Synopses & Reviews
How to Blog a Book teaches you how to create a blog book with a well-honed and uniquely angled subject and targeted posts--and how to build the audience necessary to convince agents and publishers to make your blog into a book.
Inside you'll find: Basic information on how to set up your blog and the essential plug-ins and other options necessary to get the most out of each postSteps for writing a book easily from scratch using blog postsAdvice on how to write blog postsTips on gaining visibility and promoting your work both online and offTools for driving traffic to your blogInformation on how to monetize an existing blog into a book or other types of productsProfiles with authors who received blog-to-book deals
Author Nina Amir explains how writing a book in cyberspace allows you to get your book written easily, while promoting it and building an author's platform. It's a fun, effective way to start writing, publishing, and promoting a book, one post at a time.
Synopsis
This book shows the reader how to take timeless storytelling structures and make them immediate for fiction that's universal in how it speaks to readers' hearts and contemporary in detail and impact. Each chapter includes brief excerpts and descriptions of fiction from many times and many genres--myth and fairy tale, genre and mainstream fiction, film plots of all types, short story and novel. Tobias covers 20 fundamental plots that recur through all fiction--with analysis and examples--that outline benefits and warnings for writers to adapt and elaborate in their own fiction.
Synopsis
Give your story a solid foundationa plot that engages readers from start to finish
The best stories linger in the hearts and minds of readers for decades. These tales gain their power through plots that connect with the audience on both an emotional and intellectual level.
Inside Ronald B. Tobias details these 20 time-tested plots. Each is discussed and analyzed, illustrating how a successful plot integrates all the elements of a story. Tobias then shows you how to use these plots effectively in your own work.
Tobias then goes to the next level, showing you how to choose and develop plot in fiction. He shows you how to craft plot for any subject matter, so that you develop your work evenly and effectively. As a result, your fiction will be more cohesive and convincing, making your story unforgettable for readers everywhere.
"Plot isn't an accessory that conveniently organizes your material according to some ritualistic magic. You don't just plug in plot like a household appliance and expect it to do its job. Plot is organic. It takes hold of the writer and the work from the beginning."
Ronald Tobias
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