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A complete guide to writing and selling your novel
So you want to write a novel? Great! That’s a
worthy goal, no matter what your reason. But don’t settle for
just writing a novel. Aim high. Write a novel that you intend to
sell to a publisher. Writing Fiction for Dummies is a
complete guide designed to coach you every step along the path from
beginning writer to royalty-earning author. Here are some things
you’ll learn in Writing Fiction for Dummies:
* Strategic Planning: Pinpoint where you are on the
roadmap to publication; discover what every reader desperately
wants from a story; home in on a marketable category; choose from
among the four most common creative styles; and learn the
self-management methods of professional writers.
* Writing Powerful Fiction: Construct a story
world that rings true; create believable, unpredictable characters;
build a strong plot with all six layers of complexity of a modern
novel; and infuse it all with a strong theme.
* Self-Editing Your Novel: Psychoanalyze your
characters to bring them fully to life; edit your story structure
from the top down; fix broken scenes; and polish your action and
dialogue.
* Finding An Agent and Getting Published: Write
a query letter, a synopsis, and a proposal; pitch your work to
agents and editors without fear.
Writing Fiction For Dummies takes you from being a
writer to being an author. It can happen–if you
have the talent and persistence to do what you need to do.
So you want to write a novel? Great! That’s a
worthy goal, no matter what your reason. But don’t settle for
just writing a novel. Aim high. Write a novel that you intend to
sell to a publisher. Writing Fiction for Dummies is a
complete guide designed to coach you every step along the path from
beginning writer to royalty-earning author. Here are some things
you’ll learn in Writing Fiction for Dummies:
* Strategic Planning: Pinpoint where you are on the
roadmap to publication; discover what every reader desperately
wants from a story; home in on a marketable category; choose from
among the four most common creative styles; and learn the
self-management methods of professional writers.
* Writing Powerful Fiction: Construct a story
world that rings true; create believable, unpredictable characters;
build a strong plot with all six layers of complexity of a modern
novel; and infuse it all with a strong theme.
* Self-Editing Your Novel: Psychoanalyze your
characters to bring them fully to life; edit your story structure
from the top down; fix broken scenes; and polish your action and
dialogue.
* Finding An Agent and Getting Published: Write
a query letter, a synopsis, and a proposal; pitch your work to
agents and editors without fear.
Writing Fiction For Dummies takes you from being a
writer to being an author. It can happen–if you
have the talent and persistence to do what you need to do.
€17.99
Table of Content
Introduction 1Part I: Getting Ready to Write Fiction 7
Chapter 1: Fiction Writing Basics 9
Chapter 2: What Makes a Great Story? 21
Chapter 3: Finding Your Audience and Category 37
Chapter 4: Four Ways to Write a Great Novel 59
Chapter 5: Managing Your Time . . . and Yourself 71
Part II: Creating Compelling Fiction 85
Chapter 6: Building Your Story World: The Setting for Your Story 87
Chapter 7: Creating Compelling Characters 107
Chapter 8: Storyline and Three-Act Structure: The Top Layers of Your Plot 135
Chapter 9: Synopsis, Scene List, and Scene: Your Middle Layers of Plot 157
Chapter 10: Action, Dialogue, and More: The Lowest Layer of Your Plot 177
Chapter 11: Thinking Through Your Theme 203
Part III: Editing and Polishing Your Story and Characters 215
Chapter 12: Analyzing Your Characters 217
Chapter 13: Scrutinizing Your Story Structure 239
Chapter 14: Editing Your Scenes for Structure 259
Chapter 15: Editing Your Scenes for Content 273
Part IV: Getting Published 291
Chapter 16: Getting Ready to Sell Your Book: Polishing and Submitting 293
Chapter 17: Approaching Agents and Editors 315
Part V: The Part of Tens 327
Chapter 18: Ten Steps to Analyzing Your Story 329
Chapter 19: Ten Reasons Novels Are Rejected 337
Index 345
About the author
Randy Ingermanson is the award-winning author of six novels.He is known around the world as ‘the Snowflake Guy, ‘ thanks to his
Web site article on the Snowflake method, which has been viewed
more than a million times. Before venturing into fiction, Randy
earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of
California at Berkeley. Randy has taught fiction at numerous
writing conferences and sits on the advisory board of American
Christian Fiction Writers. He also publishes the world’s
largest e-zine on how to write fiction, The Advanced Fiction
Writing E-zine. Randy’s first two novels won Christy awards,
and his second novel Oxygen, coauthored with John B. Olson,
earned a spot on the New York Public Library’s Books for
the Teen Age list. Visit Randy’s personal Web site at
www.ingermanson.com and his Web site for fiction writers at
www.Advanced Fiction Writing.com.
Peter Economy of La Jolla, California, is a bestselling
author with 11 For Dummies titles under his belt, including
two second editions and one third edition. Peter is coauthor of
Writing Children’s Books For Dummies, Home-Based
Business For Dummies, Consulting For Dummies, Why
Aren’t You Your Own Boss?, The Management Bible,
and many more books. Peter also serves as Associate Editor of
Leader to Leader, the Apex Award-winning journal of the
Leader to Leader Institute. Check out Peter’s Web site at
www.petereconomy.com.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 384 ● ISBN 9780470585238 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2009 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2320282 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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