Series in Editing
Books in Editing
Daily Meditations: Writer Tips for 100 Days
In this book, best-selling author and acclaimed writing instructor, David Farland packs years of experience and wisdom into each short, daily tip, including a daily writing quote for inspiration. Learn how to get into "the zone" on Days Five through Eight. Find out the top reasons editors reject stories on Day 46. Read about the "beatitudes" every successful writer needs on Days 54 to 64. Get insight on how to write powerful endings on Day 96. Gain priceless instruction on creating characters, settings, and plots, all from an author who taught #1 New York Times bestsellers such as Brandon Mull (Fablehaven), Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time), James Dashner (The Maze Runner) and Stephenie Meyer (Twilight). "Aside from being a talented writer, David Farland is an excellent writing teacher. Hearing him teach live and reading his written advice has helped me focus many of my own thoughts about the writing process. "Those who would like to learn more about the craft of writing would be wise to pay attention." - Brandon Mull, author of the New York Times bestselling Fablehaven series.
Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing
All successful writers use resonance to enhance their stories by drawing power from stories that came before, by resonating with their readers' experiences, and by resonating within their own works.In this book, you'll learn exactly what resonance is and how to use it to make your stories more powerful. You'll see how it is used in literature and other art forms, and how one writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, mastered it in his work.
Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing
All successful writers use resonance to enhance their stories by drawing power from stories that came before, by resonating with their readers' experiences, and by resonating within their own works.In this book, you'll learn exactly what resonance is and how to use it to make your stories more powerful. You'll see how it is used in literature and other art forms, and how one writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, mastered it in his work.
Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing
All successful writers use resonance to enhance their stories by drawing power from stories that came before, by resonating with their readers' experiences, and by resonating within their own works.In this book, you'll learn exactly what resonance is and how to use it to make your stories more powerful. You'll see how it is used in literature and other art forms, and how one writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, mastered it in his work.
Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing
All successful writers use resonance to enhance their stories by drawing power from stories that came before, by resonating with their readers' experiences, and by resonating within their own works.In this book, you'll learn exactly what resonance is and how to use it to make your stories more powerful. You'll see how it is used in literature and other art forms, and how one writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, mastered it in his work.
Once Upon a Time It Was Now
While a historian stands firmly planted in the present and looks back into the past, a historical novelist has a more immediate task: to set readers in the midst of bygone events and lead them forward, allowing them to live and feel the wonderment, fear, hope, triumph, and pain as if they were there. Learning historical stories is easy, creating stories based in history is not. In Once Upon a Time It Was Now , best-selling author James Alexander Thom (Follow the River, From Sea to Shining Sea, Sign-Talker) gives you the tools you need to research and create stories born from the past that will move and inspire modern readers. His comprehensive approach includes lessons on how to:
Point of View
Unlocking the mystery behind POINT OF VIEW: why is point of view important to a novelist, and how can we make sure we're using it correctly? Which serves the story better--first person, third person, omniscient, or the quirky second? Using thirty years of writing experience, Angela Hunt presents a brief lesson on point of view that should answer all your questions in practical, simple terms. You don't need an entire book to understand it--you only need these thirty pages.These lessons, Hunt says, "are brief for a reason—I don’t want you to spend most of your time reading how-to books. I will give you what you need so you can put what you’ve learned into practice. That’s the best way to improve." Enjoy this writing lesson for a fraction of the cost of attending one of Angela's writing classes--your writing will never be the same.
Revision and Self Editing for Publication
Jim's book is designed to eliminate the intimidation factor that comes with revision and self-editing. You've finally gotten a manuscript completed. Time for a drink. But put on the brakes! Now it's time to start all over again at page one and start the revision process. Most writers dread this stage. Thankfully, Jim's book will give them techniques to use during the initial writing phase that will minimize the amount of revision that's required, as well as guidelines for editing what remains and positioning the work for the best possible odds of a sale. New sections devoted to selling the work once it's finished. Downloadable worksheets and checklists that make keeping track of and executing revision goals easy and productive.
The Art of the Edit
You’ve typed The End on your novel manuscript and rejoiced with the Happy Dance. Congratulations! Then you take another look and begin banging your head against the desk. Your precious baby isn’t ready to send out into the wide world of publishing. Too raw. Too immature. It’s time to buckle down and edit, edit, edit. Where do you start and what do you examine and revise in order to buff that sparkle into your wonderful work—er, potentially wonderful work? This little handbook, The Art of the Edit: Shaping and Sculpting Your Novel, offers valuable tools in reaching your goal of a manuscript that is refined, fit, and feisty.
Top Ten Reasons Your Novel Is Rejected: And How to Avoid Them
Over the years Lois Winston has given workshops and talks to several thousand aspiring writers. As a literary agent, she's listened to hundreds of pitches and read through tens of thousands of query letters and manuscript submissions. Being both a published author and a literary agent gives her a unique perspective on publishing. She knows what it's like to be the writer whose only desire is to sell a novel, and she knows what it's like to have to crush someone's hopes with a rejection letter. It wasn't until she started sending out those rejection letters that she began to have a better understanding of why so many writers receive them.What she's come to realize is that most manuscripts are rejected by agents and editors for one or more of ten basic reasons. Writers have control over some of these reasons but not all of them. This book will discuss these ten reasons and how writers can control more of their destiny by not falling prey to them. Whether your goal is to be published by a legacy publishing house or you plan to self-publish, this book contains invaluable information about self-editing, grammar, punctuation, point of view, telling vs. showing, passive vs. active writing, dialogue, narrative, voice, style, hooks, query letters, and synopsis writing.
Word Watch
"A Fun Frolic Through the English Language" Welcome to a word usage book with attitude. (Humor, too, but definitely attitude.) Further or farther? Averse or adverse? Callous or callus? Less or fewer? Restive or Restless? Childish or childlike? Pause or hesitate? Sometimes the choice is between right or wrong, often it's between so-so and spectacular. Make informed choices with the help of WORD WATCH. Multiple USA Today bestselling author and longtime Washington Post editor Patricia McLinn shares word nuances learned in a lifetime of word usage scrutiny, publishing 50 novels, and a journalistic career of picky editing. HOW TO USE WORD WATCH – To look up a specific word or phrase, check the alphabetical inventory at the beginning of this book. Then click on the capitalized link (or links) associated with it to go to that discussion. – Read the word collections from beginning to end. – Browse at will. – Engrave on your heart. "Terrific (and terrific fun) for word lovers everywhere" "A valuable reference and a good read rolled into one. "Need to settle an argument over whether those birds wandering across the road are Canada or Canadian geese? Have a hard time remembering if it's "alot" or "a lot"? Want to be sure you aren't making a fool of yourself when you write your Christmas letter, telling all your friends and family about your vacation to D.C., where you visited the CapitOl building? "Whether you're a writer, an editor, a reader ... Word Watch will get you where you want to go in style" - 5* review Nonfiction by Patricia McLinn Survival Kit for Writers Who Don't Write Right Whether you’re indie, traditional or hybrid, the answer is yes. A veteran bestselling author shares how she’s survived and thrived through 60 books and 30 years in publishing. USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn, who has taught writing from Australia to Washington, D.C., presents practical, proven and hard-won tips and tools for those who don’t write “right.”
Write That Novel!
Drawing from over three decades of experience and success in the fiction writing market, New York Times Bestselling author David Farland shares here dozens of articles on everything from how to structure your plot to analyzing your audience. Indispensable to aspiring novelists looking to perfect their first work of fiction. In addition to writing novels, David Farland has worked as the lead judge for one of the world's largest writing contests, as a green-lighting analyst in Hollywood, as a videogame designer, as a screenwriter, and as a creative writing instructor at Brigham Young University. With his emphasis on practical advice on penetrating large markets, he has mentored dozens of authors who have gone on to become #1 international bestsellers.