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    Story Pitch: The How-to Guide for Using a Pitch to Create Your Story: Writer to Author, #2
    Outline Your Novel: The How To Guide for Structuring and Outlining Your Novel: Writer to Author, #3
    The Five Day Novel: The How To Guide For Writing Faster & Optimizing Your Workflow: Writer to Author, #1
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    Writer to Author Series

    By Scott King

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    The Rewrite: The How-to Guide for revising, rewriting, and editing your novel

    Unleash the Power of Rewriting!

    The Rewrite can help any writer take their shapeless draft to a completed novel!

    Instead of getting lost in the labyrinth of endless revisions, let The Rewrite show you how to structure your process and finish your novel.

    In this book, you'll learn:
    •How To Do A Pass
    •Common Character Problems
    •Common Plot Problems
    •Common Structural Problems
    •How to Fix Pacing Issues
    •World Building Tips
    •Self Editing
    •How to find Beta Readers
    •How to Incorporate Feedback
    •How to Know When Your Novel Is Done

    The Rewrite offers a guided approach to the entire rewriting process and as always, author Scott King, plays along, making sure to do the assignments in the book so you can learn from his successes and mistakes.

    Stop letting your novel kick your butt and beat it with the help of The Rewrite!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScott King
    Release dateFeb 1, 2014
    Story Pitch: The How-to Guide for Using a Pitch to Create Your Story: Writer to Author, #2
    Outline Your Novel: The How To Guide for Structuring and Outlining Your Novel: Writer to Author, #3
    The Five Day Novel: The How To Guide For Writing Faster & Optimizing Your Workflow: Writer to Author, #1

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      The Five Day Novel: The How To Guide For Writing Faster & Optimizing Your Workflow: Writer to Author, #1
      The Five Day Novel: The How To Guide For Writing Faster & Optimizing Your Workflow: Writer to Author, #1

      The Five Day Novel: The How To Guide For Writing Faster & Optimizing Your Workflow: Writer to Author, #1

      Scott King
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      Struggling to finish your novels? Tweak your workflow process and write one in only FIVE DAYS! After taking way too long to write a fantasy epic, author and educator Scott King refined his writing process so that he could crank out a novel in five days! Through easy-to-follow tips and helpful examples, Scott takes a theme and shapes an entire story around it. Let him walk you through the prewriting process, slogging through a first draft, and doing the rewrites. In this book, you'll learn: - How to get in the right mindset - How to cut distractions & manage your time - The ingredients necessary to form a story - How to stay focused and keep writing - How to plan your rewrites - The things to look for when line editing If you like honesty, no bull, a bunch of humor, and tons of examples in your writing guides, then you'll love Scott King's behind-the-scenes look at how to write a novel in five days. Buy THE 5 DAY NOVEL and start writing!

      Struggling to finish your novels? Tweak your workflow process and write one in only FIVE DAYS! After taking way too long to write a fantasy epic, author and educator Scott King refined his writing process so that he could crank out a novel in five days! Through easy-to-follow tips and helpful examples, Scott takes a theme and shapes an entire story around it. Let him walk you through the prewriting process, slogging through a first draft, and doing the rewrites. In this book, you'll learn: - How to get in the right mindset - How to cut distractions & manage your time - The ingredients necessary to form a story - How to stay focused and keep writing - How to plan your rewrites - The things to look for when line editing If you like honesty, no bull, a bunch of humor, and tons of examples in your writing guides, then you'll love Scott King's behind-the-scenes look at how to write a novel in five days. Buy THE 5 DAY NOVEL and start writing!

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      Story Pitch: The How-to Guide for Using a Pitch to Create Your Story: Writer to Author, #2
      Story Pitch: The How-to Guide for Using a Pitch to Create Your Story: Writer to Author, #2

      Story Pitch: The How-to Guide for Using a Pitch to Create Your Story: Writer to Author, #2

      Scott King
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      Struggling to start your story or lost in the middle? You need a Story Pitch. A standard pitch is meant for marketing and selling, but a Story Pitch is a powerful tool meant to be used when pre-writing and writing. It can help you jumpstart your novel, screenplay, comic, or whatever type of story you are trying to tell and it can be used as a corrective measure if you get off track during the writing process. In this book, you'll learn: - The key elements to story - How those elements are connected - How to construct a Story Pitch - How to use a Story Pitch for outlining - How to use a Story Pitch to fix character problems - How to use a Story Pitch when lost during writing - How to use a Story Pitch for writing book blurbs If you like honesty, no bull, a bunch of humor, and tons of examples in your writing guides, then you'll love Scott King's Story Pitch. Buy STORY PITCH today and start writing your story!

      Struggling to start your story or lost in the middle? You need a Story Pitch. A standard pitch is meant for marketing and selling, but a Story Pitch is a powerful tool meant to be used when pre-writing and writing. It can help you jumpstart your novel, screenplay, comic, or whatever type of story you are trying to tell and it can be used as a corrective measure if you get off track during the writing process. In this book, you'll learn: - The key elements to story - How those elements are connected - How to construct a Story Pitch - How to use a Story Pitch for outlining - How to use a Story Pitch to fix character problems - How to use a Story Pitch when lost during writing - How to use a Story Pitch for writing book blurbs If you like honesty, no bull, a bunch of humor, and tons of examples in your writing guides, then you'll love Scott King's Story Pitch. Buy STORY PITCH today and start writing your story!

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      Outline Your Novel: The How To Guide for Structuring and Outlining Your Novel: Writer to Author, #3
      Outline Your Novel: The How To Guide for Structuring and Outlining Your Novel: Writer to Author, #3

      Outline Your Novel: The How To Guide for Structuring and Outlining Your Novel: Writer to Author, #3

      Scott King
      5/5 - 2 ratings
      5/5 - 2 ratings

      Unlock the secret power of outlining! Outline Your Novel can help any writer take their story from concept to a finished draft! Instead of getting lost in the middle or never finishing, let Outline Your Novel show you how structure works and how to use that structure to make and follow an outline. In this book, you'll learn: *Character Arcs *Three Act Structure *Novel Story Beats *Sequence Outlines *Scene Outlines *Adapting Outlines *World Building *Incorporating Themes *Weaving Subplots Outline Your Novel offers a guided approach to outlining and as always, author Scott King, plays along, making sure to do the assignments in the book so you can learn from his successes and mistakes. Stop letting your novel kick your butt and beat it with the help of Outline Your Novel!

      Unlock the secret power of outlining! Outline Your Novel can help any writer take their story from concept to a finished draft! Instead of getting lost in the middle or never finishing, let Outline Your Novel show you how structure works and how to use that structure to make and follow an outline. In this book, you'll learn: *Character Arcs *Three Act Structure *Novel Story Beats *Sequence Outlines *Scene Outlines *Adapting Outlines *World Building *Incorporating Themes *Weaving Subplots Outline Your Novel offers a guided approach to outlining and as always, author Scott King, plays along, making sure to do the assignments in the book so you can learn from his successes and mistakes. Stop letting your novel kick your butt and beat it with the help of Outline Your Novel!

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      The Rewrite: The How To Guide for Revising Rewriting & Editing Your Novel: Writer to Author, #4
      The Rewrite: The How To Guide for Revising Rewriting & Editing Your Novel: Writer to Author, #4

      The Rewrite: The How To Guide for Revising Rewriting & Editing Your Novel: Writer to Author, #4

      Scott King
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      The Rewrite: The How-to Guide for revising, rewriting, and editing your novel Unleash the Power of Rewriting! The Rewrite can help any writer take their shapeless draft to a completed novel! Instead of getting lost in the labyrinth of endless revisions, let The Rewrite show you how to structure your process and finish your novel. In this book, you'll learn: •How To Do A Pass •Common Character Problems •Common Plot Problems •Common Structural Problems •How to Fix Pacing Issues •World Building Tips •Self Editing •How to find Beta Readers •How to Incorporate Feedback •How to Know When Your Novel Is Done The Rewrite offers a guided approach to the entire rewriting process and as always, author Scott King, plays along, making sure to do the assignments in the book so you can learn from his successes and mistakes. Stop letting your novel kick your butt and beat it with the help of The Rewrite!

      The Rewrite: The How-to Guide for revising, rewriting, and editing your novel Unleash the Power of Rewriting! The Rewrite can help any writer take their shapeless draft to a completed novel! Instead of getting lost in the labyrinth of endless revisions, let The Rewrite show you how to structure your process and finish your novel. In this book, you'll learn: •How To Do A Pass •Common Character Problems •Common Plot Problems •Common Structural Problems •How to Fix Pacing Issues •World Building Tips •Self Editing •How to find Beta Readers •How to Incorporate Feedback •How to Know When Your Novel Is Done The Rewrite offers a guided approach to the entire rewriting process and as always, author Scott King, plays along, making sure to do the assignments in the book so you can learn from his successes and mistakes. Stop letting your novel kick your butt and beat it with the help of The Rewrite!

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