Quick Guide to Writing Fiction and Nonfiction Books
The Quick Guide to Writing Fiction and Nonfiction Books was designed for serious writers who want to make their livings writing books. There's no hype. There are no long winded, drawn out explanations about how to convert your writing style into something entirely different. The author, Mark Stepp, is not selling a writing program. He does not have nine other books in a series for you to buy. The book is short and to the point. Instead, he has summarized nearly 40 years worth of professional writing tips into 73 pages.Stepp is a professional editor. He makes his living rewriting other writers' work. He even included a few pages of very simple grammar tricks, but this is not a grammar book. It is a book about how to write an exciting, interesting book that will sell, how to win an editor's heart, and how to capture your readers. If you've never attended a professional writing class, then this book will open up new worlds for you. If you've spent a small fortune on writing books and still cannot sell your book to a publisher, then you need the information in this book.
The main fiction topics include the following subjects:
- designing plots
- how to steal a plot
- building personality sketches
- developing and using point of view characters
- when and how to use pointers and inversions points
- building an outline that actually works
- identifying what kind of outline is best for your writing style
- using timing to your advantage
- understanding when and why to add suspense
- using the twist
Mark Stepp is the managing editor of Old American Publishing. He has made his living his entire adult life as a writer and editor. He is a former newspaper and magazine editor.
| $5.95 plus shipping 73 total pages (Softcover) 6 X 9 format |
$2.99 Note: Delivered by email 60 total pages (PDF) 6 X 9 format |
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