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MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS

GOLD EDITION

by Bryn Donovan ...

Write faster…write more.Get the expanded edition of the bookthat went viral on social media!Used by thousands of writers around the world—including bestselling authors and screenwriters—MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS is back and better than ever. The 10th anniversary GOLD EDITION is the ultimate brainstorming tool for storytellers at all experience levels, and it’s the perfect gift for any write... ... Read more

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Write faster…write more.Get the expanded edition of the bookthat went viral on social media!Used by thousands of writers around the world—including bestselling authors and screenwriters—MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS is back and better than ever. The 10th anniversary GOLD EDITION is the ultimate brainstorming tool for storytellers at all experience levels, and it’s the perfect gift for any write...
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First We Read, Then We Write

Emerson on the Creative Process

by Robert D. Richardson ...

Series series Muse Books
Writing was the central passion of Emerson’s life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in “The Poet,” “The American Scholar,” Nature, “Goethe,” and “Persian Poetry,” less well known are the many pages in his private journals devoted to the relationship between writing and reading. Here, for the first time, is the Concord Sage’s energetic, exuberant, and unconventional advice on the ... Read more

$12.95 USD

Writing was the central passion of Emerson’s life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in “The Poet,” “The American Scholar,” Nature, “Goethe,” and “Persian Poetry,” less well known are the many pages in his private journals devoted to the relationship between writing and reading. Here, for the first time, is the Concord Sage’s energetic, exuberant, and unconventional advice on the
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Plot MD

Your Personal Prescription for Crafting Compelling Stories

by Adrienne Bell ...

What Makes A Story Compelling?Get your own personalized prescription for crafting a novel that hooks readers and never lets them go. Multi-published author, Adrienne Bell, takes you through the tools and concepts behind her acclaimed Plot MD system.No matter if you like to plan your novels out ahead of time or fly by the seat of your pants, you'll be given the hands-on tools to improve your ... Read more

$4.49 USD

What Makes A Story Compelling?Get your own personalized prescription for crafting a novel that hooks readers and never lets them go. Multi-published author, Adrienne Bell, takes you through the tools and concepts behind her acclaimed Plot MD system.No matter if you like to plan your novels out ahead of time or fly by the seat of your pants, you'll be given the hands-on tools to improve your
... Read more
The No Bullsh*t Guide To Writing Erotica on a Bootstrap Budget

Write for Money

by unsilenced ...

Series series The No Bullsh*t Guide to Writing Erotica
The No Bullsh*t Guide To Writing Erotica on a Bootstrap Budget is the next installment in the series The No Bullsh*t Guide To Writing Erotica, as a how-to guide for someone wishing to write erotica but doesn’t have the money to spend on the perceived high-end items, programs and services they think are necessary to get into the erotica writing game.The discerning writer fulfills their dream of ... Read more

$2.69 USD

The No Bullsh*t Guide To Writing Erotica on a Bootstrap Budget is the next installment in the series The No Bullsh*t Guide To Writing Erotica, as a how-to guide for someone wishing to write erotica but doesn’t have the money to spend on the perceived high-end items, programs and services they think are necessary to get into the erotica writing game.The discerning writer fulfills their dream of
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Writing the Overarching Series

by Karen S. Wiesner ...

Series Book 4 - 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection
Reach for the stars!The Overarching Series is the most complicated to read and write. In this specialized type of series, none of the installments can truly be standalones. They must be read as a set in sequence to make sense. Reader satisfaction is only partially achieved in each volume because just the story arcs tie up while the series arc only resolves in the final.Speculative fiction is ... Read more

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Reach for the stars!The Overarching Series is the most complicated to read and write. In this specialized type of series, none of the installments can truly be standalones. They must be read as a set in sequence to make sense. Reader satisfaction is only partially achieved in each volume because just the story arcs tie up while the series arc only resolves in the final.Speculative fiction is
... Read more
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue

The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript

by James Scott Bell ...

Series Book 5 - Bell's Knockout Fiction Series
There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast ...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp and full of tension it immediately grabs the reader. And if that reader is an agent or editor, sharp dialogue ... Read more

$4.49 USD

There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast ...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp and full of tension it immediately grabs the reader. And if that reader is an agent or editor, sharp dialogue
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Violence: A Writer's Guide Second Edition

by Rory Miller ...

This is not about writing technique. "Violence: A Writer's Guide" is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.“Novelists need to be experts on storytelling. For everything else, we need to ... Read more

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This is not about writing technique. "Violence: A Writer's Guide" is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.“Novelists need to be experts on storytelling. For everything else, we need to
... Read more
Writing The Winning Blurb, Tagline and Synopsis

by Susan Palmquist ...

Series Book 2 - Writing Genre Fiction
Learn how to- Write a Tagline Chapter one includes exercises to help you create an eye catching tagline that will sum up your book in just one sentence. Write a Blurb Want to pen a blurb that will describe your book and make it enticing to any editor or agent? Follow some simple tips and you’ll soon be writing one that ... ... Read more

$0.89 USD

Learn how to- Write a Tagline Chapter one includes exercises to help you create an eye catching tagline that will sum up your book in just one sentence. Write a Blurb Want to pen a blurb that will describe your book and make it enticing to any editor or agent? Follow some simple tips and you’ll soon be writing one that ...
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The Anatomy of a Best Seller

3 Steps to Deconstruct Winning Books and Teach Yourself Craft

by Sacha Black ...

Series series Better Writers Series
Do you wish you could write like your favorite authors? Do you want to improve your writing? If you want to power up your stories, write with your readers in mind, and deliver what the market wants, this book is for you.In The Anatomy of a Best Seller, you’ll discover:A step-by-step guide to deconstructing your favorite books so you can utilize the tools of winning authors.Tips and tricks for ... Read more

$5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you wish you could write like your favorite authors? Do you want to improve your writing? If you want to power up your stories, write with your readers in mind, and deliver what the market wants, this book is for you.In The Anatomy of a Best Seller, you’ll discover:A step-by-step guide to deconstructing your favorite books so you can utilize the tools of winning authors.Tips and tricks for
... Read more
Writing Killer Blurbs and Hooks

An Indie Author Mindset Guide

by Adam L Croft ...

Series Book 1 - Indie Author Mindset Guides
Do you want to boost your book sales quickly, and at no cost?Discover how crafting a compelling blurb and hook can take your book sales to the next level.Are you struggling to compel readers to buy your books? Do you wish there was an easy way to increase sales and find more readers? Adam Croft’s method of crafting killer blurbs and hooks has catapulted him from obscurity to a six-figure ... Read more

$5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you want to boost your book sales quickly, and at no cost?Discover how crafting a compelling blurb and hook can take your book sales to the next level.Are you struggling to compel readers to buy your books? Do you wish there was an easy way to increase sales and find more readers? Adam Croft’s method of crafting killer blurbs and hooks has catapulted him from obscurity to a six-figure
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The Author Estate Handbook

How to Organize Your Affairs and Leave a Legacy

by M.L. Ronn ...

Series Book 17 - Author Level Up
The definitive guide to estate planning for authors—now available in paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and large print!If you died tomorrow, would your books survive you?It's so easy to focus on writing and marketing. You’re so busy building a writing business, but you know that if you don’t plan on what will happen after your death, everything you’re building won’t matter.Yet, you probably don’t ... Read more

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The definitive guide to estate planning for authors—now available in paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and large print!If you died tomorrow, would your books survive you?It's so easy to focus on writing and marketing. You’re so busy building a writing business, but you know that if you don’t plan on what will happen after your death, everything you’re building won’t matter.Yet, you probably don’t
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The Character Naming Sourcebook

by Sherrilyn Kenyon ...

The Ultimate Guide to choosing character names, with over 25,000 first names and surnames, and their meanings. The Character Naming Sourcebook includes reverse lookup of names by their meaning, an alphabetized index of names, and an explanation of naming practices as well as context for each origin. New York Times #1 Bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon provides insight into creating believable ... Read more

$1.79 USD

The Ultimate Guide to choosing character names, with over 25,000 first names and surnames, and their meanings. The Character Naming Sourcebook includes reverse lookup of names by their meaning, an alphabetized index of names, and an explanation of naming practices as well as context for each origin. New York Times #1 Bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon provides insight into creating believable
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Writing Active Setting Book 1: Characterization and Sensory Detail

Writing Active Setting, #1

by Mary Buckham ...

Series Book 1 - Writing Active Setting
Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don’t know where to begin?Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you read novels?Or are you a writer who ignores Setting description totally in your novel writing—but know your story needs it? You just don’t know where.Active Setting, explained in comprehensible bites with ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don’t know where to begin?Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you read novels?Or are you a writer who ignores Setting description totally in your novel writing—but know your story needs it? You just don’t know where.Active Setting, explained in comprehensible bites with
... Read more
The Indie Author Survival Guide

How to Stay Profitable, Productive, and Sane in a Tougher Market

by Tracy Cooper-Posey ...

Series Book 3 - Productive Indie
The Indie Author Survival GuideHow to Stay Profitable, Productive, and Sane in a Tougher MarketIndie publishing got harder.The algorithms shifted. The market crowded. The “just publish and they will come” era quietly packed up and left. And now a lot of smart, hardworking fiction authors are wondering why the old strategies aren’t delivering the same results.You’re not imagining it.The Indie ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Indie Author Survival GuideHow to Stay Profitable, Productive, and Sane in a Tougher MarketIndie publishing got harder.The algorithms shifted. The market crowded. The “just publish and they will come” era quietly packed up and left. And now a lot of smart, hardworking fiction authors are wondering why the old strategies aren’t delivering the same results.You’re not imagining it.The Indie
... Read more
How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions

by Kylie Day ...

Series Book 1 - The Busy Author's Guide
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing?The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have ... Read more

$0.89 USD

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing?The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have
... Read more
How To Write A Successful Series

Writing Strategies For Authors

by Helen B. Scheuerer ...

Series series Books For Career Authors
Do you want to learn how to design a series that will hook readers for life and set you up for long term success?Whether you’re a new or experienced writer, How To Write A Successful Series is a comprehensive guide that will have you writing addictive, bestselling book series that lay the foundation for a lucrative career.In How To Write A Successful Series, you’ll learn:The REAL reasons you ... Read more

$5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you want to learn how to design a series that will hook readers for life and set you up for long term success?Whether you’re a new or experienced writer, How To Write A Successful Series is a comprehensive guide that will have you writing addictive, bestselling book series that lay the foundation for a lucrative career.In How To Write A Successful Series, you’ll learn:The REAL reasons you
... Read more
Lifelong Writing Habit

The Secret to Writing Every Day

by Chris Fox ...

Series Book 2 - Write Faster, Write Smarter
Are you tired of writing intermittently? Would you like to install a lifelong writing habit, one that gets your butt in the chair every single day? Then this is the book for you. Lifelong Writing Habit draws on well tested neuroscience to help you install a daily writing habit that will endure for life.It contains a simple to understand system, with actionable steps at the end of every chapter. ... Read more

$5.39 USD

Are you tired of writing intermittently? Would you like to install a lifelong writing habit, one that gets your butt in the chair every single day? Then this is the book for you. Lifelong Writing Habit draws on well tested neuroscience to help you install a daily writing habit that will endure for life.It contains a simple to understand system, with actionable steps at the end of every chapter.
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5-Day Fiction Fix: Creating Compelling Characters

How to Write Unforgettable Characters in a Week or Less

by Jen Blood ...

A simple, five-day process for writing complex characters readers will love -- or love to hate. Through case studies, insightful lessons, and writing exercises divided into five easy-to-follow daily plans, veteran editor and bestselling author Jen Blood shares her secrets for creating characters readers can't get enough of.You’ll get clear, concrete advice, with examples, on:Day 1: Finding Your ... Read more

$2.69 USD

A simple, five-day process for writing complex characters readers will love -- or love to hate. Through case studies, insightful lessons, and writing exercises divided into five easy-to-follow daily plans, veteran editor and bestselling author Jen Blood shares her secrets for creating characters readers can't get enough of.You’ll get clear, concrete advice, with examples, on:Day 1: Finding Your
... Read more
How to Map Your World

An Author's Guide to Mapping Fictional Worlds

by A Trevena ...

Series Book 6 - Author Guides
Want to create a fantasy landscape that feels real and immersive?Need help drafting a map that enriches the experience of your world?How to Map Your World breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps. By completing a series of creative prompts, this book will show you how to map out an engaging world full of stories and adventure.This workbook will help you to:- Lay out your world in a way ... Read more

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Want to create a fantasy landscape that feels real and immersive?Need help drafting a map that enriches the experience of your world?How to Map Your World breaks the process down into easy-to-follow steps. By completing a series of creative prompts, this book will show you how to map out an engaging world full of stories and adventure.This workbook will help you to:- Lay out your world in a way
... Read more
Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within

A Guide for the Poet Within

by Kim Addonizio ...

This all-new book, by the co-author of Companion, invites you to discover and enjoy your poetic self.Inspired by the gratifying success of Companion, Kim Addonizio presents exciting new insights into the creative process, craft, and the lessons of her own creative subjects--love, loss, identity, community--are here, along with a heady variety of writing exercises (and innovative ways to use the ... Read more

$11.06 USD

This all-new book, by the co-author of Companion, invites you to discover and enjoy your poetic self.Inspired by the gratifying success of Companion, Kim Addonizio presents exciting new insights into the creative process, craft, and the lessons of her own creative subjects--love, loss, identity, community--are here, along with a heady variety of writing exercises (and innovative ways to use the
... Read more
How To Launch A Successful Series

Your Book Launch Survival Guide

by Helen B. Scheuerer ...

Series series Books For Career Authors
Are you an indie author hungry for success? Are you tired of struggling with book launches? Are you dreaming of an easier approach to creating powerful releases? Look no further!Introducing the ultimate guide to revolutionising your book series launches: How To Launch A Successful Series! This must-read resource will equip you with the tools and knowledge to conquer the world of book launches ... Read more

$6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you an indie author hungry for success? Are you tired of struggling with book launches? Are you dreaming of an easier approach to creating powerful releases? Look no further!Introducing the ultimate guide to revolutionising your book series launches: How To Launch A Successful Series! This must-read resource will equip you with the tools and knowledge to conquer the world of book launches
... Read more
How to Outline Your Book with "What if..." Questions

by Kylie Day ...

Series Book 2 - The Busy Author's Guide
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing?The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have ... Read more

$0.89 USD

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing?The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have
... Read more
Plot Gardening

A Simple Guide to Outlining Your Novel

by Chris Fox ...

Series Book 7 - Write Faster, Write Smarter
Learn to Plot without sacrificing CreativityWhat separates great novels from mediocre ones? Story. Authors that master this vital skill keep their readers up at night, and suffer the deluge of 'when is the next book coming out' emails.Whether you are a first time novelist, or a seasoned author, Plot Gardening will teach you the fundamentals of storytelling, delivered in a practical way. Through ... Read more

$5.39 USD

Learn to Plot without sacrificing CreativityWhat separates great novels from mediocre ones? Story. Authors that master this vital skill keep their readers up at night, and suffer the deluge of 'when is the next book coming out' emails.Whether you are a first time novelist, or a seasoned author, Plot Gardening will teach you the fundamentals of storytelling, delivered in a practical way. Through
... Read more
Writing Faster For the Win

2nd edition

by L.A. Witt ...

Frustrated with your writing output? Looking for ways to get the words moving?L.A. Witt has written and published nearly 200 romance novels and novellas since 2008, and in Writing Faster For The Win, she shares some techniques for getting the words out of your head and onto the screen faster than before.Whether it’s shaking off insecurities and self-doubt, streamlining the research process, or ... Read more

$2.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Frustrated with your writing output? Looking for ways to get the words moving?L.A. Witt has written and published nearly 200 romance novels and novellas since 2008, and in Writing Faster For The Win, she shares some techniques for getting the words out of your head and onto the screen faster than before.Whether it’s shaking off insecurities and self-doubt, streamlining the research process, or
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