Ingermanson / Economy Writing Fiction For Dummies

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-58521-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

A complete guide to writing and selling your novel
So you want to write a novel? Great! That's aworthy goal, no matter what your reason. But don't settle forjust writing a novel. Aim high. Write a novel that you intend tosell to a publisher. Writing Fiction for Dummies is acomplete guide designed to coach you every step along the path frombeginning writer to royalty-earning author. Here are some thingsyou'll learn in Writing Fiction for Dummies:
* Strategic Planning: Pinpoint where you are on theroadmap to publication; discover what every reader desperatelywants from a story; home in on a marketable category; choose fromamong the four most common creative styles; and learn theself-management methods of professional writers.
* Writing Powerful Fiction: Construct a storyworld that rings true; create believable, unpredictable characters;build a strong plot with all six layers of complexity of a modernnovel; and infuse it all with a strong theme.
* Self-Editing Your Novel: Psychoanalyze yourcharacters to bring them fully to life; edit your story structurefrom the top down; fix broken scenes; and polish your action anddialogue.
* Finding An Agent and Getting Published: Writea query letter, a synopsis, and a proposal; pitch your work toagents and editors without fear.
Writing Fiction For Dummies takes you from being awriter to being an author. It can happen--if youhave the talent and persistence to do what you need to do.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ingermanson, Randy

Economy, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Ready to Write Fiction 7
Chapter 1: Fiction Writing Basics 9
Chapter 2: What Makes a Great Story? 21
Chapter 3: Finding Your Audience and Category 37
Chapter 4: Four Ways to Write a Great Novel 59
Chapter 5: Managing Your Time . . . and Yourself 71
Part II: Creating Compelling Fiction 85
Chapter 6: Building Your Story World: The Setting for Your Story 87
Chapter 7: Creating Compelling Characters 107
Chapter 8: Storyline and Three-Act Structure: The Top Layers of Your Plot 135
Chapter 9: Synopsis, Scene List, and Scene: Your Middle Layers of Plot 157
Chapter 10: Action, Dialogue, and More: The Lowest Layer of Your Plot 177
Chapter 11: Thinking Through Your Theme 203
Part III: Editing and Polishing Your Story and Characters 215
Chapter 12: Analyzing Your Characters 217
Chapter 13: Scrutinizing Your Story Structure 239
Chapter 14: Editing Your Scenes for Structure 259
Chapter 15: Editing Your Scenes for Content 273
Part IV: Getting Published 291
Chapter 16: Getting Ready to Sell Your Book: Polishing and Submitting 293
Chapter 17: Approaching Agents and Editors 315
Part V: The Part of Tens 327
Chapter 18: Ten Steps to Analyzing Your Story 329
Chapter 19: Ten Reasons Novels Are Rejected 337
Index 345

Über Autor(innen)

Randy Ingermanson is the award-winning author of six novels.He is known around the world as "the Snowflake Guy," thanks to hisWeb site article on the Snowflake method, which has been viewedmore than a million times. Before venturing into fiction, Randyearned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley. Randy has taught fiction at numerouswriting conferences and sits on the advisory board of AmericanChristian Fiction Writers. He also publishes the world'slargest e-zine on how to write fiction, The Advanced FictionWriting E-zine. Randy's first two novels won Christy awards,and his second novel Oxygen, coauthored with John B. Olson,earned a spot on the New York Public Library's Books forthe Teen Age list. Visit Randy's personal Web site atwww.ingermanson.com and his Web site for fiction writers atwww.AdvancedFictionWriting.com.
Peter Economy of La Jolla, California, is a bestsellingauthor with 11 For Dummies titles under his belt, includingtwo second editions and one third edition. Peter is coauthor ofWriting Children's Books For Dummies, Home-BasedBusiness For Dummies, Consulting For Dummies, WhyAren't You Your Own Boss?, The Management Bible,and many more books. Peter also serves as Associate Editor ofLeader to Leader, the Apex Award-winning journal of theLeader to Leader Institute. Check out Peter's Web site atwww.petereconomy.com.