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This Pick a Number - Start a Story is the first in a series of 10 books dedicated to assisting the aspiring writer with telling their individual stories. The first book, Start a Story, is a general overview of each component and how to use it to pull your story into an organized outline. Each book uses over 500 movies and TV shows to illustrate the process. There is space for each writer to add notes or to play around with different ideas for his or her own story in each section of the book.
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Create characters that leap off the page! Characters are the life force of any novel or movie. They drive the plot. They generate the conflict. They are the story. Ten Steps to Creating Memorable Charactersis a one-of-a-kind step-by-step guide to developing truly great characters for any kind of fiction writing. This practical workbook is packed with suggestions, ideas, exercises, and lists to help plan every imaginable area in a character's "life." Writers, screenwriters, playwrightseveryone who writes fiction will be able to create their own dynamic, memorable characters with this exciting yet practical book. Great for screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, anyone who crafts fiction Practical exercises, brainstorming ideas, lists, much more From the Trade Paperback edition.
This small 6x9 logbook is the perfect place to record your scores, your best (and worse) hits, and everything concerning your game.
Want to write a story, a book, a screen play but don't know where to start? This book could be the answer. Seven Ways to Plot can help you plot your novel as it helps you determine which plotting method works best for you. How do you go from idea to pages? Do you start with characters? Do you begin plotting at the beginning or at the end? What about story boards? Do you need to plot at all? Get the basics on different methods that have been used forever by authors, plus new systems of plotting that can help you get started on your own story idea. Then let two multi-published authors show you how you can use those methods to plot your own book in easy step by step process.
Sixty tried and tested TIPS to improve your writing! Years of teaching and working with fiction writers has demonstrated to us how differently writers approach the creative process. Some choose to plan every detail, while others write instinctively. Another group uses a combination of both techniques. This book of writing tips was written with the goal of benefitting all three different types of writers: 1 - Plotting/planner writers 2 - Intuitive/instinctive writers 3 - Hybrid/combination writers Not certain about which type of writer you are? Try all the different tips until you find the one that best suits you. About the Authors: Sue Viders and Becky Martinez have taught writing for the past 20 years. They have published more than 40 books-both fiction and nonfiction. They have used all three methods in their own writing work. These tips come from their own experiences.
Originally published: Hollywood, CA: Lone Eagle Pub., c2000.
This indispensable guide gives anyone with studio art training the vital tools and breadth of information they need to develop and succeed in the fine and applied arts. It covers the full spectrum of career options available to artists today-from being an independent artist to niches in the corporate world, and from jobs that require special artistic skills to those calling for artistic improvisation.
The key to creating a best-selling fiction book is often providing a memorable, unique villain-someone or something to cause hardships and conflict for the hero and heroine - a force to keep the plot moving.