If you've ever wondered if you could actually become a published author but didn't know who to ask, the answers will astound you. Find out how you can unleash your inner creative power. (Written by Elizabeth St. Denny, copyright 2006-2008.)
CONTENTS:
- About the Author
- Foreword
- My Writing Formula
- Why We Write and Why Readers Read our Books
- Randy's Story
- Let Me Confess
- Creative Writing for Beginners and Advanced Writers
- Famous Writers and Writers who are Famous
- Originality, Ideas and Unfinished Works
- The Writers' Rule to Live By
- A Few Needed Items
- Where Do You Begin?
- Writing An Outline
- Protagonists and Antagonists
- What is Meant by "Voice?"
- Things to Avoid
- Revealing Every Dot And Tittle
- How To Convey Conditions and Atmosphere
- The Importance Of Spelling
- When and Where to Break into Chapters
- Describing A Scene or Location
- Speaking of Dialog
- Writing Dialog
- Relieving the Monotony
- Let Your Reader See Your Characters
- Qualifiers
- Overstatement
- Tangled Adverbs
- Using Bad Grammar Deliberately
- Prepositions
- Homophones
- Splitting Infinitives
- Be Clear
- Modern Language
- Grammar without Groans
- Research
- When Quoting Others
- Plagiarism
- Lying
- Teaching Children to Read and Write
- Reading To The Young
- Wow, It's My Book!
- My Electronic Publisher - eBookwholesaler
- Presenting Your Manuscript to a Print Publisher
- A Little Help
- A Sample Beginning of a Novel for Starting Your own Ideas
- Test Your Word Power
- Your Book's Title
- When You Think the Story has Ended
- Clichés
- Getting Published with a 'Vanity Publisher'
- Author's Afterword
- 130 pages (PDF file)
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