The Novel Writer's Toolkit: A Guide to Writing Novels and Getting Published - Hardcover

Bob Mayer

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9781582972619: The Novel Writer's Toolkit: A Guide to Writing Novels and Getting Published

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582972613 ISBN 13: 9781582972619

Publisher: Writers Digest Books, 2003

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Here's the book writers have been waiting for! Covering every aspect of the creative journey, Living the Writing Life shows readers how to:

*Develop salable ideas
*Turn ideas into stories
*Set a writing schedule and stick to it
*Conduct accurate research
*Dissect best-sellers in order to discover what makes them work
*Develop compelling characters and plot
*Write dialogue that sounds real and engaging
*Find an agent or an editor who will help publish your work
*Put their ideas into story form
*Understand the submission and publishing process
*Promote their work
*Stay alive and inspired through it all

Advice is given in a straightforward and usable manner, laying out and examining all of the tools available to writers, from imagination to technology.

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From the Author:

This book has been written and rewritten over the course of over a quarter century of making a living as a writer. I've added to it as I've more and more about the craft, art and process of writing.It's a Toolkit in that there are no hard and fast rules. It's not the hammer's fault if you try to use it when you actually need a saw. My belief is that you have to learn the craft, then you become an artist.

About the Author:

NY Times bestselling author Bob Mayer has over 40 books published. He has over three million books in print and is in demand as a team-building, life-change, and leadership speaker and consultant. Bob graduated from West Point and served in the military as a Special Forces A-Team leader and a teacher at the JFK Special Warfare Center & School. His latest books are Warrior Writer: From Writer to Published Author and Chasing The Ghost. He teaches novel writing and improving the author via his Warrior-Writer program. He is the Co-Creator of Who Dares Wins Publishing. He lives on an island off Seattle.

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