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    Writing the Paranormal Novel: Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story.

    By Steven Harper

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    Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my!

    Writing a paranormal novel takes more than casting an alluring vampire or arming your hero with a magic wand. It takes an original idea, believable characters, a compelling plot, and surprising twists, not to mention great writing.

    This helpful guide gives you everything you need to successfully introduce supernatural elements into any story without shattering the believability of your fictional world or falling victim to common cliches.

    You’ll learn how to:

    • Choose supernatural elements and decide what impact the supernatural will have on your fictional world
    • Create engaging and relatable characters from supernatural protagonists and antagonists to supporting players (both human and non-human)
    • Develop strong plots and complementary subplots
    • Write believable fight scenes and flashbacks
    • Create realistic dialogue
    • And much more
    Complete with tips for researching your novel and strategies for getting published, Writing the Paranormal Novel gives you everything you need to craft a novel where even the most unusual twist is not only possible—it’s believable.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWriter's Digest Books
    Release dateFeb 18, 2011
    ISBN9781599633015
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    Writing the Paranormal Novel: Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story.
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    Steven Harper

    Steven Harper Piziks was born with a last name no one can reliably spell or pronounce, so he usually writes under the name Steven Harper. He grew up on a farm in Michigan but has also lived in Wisconsin and Germany and spent extensive time in Ukraine.So far, he’s written more than two dozen novels and over fifty short stories and essays. In 2022, his short story "Eight Mile and the City" in When Worlds Collide by Zombies Need Brains was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for Short Fiction. When not writing, he plays the folk harp, lifts weights, and spends more time on-line than is probably good for him. He teaches high school English in southeast Michigan, where he lives with his husband. His students think he’s hysterical, which isn’t the same as thinking he’s funny.

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