Writing Mastery » fiction http://www.writingmastery.com -a path . . . Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:05:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 NaNoWriMo Lessons Learnt This Week on Writing a Fiction Novel http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/nanowrimo-lessons-learnt-this-week-on-writing-a-fiction-novel http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/nanowrimo-lessons-learnt-this-week-on-writing-a-fiction-novel#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:14:11 +0000 http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/nanowrimo-lessons-learnt-this-week-on-writing-a-fiction-novel
Some lessons I’ve learnt this week from writing my first fiction novel as part of NaNoWriMo. Joanna Penn from www.TheCreativePenn.com

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]]> http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/nanowrimo-lessons-learnt-this-week-on-writing-a-fiction-novel/feed 0 “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Show – Award-Winning Fiction Novelist Turns Publisher (1:58 mins) http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-award-winning-fiction-novelist-turns-publisher-158-mins http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-award-winning-fiction-novelist-turns-publisher-158-mins#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-award-winning-fiction-novelist-turns-publisher-158-mins
yourbookisyourhook.com – Join me as I talk with Jill Shure who discusses her perspective of the ever-changing publishing industry and her decision to become the publisher of Syntax Books to publish books for other authors and novelists. Ms. Shure is the 2002 Ben Franklin Award winner for Popular Fiction for her book, “Night Jazz,” and will also talk about her new sequel, “Night Glitter,” and her companion recipe book, “Night Caps.” Ms. Shure will reveal how she got published, how she researched her 1920s fiction novels, clever ways she used to cross-promote her novels in her companion recipe book, and how she uses her books as her hook.

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]]> http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-award-winning-fiction-novelist-turns-publisher-158-mins/feed 0 Writing Fiction & Poetry : Writing Techniques for Novels http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/writing-fiction-poetry-writing-techniques-for-novels http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/writing-fiction-poetry-writing-techniques-for-novels#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:45:58 +0000 http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/writing-fiction-poetry-writing-techniques-for-novels
Novel writing techniques vary from writer to writer, but outlines are typically helpful, as are revision sessions of large bodies of work. Discover a personal writing process that gets the job done with tips from a published author and English professor in this free video on writing. Expert: David M. Harris Bio: David M. Harris has taught English at Vanderbilt University and elsewhere. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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]]> http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/writing-fiction-poetry-writing-techniques-for-novels/feed 25 “Your Book Is Your Hook” Show — NY Times Bestseller Carla Neggers & Writer’s Workshop For Fiction http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-ny-times-bestseller-carla-neggers-writers-workshop-for-fiction http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-ny-times-bestseller-carla-neggers-writers-workshop-for-fiction#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:17:11 +0000 http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-ny-times-bestseller-carla-neggers-writers-workshop-for-fiction
yourbookisyourhook.com — Jerry Cleaver, teacher, writing coach, and creator of The Writer’s Loft, Chicago’s most successful writers’ workshop for the last twenty years,will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about how the creative process works when writing a fiction book. Mr. Cleaver will also talk about who is really poised to write fiction and whether authors need to know how the story ends before they begin writing it. He’ll also share tips for novelists and talk about what stops them from finishing their books. NY Times bestselling author Carla Neggers will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov her new book, “Cold Dawn,” in her bestselling Black Falls series and why she wrote this book. Ms. Neggers will also talk about how she writes her novels, how she first got published, her great relationship with her literary agent and how she’s using her books as her hook. She’ll also reveal how she comes up with her plot twists and share advice for new novelists that she wish she had known when she wrote her first book. Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss why fiction is so popular during her Education Corner segment during the show. Click Here to Listen Now bit.ly If you have questions about any of these interviews or the education corner topic included in the show, please put them here in this discussion thread and I’d be happy to answer them.

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]]> http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/your-book-is-your-hook-show-ny-times-bestseller-carla-neggers-writers-workshop-for-fiction/feed 0 Dark Fantasy Thriller Author Alan Baxter Interview On Writing, Genre Fiction and More http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/dark-fantasy-thriller-author-alan-baxter-interview-on-writing-genre-fiction-and-more http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/dark-fantasy-thriller-author-alan-baxter-interview-on-writing-genre-fiction-and-more#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:32:56 +0000 http://www.writingmastery.com/how-to-write-a-book/dark-fantasy-thriller-author-alan-baxter-interview-on-writing-genre-fiction-and-more
A great discussion with dark fantasy thriller author Alan Baxter on genre fiction, writing thrillers and violence as well as podcasting and all the other things writers have to do these days.

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