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Loading... Novel Shortcuts: Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft (edition 2009)by Laura Whitcomb
Work InformationNovel Shortcuts: Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft by Laura Whitcomb
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Proven techniques for writing a high-quality first draft fast! Novel Shortcuts shows you how to quickly write a first draft that's also rich and engrossing. (It's really possible!) Through detailed instruction and valuable exercises, award-winning novelist Laura Whitcomb addresses everything from premise development to foreshadowing to tone and beyond. You'll uncover shortcut strategies and tools like: A four-step approach for crafting stronger scenes Plot-planning devices, including plot webs, timelines, and plot menus Guidelines for building your story around essential crosshair moments Comprehensive checklists featuring quick fixes to common story gaffes relating to plot, character, voice and style, setting, description, and more Plus, learn how to stay committed to and enthusiastic about your project as you develop it from a new idea to a complex and realistic story. Novel Shortcuts is your roadmap to a smooth and expedient writing process! No library descriptions found. |
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