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1) In Media Res
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In Media Res. Latin for 'into the middle of things.’ Not every story has to start with a long, slow brain-dump of world-building to establish setting. Many modern readers will put the book down and walk away when you do that. Instead, consider starting right in the middle of the action, working forwards as you slowly explain how things got here. Perhaps beginning so simply as somebody knocking on the door. Drop your characters into the middle of...
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We have many, many different ways to tell a story. Possibly as many different types of story structure as there are stories and storytellers. You will not find a book on abstract theory with an emphasis on definitions and static edifices here. Nor a scholarly work going into unimportant minutia. Instead, let's look at some of the more popular types of story structure, with hints and ideas for how you can use immediately them in your own writing. Places...
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Do you ever look at other writers who are further along the path and wonder how they got there? What they had to do to dig themselves out of the myths, get themselves unstuck, and moving forward?
Writers aren't born with all that knowledge of craft and writing process. They figure it out and learn it the hard way.
Fortunately, you don't have to start from scratch, though the journey is long and neverending.
This book will give you clues: signposts...
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These days, your readers want series. That chance to revisit their favorite characters over and over, to see where their lives are going next. Television has spoiled them for long arcs of story spanning seasons, rather than episodes. You need to adapt to this new world. Learn to write in series, expanding your stories into greater and greater tales.
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This book isn't going to give you all the answers about publishing. Everything is changing too fast for that.
Instead, this book will help you figure out the questions you need to be asking, right now and tomorrow and direct you to areas you need to think about.
This book covers some of the universal things in publishing, such as: organizing your computer, your publishing schedule, contracts, etc. It also highlights the things that are driven by...
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