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C. S Lakin
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A powerful family saga like no other ... At the height of the Vietnam War in 1971, Jake Abrams is desperate to leave his oppressive home in Colorado and begin a new life in college in LA, but his dreams are waylaid when he meets Leah, an antiwar protester who pushes him into marriage and family. Jake tries to juggle school, his job, and raising four children, but Leah turns to drugs and drinking, and finally runs off with her rock band, leaving Jake...
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Layer your novel to success with this innovative, simple technique!
Writing a terrific novel is a complex endeavor. And while there are hundreds of books, podcasts, and blog posts that teach aspiring authors how to structure scenes and plot out a solid story, none implement the most intuitive and effective method for success.
What is that method?
Layering.
Novels are made
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Want to become a successful author? If so, you're going to have to crank out books. And not mediocre books but high-quality ones. Why? Because that's what readers expect and want.Regardless of whether you write fiction or nonfiction, if you want to get established as an author, you need to be productive. Highly productive.You can't just write one terrific book and call it good, expecting that singular work to carry you atop the wave of success for...
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Lila Carmichael puede ser una comediante rica y famosa, pero ella ha ocultado su mayor talento de sus admiradores, su habilidad para cocinar, condimentar y servir un tour de force cuidadosamente construido en una reunión acogedora en su isla privada en el noroeste del Pacífico. Seis incautos invitados han olvidado los pequeños crímenes inocentes que cometieron contra la pobre y crédula Lila hace quince años en la universidad. Todos se tambalean...
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Learn the secret of how to write the heart of your story! This writing skills book, full of fiction writing technique, is like no other. Some novelists write with the goal of becoming a best seller, hoping for wealth and fame. Some just want to write novels that earn them a steady income so they can feed their families and pay their bills. Some write to express their creativity and don't care if anyone ever reads their books. Then there are the other...
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Les 12 piliers essentiels de la construction de roman éliminent le mystère de la construction d'une histoire solide et vous montrent comment passer d'une idée à une œuvre complète en étapes simples et faciles à comprendre.
À maintes reprises, les écrivains en difficulté font les mêmes erreurs fatales dans leurs manuscrits. Même les écrivains qui ont étudié les meilleurs livres d'écriture, pris des ateliers et suivi les blogs d'écrivains...
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Want to write a visually powerful novel? Shoot Your Novel takes an in-depth look at cinematic technique for fiction writers. No other writing craft book teaches you the secret of how to "show, don't tell."Best-selling authors of every genre know the secret to hooking readers-by showing, not telling, their story. But writers are not taught how to "show" scenes in a cinematic way. Without a clear, concise, and precise method for constructing dynamic...
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The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction takes the mystery out of building a solid story and shows you how to go from idea to complete novel in practical, easy-to-understand steps.Build smart!Over and over, struggling writers make the same fatal mistakes in their manuscripts. Even writers who have studied all the best writing craft books and taken workshops and followed writers' blogs still don't get the structure. Truth is, a lot of writers believe...
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Los 12 pilares clave para construir una novela desata el misterio de cómo elaborar una historia sólida, para que puedas ir desde una idea hasta una novela completa en pasos fáciles de entender. La autora, C. S. Lakin, revisa y califica cada año más de 200 manuscritos, y años de experiencia le enseñaron que los escritores tienden a cometer los mismos errores fatales en sus manuscritos. Por más bien preparados que estén, fallan en asegurar...
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The First Page of Your Novel Must Be Perfect! Most authors know that the first pages of a novel are the most crucial and carry the weightiest burden in their entire book. The opening scene must convey so many things that often the author will have to rewrite it numerous times to get it right.But the first page is especially crucial to get right.Why?Because if readers don't get engaged in the story right away, they'll stop reading.That puts a tremendous...
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Finally! A grammar guide specifically designed for fiction writers! Introducing the second edition, with more than fifty new entries!WRITING CORRECTLY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HARDGreat writers write well. Grammatical errors mark a manuscript as unprofessional and the author as sloppy or an amateur. But you don't have to memorize the myriad of grammar, punctuation, and usage rules to have a well-written book. If you're a novelist or write creative nonfiction,...
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¡Aprende a escribir el corazón de tu novela! Este manual, repleto de trucos, es diferente a todos los demás. Hay novelistas que escriben para hacerse ricos, buscando la fama. Otros sólo quieren escribir novelas para sobrevivir, dar de comer a su familia y pagar las facturas. Otros escriben para desarrollar su creatividad y les da igual que alguien lea sus libros. Y hay otros escritores que quieren escribir una novela inolvidable, el tipo de libro...
13) Énigme
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Une mort mystérieuse enterre des secrets douloureux et choquants pendant vingt-cinq ans...
Un homme marié et heureux avec trois enfants en bas âge décide un jour qu'il ne veut plus vivre. Il se donne une leucémie et neuf mois plus tard est mort.
C'est l'énigme que Lisa Sitteroff est déterminée à résoudre concernant son père décédé - l'histoire que sa mère, Ruth, a racontée à Lisa et à ses deux frères, Rafferty et Neal, tout au...
14) Someone to Blame
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Matt and Irene Moore, anxious to leave horrific tragedies behind them, relocate to a small coastal town with their 14-year-old daughter, Casey. But rather than find peace, their world is once more turned upside-down when their lives become entangled with Billy Thurber, a drifter who arrives in Breakers with a rash of crimes following at his heels. As the town goes after Thurber with murderous intent, eager for someone to blame, the Moores find unexpected...
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"The most comprehensive book on self-editing for fiction writers!""Filled to the hilt with the essential tools you need to write clearly and effectively and, overall, become a better fiction writer."Fiction writers often struggle to improve their craft. And the biggest challenge comes from the inability to see what isn't working. The prose feels off. The scene isn't gelling. The dialogue sounds stilted or clunky. But they don't know why or how to...
