Your writing coach part 7 docx

... appear in your book or script, but it’s always good to know as much as possible about your characters. You can do the same for all of your major characters before you actually start writing, or ... also a good troubleshooting tool if people who read your first draft say they find a particular action by one of your characters unbelievable. Ask yourself why the character does what he...

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... challenge of mastering all the ele- ments of writing, and if you have stamina and determination, you’re well suited to writing novels. Writing screenplays Writing your first screenplay is also a solitary ... you had the courage to follow your dream. KEY POINTS ✐ The biggest obstacle to writing success is usually yourself. ✐ Some people let their fears stop them from writing. The...

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... nec- essary that the members of your writing group or your writing buddy live in the same town. There are lots of excellent writing- related sites that have virtual writing groups, forums on which you ... 149 Consider hiring a writing coach or consultant If you can’t find help or support from your peer group, whether locally or online, you may want to consider hiring a writ...

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... 168 Time pods 170 Keep an accurate record of your phone calls 171 Going MAD 172 14 Keep On Keeping On 175 Ask yourself the questions of creation 175 A unique planning exercise 177 Use metaphors ... Wolff. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978 -1-8 578 8-3 67- 1 ISBN-10: 1-8 578 8-3 67- 5 1. Authorship. 2. Authorship Marketing. I. Title. PN1 47. W56 20 07 808 ′.02 dc22 20060388 67 All rights reserved....

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... help you on the road to your writing success. Are you ready to start? 2 Your Writing Coach insightful, emotional, touching stories and books and scripts. The two parts of yourself have to co-exist. ... and enjoy the writing life. One of the best features of this book isn’t in the book itself. Every chapter has a bonus that you’ll be able to access on the website www.yourwritingcoa...

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... secrets that will help make your readers turn those pages. Of course, how you use the language is part of what will set your writing apart, so we look at how to make your prose compelling. And ... write, and how to use the magic question “Why?” to create a blueprint for your writing project. Naturally, you want your characters (real or fictional) to come alive on the page, so...

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... 5 Hate 5 Trinidad 6 Science fiction 6 Child 6 Psychiatrist 6 Revenge 6 Zoo 7 Romance 7 Lawyer 7 Old man 7 Curiosity 7 Countryside 8 Police story 8 Scientist 8 Old woman 8 Lust 8 Old house 9 Horror ... to loosen up your imagination. See whether any of the ideas that come up might be useful somehow in what you are writing at that point. CHAPTER BONUS On the website www.yourwriting...

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... “Visualizations” page at www.yourwritingcoach.com). 68 Write! The discovery-through -writing technique Some time ago I interviewed Academy Award-winning screenwriter Alvin Sargent (part of that interview ... If you’re writing a biography, for example, if your book answered all of those questions about your subject in an entertaining way, you’d have a very solid piece of work. If you’r...

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... impression match how you imagine the character’s appearance? CHAPTER BONUS On the website www.yourwritingcoach.com, click on the “Chapter Bonuses” tab, then the “Characters” tab, and type in the ... You can do the same thing for all the venues in your story. Try to engage all of your senses, for then you will make the scene much more vivid for your readers or viewers, too (we’ll go into...

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... part. In that case, the first snippet might read this way: Story Secrets 89 77 Story Secrets “Probably, indeed, the larger part of the labour of an author in composing his work is critical labour—the ... your plot will the conflict between these two elements begin? How can you keep escalating the dilemmas to put your protagonist under more and more pressure? What is the moment of tru...

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