The Busy Author's Guide Series

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. In this book, How to Outline Your Story with "What if..." Questions, you will find exercises on how to brainstorm ideas for your stories using ”what if...” questions. Includes a free download: Story Structure Templates: Three Different Structures

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. You will find the following titles in this box-set: The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Antagonists The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Sidekicks The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Mentors

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. In this book, How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions, you will find several questions you can ask yourself before you begin writing your work (whether it’s fiction or non-fiction). These questions can be used to brainstorm ideas or topics as much as to get to the essence of your work. Includes a free download: 12 Pre-Write Questions to Answer Before Writing your Book

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. In this book, How to Get to Know Your Characters with Character Interviews, you will get questions you can use to get to know your characters better while planning your story. Includes a free download: How to Craft Your Protagonist’s Internal Growth Worksheets

Fight scenes or full-scale battle scenes are often something that causes writers headaches. Why? Because there is a lot you need to consider when crafting a fight or battle scene. Whether you’re writing an epic story with large battles, or a story with some occasional fist-fights, there are a lot of guidelines to keep in mind. In this book, you will learn some fundamental tips on how to write compelling fight scenes and epic battles. There are accompanying questions for you to answer as help to craft scenes suitable for your story’s needs. Includes a free download: Setting Workbook

Have you ever wondered how to structure your story in a simple way? Have you ever read your first draft and thought something was off with the progression of the story? Every story is based on a structure that works as the frame and the roadmap. The structure is the story’s foundation, and one of the most important aspects of good storytelling. Therefore, it’s important to get the structuring right. In this book, you will learn three story structures (the Three-Act Structure, the Seven Point Story Structure, and the Hero’s Journey). You can use whichever structure you want to outline, structure, and evaluate your story, whether you’re at the very beginning or have finished your first draft. Includes a free download: Story Structure Templates: Three Different Structures, so that you can work with the structure of your choice.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. In this book, How to Get to Know the Backstory of Your Characters, you will get the means to develop the backstory of your characters. Some of these questions exist in another book in this Kindle series, How to Get to Know Your Characters with Character Interviews, but this book has some additional questions that will help you go more into the depth of the backstory of your characters. Includes a free download: Character Appearance Workbook

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. In this book, How to Get to Know Your Story’s World with Worldbuilding Questions, you will get questions you can use to brainstorm and/or develop your ideas of the world (fictional or real) where your story takes place. The questions can be used for the creation of a fictional world as well as getting to know a real, existing place. There is also a category of additional questions specified for the creation of an entirely fictional world just to help you if it’s a fictional world you want to create. Includes a free download: Setting Workbook

Have you ever wondered what it takes to craft extraordinary characters? The truth is that in every sensational story is an extraordinary character (or, even better, more than one). These types of characters do much more than just advance the plot. They jump off of the page and grip the heart of the reader. The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists is a short ebook packed with information on how to create extraordinary protagonists. The book goes through how to categorize your characters as well as shed light on the most common archetypes for heroes, heroines, and antiheroes, which you can use as a solid foundation to build your protagonists upon. This book is part of The Busy Author’s Guide series, a series of short ebooks meant for writers who don’t have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. The Busy Author’s Guide series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. Includes a free download: Character-Driven Plot Workbook

Every person has their own unique voice. Why should the characters that inhabit our stories be any different? Crafting unique voices for every one of your characters is imperative if you want them to feel real to your reader. In this book, there are instructions and questions to help you create distinct character voices that will set your characters apart from each other and make them lift from the pages to come alive in your reader’s imagination. Includes a free download: How to Craft Your Protagonist’s Internal Growth Worksheets

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. You will find the following titles in this box-set: How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions How to Outline Your Story with "What if..." Questions How to Get to Know Your Characters with Character Interviews How to Get to Know Your Story's World with Worldbuilding Questions

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing? The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. You will find the following titles in this box set: How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions How to Outline Your Story with "What if..." Questions How to Get to Know Your Characters with Character Interviews How to Get to Know Your Story's World with Worldbuilding Questions How to Get to Know the Backstory of Your Characters The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Protagonists The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Antagonists The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Sidekicks The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Mentors How to Write Compelling Fight Scenes and Epic Battles

Have you ever wondered what it takes to craft extraordinary characters? The truth is that in every sensational story is an extraordinary character (or, even better, more than one). These types of characters do much more than just advance the plot. They jump off of the page and grip the heart of the reader. The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Antagonists is a short ebook packed with information on how to create extraordinary antagonists. The book goes through how to categorize your characters as well as shed light on the most common archetypes, which you can use as a solid foundation to build your antagonists upon. This book is part of The Busy Author’s Guide series, a series of short ebooks meant for writers who don’t have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. The Busy Author’s Guide series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. Includes a free download: Character-Driven Plot Workbook

Have you ever wondered what it takes to craft extraordinary characters? The truth is that in every sensational story is an extraordinary character (or, even better, more than one). These types of characters do much more than just advance the plot. They jump off of the page and grip the heart of the reader. The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Sidekicks is a short ebook packed with information on how to create extraordinary sidekicks. The book goes through how to categorize your characters as well as shed light on the most common archetypes, which you can use as a solid foundation to build your sidekicks upon. This book is part of The Busy Author’s Guide series, a series of short ebooks meant for writers who don’t have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. The Busy Author’s Guide series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. Includes a free download: Character Appearance Workbook

Have you ever wondered what it takes to craft extraordinary characters? The truth is that in every sensational story is an extraordinary character (or, even better, more than one). These types of characters do much more than just advance the plot. They jump off of the page and grip the heart of the reader. The Epic Guide to Character Creation: Mentors is a short ebook packed with information on how to create extraordinary mentors. The book goes through how to categorize your characters as well as shed light on the most common archetypes, which you can use as a solid foundation to build your mentors upon. This book is part of The Busy Author’s Guide series, a series of short ebooks meant for writers who don’t have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing. The Busy Author’s Guide series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps. Includes a free download: Character Appearance Workbook

Using clues and secrets in a story is a great way to add mystery and depth. Dropping clues is not a writing technique only for mysteries, thrillers, and crime stories, though. You can use this technique in any story where you want to add an aspect of mystery. In this book, you will learn how to drop clues and divert the reader’s attention from clues and secrets. There are examples from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series in this book to illustrate these techniques. Includes a free download: Foreshadowing Worksheets