Tagged: novel

FCTB: Book Descriptions Feb. 04, 2015 / 0 Comments

You’ve been working on pulling together everything that you need to do to get ready to publish your book.  You’ve got your title.  You’ve got a…

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FCTB: Introduction Jan. 13, 2015 / 0 Comments

It’s finally happened.  You’ve reached the point where your manuscript is ready.  The nebulous idea in your mind has solidified and transformed as a result…

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Panama Deception: The Novel That Almost Wasn’t Jan. 06, 2015 / 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_362" align="alignleft" width="289"] Courtesy of Lorenzo and www.flickr.com.[/caption] Writing can be hard.  Really hard.  Sometimes, you want to give up because your plot isn’t…

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Numbers in Writing: Scene Chords Dec. 09, 2014 / 0 Comments

This is the last post of my series on numbers in writing.  I want to talk about scene chords.  In his book, Plot and Structure, James Scott Bell discusses…

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