In only 30 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! The three most important aspects of writing fiction (and creative nonfiction) are Character, Setting and Story. In this workbook you will find 26 lessons and short timed exercises to help you learn to create compelling characters, craft enticing settings and set them in unforgettable stories. Unit 1: Character contains 9 lessons and timed exercises that help you create characters who are fascinating, flawed and filled with vision and desire, characters that readers will want to know about. Unit 2: Setting presents 7 lessons and exercises that show you how to design vibrant settings and landscapes that will capture and enthrall readers, settings that are fascinating and evocative. Unit 3: Story offers 10 lessons and exercises designed to help you discover stories that will grip readers and not let them go, stories that will live on in the minds of readers. Let Workbook #1: Character, Setting, Story guide you in the first 3 key aspects of the craft of Writing It Right.

Write It Right Workbook #1: Character, Setting Story: Exercises to Unlock the Writer in Everyone

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In only 30 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Point of View (POV) is one of the most difficult concepts to master in the art of fiction and creative nonfiction writing, mainly because it has so many subtle nuances. POV deviations can pull readers out of the flow of the story and diminish the reading experience for them. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. In Write It Right Workbook #2: Point of View (POV) you will discover 15 lessons to help you navigate the murky waters of Point of View. Learn the difference between straight, emotional omniscient and classic omniscient POV, and understand the strengths and drawbacks of each one. Learn how to identify which character can best tell your story, and how to remain in that character’s viewpoint consistently. Gain experience in spotting and correcting POV inconsistencies, from blatant to subtle. Don’t let POV confusion stop you from being the best writer you can be. Let Write It Right Workbook #2: POV guide you into a full understanding of one of writings most difficult concepts.

Write It Right Workbook #2: Point of View (POV): Exercises to Unlock the Writer in Everyone

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue presents two more of the necessary skills writers must master to be the best writers they can be. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. Unit #5: Plot contains 8 exercises on crafting flawless, intricate plots that sizzle off the page. You’ll discover what constitutes a viable plot, and how to spot an idea that doesn’t have enough depth before you start to write. You’ll discover the importance to plot of a through line, how to analyze ideas for viable plots, and where and how to find plots in the world around you. Unit #6: Dialogue offers 8 lessons/exercises that will show you how to write sparkling dialogue that sounds perfectly natural while still addressing the six necessary ingredients that make dialogue an integral part of the story. You will learn how to write for your audience, make your characters’ voices unique, use idioms to infuse verisimilitude, how to tag properly and how to incorporate subtext into what your characters say. You’ll soon be writing realistic dialogue that serves the purpose of your story and leaves your readers amazed. Even though these are Units #5 and #6, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue begin to increase your writing skills today.

Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes, Style/Voice contains lessons and exercises that will expand your wiring skills in only a few minutes a week. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. Unit #7: Scenes offers eleven lessons/exercises that will help you craft an unforgettable story. Scenes are the building blocks of our stories. They hold the whole together, draw in readers and don’t let them go, especially if the correct scene format is used for each scene. Unit 7: Scenes takes you through the 9 different scene structures and into the scene question and transitions between scenes so that your stories truly live in the hearts and minds of hour readers. Unit 8: Style/Voice presents strategies to help you develop your own unique writing style, a clear, consistent voice that will stand out among all the others and be readily recognizable as yours alone. These 9 exercises will show you how to tap into your life experience to bring your true voice and style to the fore. The essence of voice and style lie deep within us, innate natural storytelling qualities that, once realized, will enable you to tell a story as only you can tell it. A voice that is uniquely yours. Even though these are Units #7 and #8, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today.

Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes, Style/Voice

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Workbook #5: Conflict/Tension; Subplot delves deeper into the skills needed to craft compelling tales that won’t let readers go. These two units will show you how to add layers to you stories that will capture and intrigue all who read them. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. All stories, not just mystery and suspense, need tension to sustain reader interest. Unit #9: Conflict/Tension explains the necessity of tension and conflict in stories and explores how to inject the proper amount of tension into any situation. From finding places where conflict hides to analyzing ideas to discover whether they can sustain enough tension to hold a reader’s interest, these 9 tension-filled exercises will have you looking at your writing in a new and exciting way. The strategies contained in the Unit 10, Subplot, will show you how to derive organic subplots from situations, characters and the main plot. You will learn how to use subplots to reflect, refine and deepen the major themes of the main plot. And in this Unit you will also learn the secret to creating an effective and compelling series that satisfies readers as it pulls them through one volume to the next. Even though these are Units #9 and #10, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #5: Conflict/Tension, Subplots begin to increase your writing skills today.

Write It Right Workbook #5: Conflict & Tension; Subplot

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you! Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings gives you 8 strategies each for beginning and ending your stories that will satisfy all readers and lift your tales to the next level. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. The most important part of your story is the beginning—the first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page. That is what readers scan when deciding whether to read your story. In Unit 11: Brilliant Beginnings you will learn 8 different strategies for crafting a dynamite opening line that will hook readers immediately, methods for completing a compelling first paragraph, and techniques to craft an entirely gripping first page. Technique that will capture readers and make them continue turning pages. Unit 12: Extraordinary Endings, takes you through the second most important part of your story: the ending. If readers aren’t satisfied with your ending, they won’t bother with another of your books. In Unit 12 you will learn the secrets to choosing the proper ending for whatever story you write— the Symbolism Ending, the Observation Ending, the Q&amp;A Ending, etc.—8 types of endings that will so satisfy your readers that they will smile and say, “I’m so glad I read that!” And pick up your next story. Even though these are Units #11 and #12, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today. Look for the other workbooks in the Write It Right series: #1: Character, Setting, Story; #2: Point of View; #3: Plot, Dialogue; # 4: Scenes, Voice/Style, and#5: Conflict/Tension, Subplot.

Write It Right Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings

A compendium of mystery and suspense stories and scenes from 2 to 6 pages each.

Tiny Tales: Mystery/Suspense: 5-Minute or Less Reads for Busy People

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Tiny Tales: Sci-fi/Fantasy: 5-Minute or Less Reads for Busy People

"A terrific series debut." Dianne Emley, LA Times best selling author of The First Cut. "One of the most entertaining in the genre." MR Arnold, author of the literary historical novel, Monster: The Story of Young Mary Shelley. "Ms. Tuttle is a master of storytelling... I highly recommend this book." Tony Piazza, author of the Tom Logan noir mystery series "Susan Tuttle is a master at exploring the darker side of human nature." Sue McGinty, author of the Bella Kowalski series Skylark, a private investigator with psychic abilities that she keeps a deep, dark secret, specializes in corporate cases that mostly revolve around computer searches. But when a mutilated body is discovered, she becomes the target of a Neanderthal throwback detective, who is convinced she is guilty, despite lack of clear evidence. His focus on her brings her to the attention of the actual murderer. As young women begin to disappear from California's Central Coast, Skylark is drawn deeper and deeper into the case. When the killer goes after her, will Skylark's psychic abilities help or hinder her in saving both herself and those she loves? If you like your stories dark and gritty, and your heroines smart, strong and snarky, you'll love Tough Blood.

Tough Blood (Skylark, PI)

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