The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Romance
The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Romance

Author: M. R. McAlister

Publisher: Blue Gem Publishing

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 65

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The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Romance equips you with the knowledge and tools you need to get started quickly in this popular genre. In this book, you will find: # General tips on writing romance fiction # Tips on creating vivid, believable heroes and heroines # How to hook your reader # Where to start your story # Tips on creating emotional punch (all-important in any romance!) # What 'show, don't tell' really means # Tips on conflict, pace and tension # Tips on creating a romantic setting # Tips on plotting a romance novel, with a Basic Plot Outline ("Add your own seasoning"!) # An overview of romance sub-genres # Sensuality versus sexuality # How to build sexual tension # Three handy checklists: Emotional Punch, First Chapter, Setting & Sensuality The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Romance will set you well on the road to success creating stories for this popular, evergreen genre!

The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Mystery, Crime & Suspense
The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Mystery, Crime & Suspense

Author: M. R. McAlister

Publisher: Blue Gem Publishing

Published: 2013-05-02

Total Pages: 98

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A glance at any best-seller list will tell you how popular mystery, crime and suspense stories are with readers. Most of you will find this perfectly understandable! There's nothing like the thrill of the chase or the intellectual challenge of trying to guess 'whodunit' or 'whydunit' before the sleuth. If you're the writer, this presents you with a challenge. You have to juggle a lot of balls at once. You need to: # come up with an intriguing mystery (or an edge-of-the-seat thriller) that will keep readers up long past bedtime # keep your sleuth busy tracking down the perpetrator # weave in and bring to life other significant characters # leave a trail of not-too-obvious clues if it's a mystery (trying to pull the wool over the reader's eyes) or building suspense with the hero and the Bad Guy on a collision course (if the reader knows who the villain is!) # walk in the shoes of the villain, ensuring that he is a worthy opponent. Oh, and did I mention that you have to write tight scenes, build the suspense, create believable conflict, and choose the correct viewpoint as well? Not to mention how to handle research... Good thing, then, that this is all covered in The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing Mystery, Crime & Suspense! Readers also get a bonus PDF with resources for Mystery/Crime/Suspense writers and a collection of all the reference articles mentioned in the book. In the words of Kathryn Fox, internationally acclaimed author of medical thrillers (Cold Grave and five others): "I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Marg McAlister's books to any aspiring or accomplished writers. She shares priceless insights into structure, characters, setting, action, suspense, and importantly, emotional punch. I’m working on my eighth and ninth books, and I still go back to Marg’s books when writing. I have no doubt that following Marg’s advice saves time, energy, and rewrites. A necessity in any crime writer's library!"

The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing for Children
The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing for Children

Author: M. R. McAlister

Publisher: Blue Gem Publishing

Published: 2012-11-22

Total Pages: 102

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Writing for children is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things you can do. If you put your heart and soul into it, and focus on writing a good book that will appeal to your target readership, you have a good chance of establishing a satisfying career. But first... you need to have a good understanding of the basics: how to create a fast-paced plot that will hold the attention of your young readers, or how to write a picture book that will have small children spellbound with joy. You need to know how to create vivid, memorable characters, and how to write dialogue that sounds real and moves your story along so that your readers can't wait to turn the page. The Busy Writer's Tips on Writing for Children gives you an overview of the different categories of children's books, and shows you how to decide which one would be the 'best fit' for you. What You'll Discover: # 10 Tips on writing for children # An overview of children's book categories # How to write picture books (including "10 Common Mistakes in Plotting Picture Books", and tips on how to think in pictures, fine-tuning your text and pictures, and writing in rhyme) # How to create stories for children 6-12 (short books and chapter books for emergent readers; middle-range storybooks for 6-10 years and longer storybooks for 9-12 years) # How to build stories for young adults (including 3 important tips on writing YA fiction and ideas about what to write for this market) # Tips on writing non-fiction for Children (including tips on finding non-fiction ideas and fine-tuning your ideas) # Tips on plotting (including the basics of a workable children's book and a handy plot outline) # Tips on creating characters (how to make your characters seem real; how to create a story from a character; where to find good story characters; a look at stereotyped characters and tips on how to introduce your characters) # Tips on writing dialogue (what you should include; how to set out dialogue; setting conversational goals; speech tags and action tags and a dialogue troubleshooter, with tips on fixing dialogue that doesn't sound right) "Tips on Writing for Children" is another winner in the 'Busy Writer' series!

No Plot? No Problem!
No Plot? No Problem!

Author: Chris Baty

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1452102465

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Chris Baty, motivator extraordinaire and instigator of a wildly successful writing revolution, spells out the secrets of writing—and finishing—a novel. Every fall, thousands of people sign up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which Baty founded, determined to (a) write that novel or (b) finish that novel in—kid you not—30 days. Now Baty puts pen to paper himself to share the secrets of success. With week-specific overviews, pep "talks," and essential survival tips for today's word warriors, this results-oriented, quick-fix strategy is perfect for people who want to nurture their inner artist and then hit print! Anecdotes and success stories from NaNoWriMo winners will inspire writers from the heralding you-can-do-it trumpet blasts of day one to the champagne toasts of day thirty. Whether it's a resource for those taking part in the official NaNo WriMo event, or a stand-alone handbook for writing to come, No Plot? No Problem! is the ultimate guide for would-be writers (or those with writer's block) to cultivate their creative selves.

Her Billionaire Bodyguard
Her Billionaire Bodyguard

Author: Jewel Allen

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2018-08-30

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9781719977814

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Luke is the boy from the wrong side of the tracks turned billionaire bodyguard CEO. Madison is his first love

Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops
Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops

Author: Allison Hong Merrill

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-09-20

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 164742190X

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Allison Hong is not your typical fifteen-year-old Taiwanese girl. Unwilling to bend to the conditioning of her Chinese culture, which demands that women submit to men’s will, she disobeys her father’s demand to stay in their faith tradition, Buddhism, and instead joins the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Then, six years later, she drops out of college to serve a mission—a decision for which her father disowns her. After serving her mission in Taiwan, twenty-two-year-old Allison marries her Chinese-speaking American boyfriend, Cameron Chastain. But sixteen months later, Allison returns home to their Texas apartment and is shocked to discover that, in her two-hour absence, Cameron has taken all the money, moved out, and filed for divorce. Desperate for love and acceptance, Allison moves to Utah and enlists in an imaginary, unforgiving dating war against the bachelorettes at Brigham Young University, where the rules don’t make sense—and winning isn’t what she thought it would be.

Write A Book Now: The Busy Writer's MegaPack
Write A Book Now: The Busy Writer's MegaPack

Author: M. R. McAlister

Publisher: Blue Gem Publishing

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 359

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“I am a great fan of Marg McAlister's work and have been for over 10 years. Everything she writes is simple to understand, and it works if you work it!” Grace Lee Patrick The Busy Writer’s MegaPack was compiled in response to many readers who asked for the entire Busy Writer library in one collection. You’ll find a ton of information here to get you well on the way to publication. To successfully write and publish a book, you need to have these things in place: # A step-by-step program to get you out of the gate and running: a take-no-prisoners Kickstart Program for writers. # A sound knowledge of the genre in which you want to publish. # Interesting, vibrant characters that readers will enjoy and want to get to know # A well-paced plot that keeps the reader turning pages, eager to find out what happens next # A comprehensive set of checklists to ensure that you’ve left nothing out (characters, plot, pacing, dialogue, and more) This full collection of Busy Writer books provides you with the tools for every item on the list above, plus a sound basis for popular genres with the addition of Writing for Children, Writing Romance, and Writing Mystery, Crime & Suspense. Many genres have some of those elements: characters are caught up in a romance or trying to solve a mystery. Writing for children can encompass anything from simple picture books right through to young adult books. With the Busy Writer’s MegaPack by your side, you’ll be up and running in no time!

Romancing the Beat
Romancing the Beat

Author: Gwen Hayes

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781530838615

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What makes a romance novel a romance? How do you write a kissing book?Writing a well-structured romance isn't the same as writing any other genre-something the popular novel and screenwriting guides don't address. The romance arc is made up of its own story beats, and the external plot and theme need to be braided to the romance arc-not the other way around.Told in conversational (and often irreverent) prose, Romancing the Beat can be read like you are sitting down to coffee with romance editor and author Gwen Hayes while she explains story structure. The way she does with her clients. Some of whom are regular inhabitants of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.Romancing the Beat is a recipe, not a rigid system. The beats don't care if you plot or outline before you write, or if you pants your way through the drafts and do a "beat check" when you're revising. Pantsers and plotters are both welcome. So sit down, grab a cuppa, and let's talk about kissing books.

The Busy Writer's Book of Checklists
The Busy Writer's Book of Checklists

Author: M. R. McAlister

Publisher: Blue Gem Publishing

Published: 2012-08-08

Total Pages: 75

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The humble checklist can save writers hours of time and frustration. From Day One, armed with a checklist to test your initial story idea, you can ensure that you have enough conflict, tension, and challenges to keep readers turning the pages. (That’s much better than getting halfway through writing it only to find that your lovely bright shiny idea won’t hold up!) With a plotting checklist at your elbow, you can run through the list of ‘essentials’ to apply to your novel– like character motivation, plausibility, and crisis points, to name just a few of the things you have to consider. What you will find in The Busy Writer’s Book of Checklists: # Six Foundation Checklists: Getting Ideas, Plotting, Characters, Viewpoint, Dialogue, and Scenes. # Three checklists for Setting and Subplots # Four Checklists on Getting Organized: Your time, your workspace, your files, and your projects # Three checklists for starting and running writer’s groups – including a feedback checklist # Four checklists for social networking and websites (Setting up a website or blog, Facebook, Twitter, and establishing your writer’s network) # Three checklists on getting published (researching publishers, writing a synopsis, and publishing on Kindle) In total, there are 23 super-useful checklists—and as a special bonus, writers who buy this book are eligible for a full set of printable checklists that they can use again and again!