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What An Agent Really Thinks While Reading Queries: Part 3 Video |
"So how do you clear the query gauntlet? Why aren't agents requesting your material? And what can you do about it? In this kind (but honest) presentation, you'll see exactly what you're up against."
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A Year Of Writing Prompts Ebook |
Defeat writer's block and practice writing with 365 writing prompts from Writer's Digest. Writing every day will help keep your creativity flowing day in and day out. Try Writer's Digest Presents A Year of Writing Prompts today!
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6 Keys To Successful Prologues |
6 Keys to Successful Prologues
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3 Ways To Improve Your Query/Cover Letter &Ndash; Part I |
3 Ways to Improve Your Query/Cover Letter – Part I
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Creativity: What's The Big Idea? |
Creativity: What’s the Big Idea?
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"You Should Really Write A Memoir: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your" |
Discover the three key measures necessary for aspiring authors to conceptualize and pitch their memoir to an agent or editor.
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Marketing Plan Template For Fiction Authors |
"In today ™s publishing climate, nothing influences a publisher ™s interest more than the strength of an author ™s marketing platform. If publishers aren ™t sure an author can help sell books, they tend to reject the book proposal and choose someone else. This mentality applies to every author, including first-timers struggling to get a contract and former bestsellers seeking to land a new deal.Rob Eagar, author of the new book, Sell Your Book Like Wildfire, is a marketing expert who has trained over 400 authors, including several New York Times bestsellers. He knows what it takes to gain a publisher ™s attention. They want to see real numbers describing how many copies you can sell and how you ™ll minimize the risk they take to publish your book. This means you need to go beyond the standard book proposal. Create a well-crafted marketing plan that details your author platform and your ability to promote effectively. Show publishers a solid plan"
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Slush Pile Showdown: How To Make Your Submission Stand Out Video |
Learn how to craft a query that will get attention.
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Portable Mfa In Creative Writing |
"Save Time & Money Plus Write Like a Pro! The Portable MFA offers craft-based, results-oriented instruction that, until now, could only be found in a formal MFA program. Learning how to write fiction, personal narratives, poetry, and playwriting has never been this easy or fun! Master Basic & Advanced Writing Techniques the MFA Way! The information in The Portable MFA in Creative Writing is derived from the craft-based workshops taught by the New York Writers Workshop for the past fifteen years. Tapping into the years of experience of each of its writers and teachers, the book covers the fundamentals and delves into basic and advanced techniques you need to know if you want to write your best. Banish the thought that this is a dry textbook. You'll find each chapter lively, easy to understand, instructive, and user-friendly. It is the hope of the authors that each chapter will excite you to try new disciplines and stimulate your creativity so that when you're finished reading, you'll"
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How To Make Money With Your Writing: 2012 Writer's Digest Conference |
"Sure, everyone's tightening their belts today, from publishers to multinational conglomerates. But they still need people who can tell a story the right way. In fact, good communicators are more valuable today than ever before. In this session, esteemed freelancer and highly sought writing consultant IJ Schecter will tell you why, and how to take advantage."
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Marketing For The Promotionally Challenged Author: 2012 Writer's |
"Are you an author who is afraid to promote yourself? Do you think marketing is a waste of time? Do you want to market but feel clueless about the process? Have no fear. Rob Eagar, book marketing expert and author of Sell Books Like Wildfire will explain how to get over your insecurities and transform apprehension into positive action. Rob has worked with over 400 authors, including first-time writers and several New York Times bestsellers. His presentation will provide numerous insights to help you: Heighten confidence to market your message Build a memorable brand Grow your author platform Increase your book sales"
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The New World Of Publishing: 2012 Writer's Digest Conference Keynote |
"Barry Eisler, best selling author of the John Rains series of thrillers talks about how authors should approach the business of writing in our increasingly digital age - what's changed, what hasn't, and what writers can do to maximize their chances for success."
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2Nd Draft Critique Service: Personal Essays |
Ensure your personal essay is up to publication standards by submitting it for a professional review with 2nd Draft's Personal Essay Critique Service.
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How To Write A Bulletproof Nonfiction Book Proposal Video Download |
"Discover how to craft a proposal that's worthy of your great idea, while providing the information that publishers, editors, agents, and salespeople - even readers - need in order to commit to your book."
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How To Make Your Romance Hot Enough For An Agent Ondemand Webinar |
"DESCRIPTION Romance novels represent a huge chunk of fiction sales — readers devour romance and agents are hungry to sell romance to publishing houses. If you write in this HOT genre, you need to know what captures the attention of an agent, an editor and all those voracious readers! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN The specific elements of a romance novel agents look for in submissions: Yes, there are specific elements of romance writing that you want to nail before starting submissions. We'll discuss your writing, your platform, your hook and your pitch. Want agents and editors to ask for sample pages and full manuscripts? This is a specific checklist of Things To Do for publication. Common red flags to avoid in your romance novel: To avoid those dreaded passes from agents and editors, make sure you understand common pitfalls and red flags within the genre. Again, we'll tackle the book itself as well as business tips. Places to go to get your work reviewed and critiqued: Once your manuscript "
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"2015 Guide To Self-Publishing, Revised Edition" |
"The 2015 Guide to Self-Publishing is the essential resource for indie publishers who are taking their publishing futures into their own hands with self-publishing tools. In addition to hundreds of listings for freelance editors, designers, self-publishing companies, and more, the Guide to Self-Publishing offers articles on how to produce engaging covers, handle sales tax, dissect the self-publishing contract, protect your work, promote your work, and more."
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You Have Three Pages To Win Me Over: Essential Advice For Your Opening |
"Learn from a YA editor exactly what to include in your first few pages so that you can grab her attention. Also, find out what not to do to stop an editor from reading any further."
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Story Engineering And Story Physics Bundle |
Make your story great with the Story Engineering and Story Physics Bundle!
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Writing The Irresistible Novel: Techniques And Insider Secrets For |
Writing the Irresistible Novel: Techniques and Insider Secrets for Making Your Novel One Agents Can't Help But Request
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45 Master Characters Ebook |
"Create unforgettable characters your readers will love! Want to make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex, and original than ever before? 45 Master Characters is here to help you explore the most common male and female archetypes—the mythic, cross-cultural models from which all characters originate. Explore a wide variety of character profiles including heroes, villains, and supporting characters. Learn how to use archetypes as foundations for your own unique characters/ Examine the mythic journeys of heroes and heroines—the progression of events upon which each archetype's character arc develops—and learn how to use them to enhance your story. Complete with examples culled from literature, television, and film, 45 Master Characters illustrates just how memorable and effective these archetypes can be—from Gladiators and Kings like Rocky Balboa and Captain Ahab to Amazons and Maidens like Wonder Woman and Guinevere. Great heroes"
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Writing And Selling Women's And Book Club Fiction Video Download |
Learn how women's and book club fiction differ from other forms of fiction.
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What An Agent Really Thinks While Reading Queries |
"In this webinar, Kate McKean and Jim McCarthy invite you to peek behind the curtain and watch exactly what happens when an agent considers your query. Working from the submissions they receive (all queries will be anonymized), participants will have the chance to read along with them as they decide whether to stop reading or carry on. You ™ll see the exact moment in query letters that each perks up or passes. Think of it like AMERICAN IDOL: QUERY EDITION. Along the way, you ™ll garner helpful tips on what to avoid as you write your own query, how to stand out from the pack (in a good way), and what goes on in an agent ™s mind as they consider your material."
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Where Do You Get Your Ideas Ebook |
"In Where Do You Get Your Ideas?, Fred White helps writers of every genre deconstruct the mystery of generating ideas, and gives you tools to jump-start your creativity."
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Writing The Breakout Novel |
"Take your fiction to the next level! Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list hell. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel—one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists. Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share—regardless of genre—then shows you how to use them to write books that can stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace. You'll learn to:develop an inspired premise that sets your novel apart from the competitionestablish a powerful and sweeping sense of time and placecreate larger-than-life characters that step right off the pagesustain a high degree of narrative tension from start to finishweave sub-plots into the main action for a complex, engrossing storyexplore universal themes that will interest a broad audien"
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Story Structure Architect Ebook |
"With Story Structure Architect, writers will discover how to use the classical structures found in all literature since Greek mythology to create unique and successful works. Presented in a fun, 2-color illustrated design, this book:Walks readers through each step of the structuring process - from identifying characters to building conflict and weaving in unique plotting structuresOffers thousands of possible story combinations with its browsable and interactive index formatFeatures 56 timeless dramatic situations, plus a blank situation template writers can use as they structure their own workThese techniques apply to every genre, including multicultural storytelling - making this book a must-have resource for anyone who writes short fiction, novels, scripts, plays or even video and role playing games."
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Your First Novel Ebook |
"Novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy busienss know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques, such as: How to best structure your research so that you can save time later How to card your story before you start writing What to consider when developing your cast of characters How to adapt classic story structures to fit your own ideas ...and insider information on what it takes to get published, including: What agents do at those three-hour power lunches-and how it affects you What makes an agent instantly reject a manuscript How to correctly translate submission guidelines What happens if you get multiple offers-or no offers at all Plus, learn about the publishing process from the firsthand accounts of such noted authors as Dennis Lehane, Kathryn Harrison, Jim Fusill, Kathleen Geo"
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The 3 A.M. Epiphany Ebook |
"Sometimes our best ideas come when we least expect them—like at 3 o'clock in the morning … or in the shower … or when you're driving to work. You get the picture—lots of ideas and no time or excess time and a dry well of ideas. Brian Kiteley comes to the rescue with more than 200 intriguing writing exercises designed to help you think, write, and revise anywhere, anytime. As a 15 year veteran author and director of the University of Denver's creative writing program, Brian has crafted and refined these exercises to be original, interesting, and filled with enough intrigue to get your creative ideas sparked and into story format. You'll learn how to:Transform stale writing patterns into exciting experiments in fiction.Shed anxieties that keep you from reaching your full writing potential.Craft unique ideas by combining personal experiences with unrestricted imagination.Examine and overcome all your fiction writing concerns, from getting started to overcoming wr"
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