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Page : pages

File Size : 43,98 MB

Release : 2017-09-15

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ISBN : 9781939210197

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Want to engage a reader from the first page of your novel? Better yet, want to keep them engaged and turning the pages? Learning how to write ACTIVE HOOKS can not only help you create page-turning manuscripts but set YOUR novels apart, no matter what you write. -Discover the ten most common and universal types of hooks. -Learn why readers will respond to hooks. -Notice which hooks are most effective given the type of story you're writing. -Give your readers stronger reasons to keep reading. -Learn how to craft hooks consistently for every story. -Find out where hooks MUST be used to create a page-turning manuscript. -Step by step, watch sentences change from zero to multiple hooks. Now discover all ten universal hooks in one complete volume. The Complete How-to Guide covers the full set of universal hooks, plus an analysis of the key locations for hooks across genres. See ALL-New examples for every hook and gain fresh insight into a cornerstone of the writer's craft. If you don't yet have a solid understanding of hooks and where to use them, don't second-guess yourself. See first-hand how authors in all genres incorporate hooks into their work. Use the before-and-after examples to learn how you can duplicate the process and immediately master hooks in your own manuscripts. Every story needs hooks. (Even non-fiction books can benefit from the power of hooks.) The best writers know how and where to create them to keep the reader turning the pages. Do you? Understanding how to compel a reader to keep reading doesn't happen by accident. Powerful writing--no matter what you write--doesn't happen by accident. Get ready to create page-turning novels! "WRITING ACTIVE HOOKS is a powerful combination of fresh insights, practical examples, and how-to advice on the often overlooked but critical element of Hooks...written in a quick-to-read and easy to understand style, and packed with useful application exercises." KELLY L. STONE, author of THINKING WRITE: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind "The Writing Active series takes an all too often overlooked technique, and elevates it to a next-level game changer for powerful fiction." CATHY YARDLEY, author of ROCK YOUR PLOT



Break Into Fiction®: 11 Steps To Building A Powerful Story

Author : Dianna Love

Publisher : Silver Hawk Press LLC

Page : 450 pages

File Size : 34,88 MB

Release : 2015-02-03

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1940651859

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Getting a book published is hard enough, but what about building a loyal reader base? It’s been said that nothing sells a book – to an editor or a reader – faster than a great story. Whether you’re a plotter or a pantser (write by the seat of your pants), Break Into Fiction® is the book that will help you find the weak spots (sagging middles, unlikeable characters, slow pacing and more) in your fiction stories. Editing is key to any story, but it starts with the author. Writing fast means nothing if the final story isn’t sound. But the sooner you grasp the power points for a story, the faster you’ll be able to build a strong backlist. Now you have a way to improve your writing one easy step at a time. Written by a New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelists, Break Into Fiction® is a workshop-in-a-book and the one resource all writers need to master the art of fiction. This book is based on the popular workshops Mary Buckham and Dianna Love taught in the US and internationally to beginning writers, multi-published authors and even a Pulitzer Prize winner. Their innovative method shows writers how to create stories of depth, excitement, and emotion with: • Easy-to-understand templates that guide the new writer through building a novel and show more experienced writers how to deepen a plot and take a first draft to the next level much more quickly • Reference examples from strongly-plotted popular genre films of suspense, classics, children, and romance • Simple worksheets to build a strong story through Character-Driven™ plotting for any genre • Troubleshooting tips that reveal how to find and fix holes that weaken the plot • Insights from best-selling novelists representing a variety of fiction genres • A bonus dialogue guide that reveals how to make a character come alive through conversation. Break Into Fiction® is here to help aspiring-to-bestselling authors with a step-by-step guide!



The Story Grid

Author : Shawn Coyne

Publisher : Black Irish Entertainment LLC

Page : 459 pages

File Size : 28,80 MB

Release : 2015-05-02

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1936891360

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WHAT IS THE STORY GRID? The Story Grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. It's like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what works better and fix what's not. The Story Grid breaks down the component parts of stories to identify the problems. And finding the problems in a story is almost as difficult as the writing of the story itself (maybe even more difficult). The Story Grid is a tool with many applications: 1. It will tell a writer if a Story ?works? or ?doesn't work. 2. It pinpoints story problems but does not emotionally abuse the writer, revealing exactly where a Story (not the person creating the Story'the Story) has failed. 3. It will tell the writer the specific work necessary to fix that Story's problems. 4. It is a tool to re-envision and resuscitate a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper stuck in an attic drawer. 5. It is a tool that can inspire an original creation.



Writing Active Setting Book 1

Author : Mary Buckham

Publisher : Cantwell Publishing, LLC

Page : 50 pages

File Size : 27,94 MB

Release : 2014-06

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1939210208

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Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don't know where to begin? Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you read novels? Or are you a writer who ignores Setting description totally in your novel writing--but know your story needs it? You just don't know where. Active Setting, explained in comprehensible bites with clear examples from a variety of published authors can help YOU breakthrough with your writing skills. Readers usually remember the plot and characters of a story, but setting is every bit as important in creating a memorable world. Novel writing can be enjoyable once you've mastered a few of the writing skills necessary to bring a story to life. If you're tired of your Setting descriptions being ho-hum and are ready to create a compelling story world, regardless of what you write, or your current level of writing skills, keep reading. In WRITING ACTIVE SETTING Book 1: Characterization and Sensory Detail you will: Discover the difference between Ordinary Setting that bogs down your story, and Active Setting that empowers your story. See how to spin boring descriptions into engaging prose. Learn to deepen the reader's experience of your story world through sensory details. Notice how changing characters' POV can change your setting. Explore ways to maximize the setting possibilities in your story. This book goes straight to the point, putting theory in plain language, adding examples from authors in a variety of genres, and finishes each section with exercises designed to help you work with your Setting in a way that will excite you. . .and your readers!



Remembered Rapture

Author : bell hooks

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 20,97 MB

Release : 1999-11-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780805059106

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With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays. Remembered Rapture celebrates literacy, the joys of reading and writing, and the lasting power of the book. Once again, these essays reveal bell hooks's wide-ranging intellectual scope; she is a universal writer addressing readers and writers everywhere.



Invisible Fears

Author : Mary Buckham

Publisher : Cantwell Publishing, LLC

Page : pages

File Size : 34,56 MB

Release : 2014-06-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1939210216

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He's a preternatural fighting for the humans. She's a human fighting for the preternaturals. Kelly McAllister's Invisible Recruit mission in Sierra Leone is to locate and secure a threat to humans and preternaturals. Van Noziak is also there, with his own secret mission, one that's on a collision course with Kelly's. In deepest Africa the race against a deadly bloom reveals secrets, exposes fears, and forces unlikely alliances.



Writing Active Setting

Author : Mary Buckham

Publisher : Cantwell Publishing, LLC

Page : 154 pages

File Size : 50,35 MB

Release : 2014-02-03

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1939210186

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Now get all three books of the WRITING ACTIVE SETTING series together, plus a bonus additional section on HOOKS! Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don’t know where to begin? Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you read novels? Or are you a writer who ignores Setting description totally in your novel writing—but know your story needs it? You just don’t know where. Active Setting, explained in comprehensible bites with clear examples from a variety of published authors can help YOU breakthrough with your writing skills. Readers usually remember the plot and characters of a story, but setting is every bit as important in creating a memorable world. Novel writing can be enjoyable once you’ve mastered a few of the writing skills necessary to bring a story to life. If you’re tired of your Setting descriptions being ho-hum and are ready to create a compelling story world, regardless of what you write, or your current level of writing skills, keep reading. In the WRITING ACTIVE SETTING series you will: • Discover the difference between Ordinary Setting that bogs down your story, and Active Setting that empowers your story. • See how to spin boring descriptions into engaging prose. • Learn to deepen the reader's experience of your story world through sensory details. • Notice how changing characters’ POV can change your setting. • Explore ways to maximize the setting possibilities in your story. • Learn to use Setting to quickly anchor the reader into the world of your story. • Use Setting as movement through space effectively. • Explore Setting in a series. • Learn the most common Setting pitfalls. These books go straight to the point, putting theory in plain language, adding examples from authors in a variety of genres, and finishes each section with exercises designed to help you work with your Setting in a way that will excite you. . .and your reader.



Writing Active Setting Book Two

Author : Mary Buckham

Publisher : Cantwell Publishing, LLC

Page : 47 pages

File Size : 41,21 MB

Release : 2013-03-08

Category : Education

ISBN : 1939210011

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Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don't know where to begin? Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you read novels? Or are you a writer who ignores Setting description totally in your novel writing--but know your story needs it? You just don't know where. Active Setting, explained in comprehensible bites with clear examples from a variety of published authors can help YOU breakthrough with your writing skills. Readers usually remember the plot and characters of a story, but setting is every bit as important in creating a memorable world. Novel writing can be enjoyable once you've mastered a few of the writing skills necessary to bring a story to life. If you're tired of your Setting descriptions being ho-hum and are ready to create a compelling story world, regardless of what you write, or your current level of writing skills, keep reading. In WRITING ACTIVE SETTING Book 1: Characterization and Sensory Detail you will: Discover the difference between Ordinary Setting that bogs down your story, and Active Setting that empowers your story. See how to spin boring descriptions into engaging prose. Learn to deepen the reader's experience of your story world through sensory details. Notice how changing characters' POV can change your setting. Explore ways to maximize the setting possibilities in your story. This book goes straight to the point, putting theory in plain language, adding examples from authors in a variety of genres, and finishes each section with exercises designed to help you work with your Setting in a way that will excite you. . .and your readers!



Appalachian Elegy

Author : Bell Hooks

Publisher : University Press of Kentucky

Page : 98 pages

File Size : 18,77 MB

Release : 2012-08-16

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0813136695

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A collection of poems centered around life in Appalachia addresses topics ranging from the marginalization of the region's people to the environmental degradation it has endured throughout history.



Stylish Academic Writing

Author : Helen Sword

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 32,66 MB

Release : 2012-04-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0674069137

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Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read—and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.