Book writing is a mysterious activity; it must be, or there wouldn’t be so many unfinished manuscripts.But it doesn’t have to be! I’ve written 9 books. The first 6 were painful, and took forever; the last 3 were easy, fun, and quick–and much better!What made the difference? I spent years studying the book-writing process, and finally created a methodology that anyone can quickly apply to their own book.If you take the lessons of this book to heart, you WILL be able to complete (more…)
Book writing is a mysterious activity; it must be, or there wouldn’t be so many unfinished manuscripts.But it doesn’t have to be! I’ve written 9 books. The first 6 were painful, and took forever; the last 3 were easy, fun, and quick–and much better!What made the difference? I spent years studying the book-writing process, and finally created a methodology that anyone can quickly apply to their own book.If you take the lessons of this book to heart, you WILL be able to complete (more…)
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‘Down to earth and practical, full of ideas extensively illustrated … provides a useful construct for coming to grips with important issues.’ – Times Educational SupplementDown to earth and practical, full of ideas extensively illustrated … provides a useful construct for coming to grips with important issues. – Times Educational Supplement
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Book writing is a mysterious activity; it must be, or there wouldn’t be so many unfinished manuscripts.But it doesn’t have to be! I’ve written 9 books. The first 6 were painful, and took forever; the last 3 were easy, fun, and quick–and much better!What made the difference? I spent years studying the book-writing process, and finally created a methodology that anyone can quickly apply to their own book.If you take the lessons of this book to heart, you WILL be able to complete (more…)
DEAD On WRITING is divided into SEVEN Sections: The largest being a 2-Part Section on CRAFT & EXECUTION with sub-sets dealing with every aspect of the art (and science) of writing from research and details to character, setting, plot, and dialogue. This is large because in CRAFT and EXECUTION is where you earn your “unofficial” PhD in Writing.The Third Section is devoted to REWRITING & EDITING, which ought to be considered as part of Craft as well.The Fourth Section is on S (more…)
Book writing is a mysterious activity; it must be, or there wouldn’t be so many unfinished manuscripts.But it doesn’t have to be! I’ve written 9 books. The first 6 were painful, and took forever; the last 3 were easy, fun, and quick–and much better!What made the difference? I spent years studying the book-writing process, and finally created a methodology that anyone can quickly apply to their own book.If you take the lessons of this book to heart, you WILL be able to complete (more…)