9781944841218

Plan Your Novel Like a Pro

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ISBN13: 9781944841218

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This book will help you get excited to plan your novel. The tools shared here are designed to spark your muse and give you confidence when you sit down to write your story. Plan Your Novel Like A Pro: And Have Fun Doing It is for organic writers and pansters who want a roadmap to follow, so that they can let their creativity loose."Beth's book is like plotting for pantsers "-Tess Rider, Science Fantasy Romance AuthorPlan your novel, write with confidence, and have fun doing it We know that you have other activities in your life besides writing, and that writing your novels is important to you. How can you manage your writing and still meet your other obligations?Well, you can, in small, manageable bite-sized pieces. Each lesson in this book can be done in as little as 15-20 minutes.You can plan your novel in a way that fits into your life. We know, because we've done it, multiple times Based on the popular course, Plan Your Novel: 30-Day Writing Challenge, this book is organized into 4 sections, so that you can do the exercises over a one-month period.If you're planning to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or Camp NaNo, this course will get you ready and give you everything you need to write a novel in 30 days.This book is for you: ... if you have never written a novel, have always wanted to, and still feel lost on how to go from brilliant idea to The End, then you will be stretched in new and different ways.... if you're an experienced novelist, with 1 or 2 completed or partially completed novels under your bed, and you're stuck somehow. You may find this course structured in a way that's new to you and yet familiar....if you have 3 or more unfinished novels sitting in a drawer, and always hit that sagging middle and lose focus or lose interest, this course will help you dream up exciting ways to torture, I mean challenge, your characters all the way to story resolution.With this book, you'll be able to: -- Believe that you can write a novel-- Step into a sense of satisfaction and creative accomplishment-- Get excited for NaNoWriMo-- Plan your novelFOR AUTHORS WHO WRITE: -Novels, novellas, and short stories-Page-turning fiction like mystery, thriller, romance, suspense, fantasy, science fiction, women's fiction, and mash-ups of these -For Adult, Young Adult, New Adult, and Middle Grade Readers How this book is organized: Introduction & Essential TipsIntroductionChapter 1: Essential Character Tips for Fiction WritersChapter 2: Essential Plot Tips for Fiction WritersWeek One: Elevator Pitch, What-If Pitch & Short SynopsisChapter 3: Elevator PitchChapter 4: The What-If Pitch by Ezra BaranyChapter 5: Your Story SynopsisWeek Two: Get to Know Your Main CharactersChapter 6: Interview Your CharactersChapter 7: Uncover Your Characters' Core Beliefs And Identity And How They ChangeChapter 8: Your Characters' SecretsChapter 9: Draft Your Character's Emotional Core With The Empathy FormulaChapter 10: The Character Relationship MapChapter 11: Focusing on What to WriteWeek Three: Story Plot Points & World BuildingChapter 12: Uncover Your Character's Worst Fears to Discover Your Story ConflictsChapter 13: World Building: Questions to BrainstormChapter 14: Your Story's StructureChapter 15: The Question ToolboxWeek Four: Scene-By-Scene Outline And PlottingChapter 16. High-Concept PitchChapter 17: Design Your Plot with the Problem-Solution ToolChapter 18: Five Essential Stages Of A Scene (And Of Story )Chapter 19: Scene Setup: StoryboardingChapter 20: Scene-by-Scene OutlineNext Steps: Write Your NovelResources for Further Reading and StudyAcknowledgmentsAlso by Beth BaranyAbout the Authors

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9781944841218

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1944841210

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0.53 Pounds

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5.00 x 0.39 x 8.00 In

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$12.99

Format

Paperback

Pages

154 pages

Publisher

Barany Publishing

Published On

2018-12-01



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