Tag: Recommended for Writers
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Recommended for Writers: Kate Walker’s 12-Point Guide to Writing Romance
Kate Walker’s 12-Point Guide to Writing Romance orients aspiring Romance writers toward Mills & Boon’s guidelines for their numerous “lines” of subgenera. This might make it a strange book for me to recommend, since I encourage up-and-coming writers–especially for Romance–to consider going Indie. Nonetheless, studying Publisher Guidelines for Romance Subgenera is a wise move, especially if…
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Recommended for Writers: The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne
The classic book on outlining, originally written for screenplays, is Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat. For some examples of how I use the Snyder outline, and other outlining methods I use, you can peek at some posts I did for NaNoWriMo: How To Create A Three Act Beat Sheet My Favorite Outlining Method How To Make…
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Recommended for Writers: Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
Since month we’ll be celebrating Fantasy Romance… and characters are at the heart of Romance, I wanted to recommend a good primer on creating believable and likable (or loathsome) characters. Orson Scott Card’s book, Characters & Viewpoint, is, in my opinion, the absolute best book on Character and Viewpoint out there. An experienced writer might read…