In Plotting the Character-driven Novel, Linda Rodriguez turns her sought-after writing course on using depth of character as a springboard to a strong plot into a book designed to help the aspiring writer who wants to tell a story made compelling by the truth and complexity of its characters. She provides examples of actual documents she has used in creating her own award-winning books to demonstrate the methods she teaches.  Great plot springs from character and the motivations each character has for taking or not taking action.   How do you use character as the springboard to a strong plot that draws its complexity from the motivations of its characters?   What are the hidden fears and desires of each major character, what happens when these are frustrated, and how do they intersect and conflict with one another?   What are the secrets this character is hiding even from him/herself? What will this character tell you about her/himself if given the chance?   Through asking these kinds of questions of your characters, you will learn to create an exciting and complex plot, building from the integrity of the characters you create.

Plotting the Character-driven Novel

Self-Help

Linda, Rodriguez

Creativity

Scapegoat Press

Cherokee Marquitta "Skeet" Bannon thought she was leaving her troubles behind when she fled the stress of being the highest-ranking woman in the Kansas City Police Department, a jealous cop ex-husband, and a disgraced alcoholic ex-cop father. Moving to a small town to be chief of a college's campus police force, she builds a life outside of her work. She might even begin a new relationship with the amiable Brewster police chief. All of this is threatened when the student editor of the school newspaper is found murdered on campus. Skeet must track down the killer, following trails that lead to some of the most powerful people in the university. In the midst of her investigation, Skeet assumes responsibility for a vulnerable teenager when her ex-husband and seriously ailing father wind up back on her hands. Time is running out and college administrators demand she conceal all college involvement in the murder, but Skeet will not stop until she's unraveled every last secret.

Every Last Secret

Literature & Fiction

United States

Linda Rodriguez, author of the Cherokee detective series featuring Skeet Bannion (St. Martin's/Minotaur Press), turns to family stories for her third book of poetry. She testifies to borderlands that still exists between Cherokee people and heirs of Andrew Jackson's soldiers; between Americans and their British Isles forebears; and between the frontera of Mexico and southern plains states of the United States. She spares no quarter as she remembers history and its living embodiment in the present. She tells compelling stories with the sure hand of an oral storyteller and with lyrical intensity of a skilled poet. In Dark Sister, the ageless Cherokee language and Spanish blend with English to explain the complexities of life as a mixed-blood woman in the 21st century. This book appeals to young adults and adult audiences with family stories, love stories, just-so stories, and more.For her previous books of poetry, Skin Hunger (Scapegoat Press) and Heart's Migration (Tia Chucha Press), Linda Rodriguez has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence, the Midwest Voices and Visions Award, the Elvira Cordero Cisneros Award, the 2011 and 2014 ArtsKC Fund Inspiration Awards, and Ragdale and Macondo fellowships. Rodriguez has edited four anthologies, most recently The World Is One Place: Native American Poets Visit the Middle East, co-edited with Diane Glancy. Her poetry has appeared in many national and regional journals and on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress, and New Letters on the Air.

Dark Sister: Poems

Poetry

Mammoth

IDEAS PARA REGALOS 2018 | LIBRO DE RECETAS DE CROCKPOT | SLOW COOKER La Crock Pot, también llamada olla de cocción lenta o slow cooker, es una invención revolucionaria que ha estado en las cocinas estadounidenses por años y se ha expandido por todo el mundo en las últimas décadas.&nbsp; Esta olla permite imitar la forma de cocción que utilizaban nuestras abuelas, preservando los sabores, aromas y texturas como ningún otro artefacto de cocina ha podido hasta ahora. Su tecnología es muy sencilla e intuitiva, permitiendo crear maravillosos platos en solo dos sencillos pasos: colocar los ingredientes dentro y dejar cocinando. ¡Cocinar rico nunca había sido tan fácil! En este libro encontrarás recetas de todo tipo y para todos los gustos. Desde platos principales con carne, ave o pescado, hasta fantásticas ideas para postres y desayunos. Los vegetarianos y veganos también tienen una amplia variedad de opciones en este libro. ¡Todos pueden cocinar y disfrutar de los deliciosos platos que pueden crearse con la crock pot! Este libro de recetas para Crock Pot es el regalo ideal para todos aquellos que tengan una olla de cocción lenta o estén pensando en comprar una. La mejor forma de disfrutar de tu Crock Pot es probando estas deliciosas recetas. ¿Qué esperas? ¡Lleva la revolución a tu cocina!

Crockpot: 60 Recetas de cocina con Crock-Pot (Spanish Edition)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kitchen Appliances

Independently published

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