Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story
K. M. Weiland
(Author)
Description
Is Structure the Hidden Foundation of All Successful Stories?
Why do some stories work and others don't? The answer is structure. In this award-winning guide from the author of the acclaimed Outlining Your Novel, you will learn the universal underpinnings that guarantee powerful plot and character arcs. An understanding of proper story and scene structure will show you how to perfectly time your story's major events and will provide you with an unerring standard against which to evaluate your novel's pacing and progression.
Structuring Your Novel will show you:- How to determine the best techniques for empowering your unique and personal vision for your story.
- How to identify common structural weaknesses and flip them around into stunning strengths.
- How to eliminate saggy middles by discovering your "centerpiece."
- Why you should NEVER include conflict in every scene.
- How to discover the questions you don't want readers asking about your plot-and then how to get them to ask the right questions.
Story structure has enabled countless bestselling and classic authors. Now it's your turn!
Product Details
Price
$14.75
Publisher
Penforasword
Publish Date
August 17, 2013
Pages
324
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.68 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780985780401
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About the Author
K.M. Weiland lives in make-believe worlds, talks to imaginary friends, and survives primarily on chocolate truffles and espresso. She is the IPPY and NIEA Award-winning and internationally published author of the Amazon bestsellers Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel, as well as Jane Eyre: The Writer's Digest Annotated Classic, the western A Man Called Outlaw, the medieval epic Behold the Dawn, and the portal fantasy Dreamlander. When she's not making things up, she's busy mentoring other authors on her award-winning blog Helping Writers Become Authors. She makes her home in western Nebraska. For more information about her fiction, visit her website: KMWeiland.com.
