My eBook: Write it Right - Tips for authors, Volume I

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"Write it Right - Tips for Authors, Vol. I, written and compiled by an award-winning novelist, is a major source of information for breathing life into your prose. Learn how to polish your work with a collection of extraordinary tips and examples for making your writing the best that it can be."

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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements

About This Book

Section 1: Preparation

The First Time Writer

9 Tips for Beginners

Sleep and Creativity

Writing in the Dark

Muse

Creative Writing Prompts

File of Notes

Writing Rules

Story: The Hawaii Muumuu, a Writing Aid

Section 2: Things to Know to Help You Write

Plot or Character Driven

Plot Elements

Parts of a Story

Voice in Writing

Choosing the Point of View

Outlining a Story

Character Sketches

Breaking Stereotypes

Character Arc

Faces and Quirks

Clichés and Jargon

Know Your Genre

Naming Characters

Author Intrusion

Story: Grandpappy’s Cows

Section 3: Getting it Written

Starting your Story

Sentence Structure

Building a Story

Let the Dialogue Speak

Dig Deep for Plot Remedies

Drop the Words

Emotional Release through Character Conflicts

False Sense

Forensic Evidence in Plots

Foreshadowing

Reader Empathy

Repetition Offends your Reader

Taking Liberties

Talk Uppity

Talk the Talk

When I’m Stuck

Words and Sounds

Those S and ES Endings

Scene Changes

From Novella to Novel

Story: Any Way you Distort It

Section 4: Edit and Edit Again… and Again

Get Away from Your Story

Never an End

When Editing Backfires

River Boners

Hidden Grammar Flaws

Let Nothing Slip By

Dead Words

Story: The Editor

Section 5: Soliciting Agents, Editors or Publishers

About Copyrights

Preparing the Manuscript for an Agent

Choosing a Publisher

Follow those Guidelines

Designing Book Covers

Section 6: The Business of Promotion

Amazon Rankings

What’s Your Book About?

Writer’s Self-Esteem

Your Public Persona

Section 7: Some Final Thoughts

A Second Volume

About the Author