Published: Sep. 05, 2012
Words: 7,396 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476000893

Short description

There are hundreds of fantastic books about writing for hopeful authors to choose from, but most of them are boring, complicated, and bogged down by filler. This little book is brief, straight forward, and easy to understand.

Extended description

There are hundreds of fantastic books about writing for hopeful authors to choose from, but most of them are boring, complicated, and bogged down by filler. This little book is brief, straight forward, and easy to understand.

I won’t bore you with mundane grammar rules or the crap you learn in English class, but I will offer concrete suggestions on how to improve your writing. I can’t promise that you’ll be the next Stephen King, but I can guarantee that you’ll be a step above the people who don’t implement these techniques.

This edition has twenty tips, but twenty more are on the way! All new tips will be added to the Smashwords edition free of charge. Future topics are listed below the table of contents.

Tags

how to write, how to write dialogue, writing a book, writers block, character development, reference guide

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Review by: Allison Perkins on Sep. 14, 2012 :
This book is SO incredibly helpful! It's simple, straightforward and easy to understand without talking down to you. I love that this practical, non-fiction book on writing is somehow also witty and hilarious. Vander Ark confronts common issues that people run into all the time when trying to write, and I've never read a writing book that explained things so well. This book is perfect for beginning writing all the way up to advanced. After reading this, I will buy every book Vander Ark ever writes.
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