A Voice in the Darkness: Memoir of a Rwandan Genocide Survivor, Lakin Paul J., Lakin Jeanne Celestine
Автор: Lakin Название: Beginner`s Guide to Botanical Flower Painting ISBN: 1782213104 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782213109 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Clean, fresh and precise botanical artwork is within your grasp, with Michael Lakin`s clear and simple approach.
Автор: Lakin Patricia Название: Albert Einstein: Genius of the Twentieth Century ISBN: 0689870345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780689870347 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 574.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From a young age Albert Einstein was curious and very smart. But that didn't mean life was easy for him. In fact, being so smart sometimes made things harder for him! Read all about his life, and find out why Albert Einstein is known as the genius of the twentieth century.
Автор: Lakin, Patricia/Nash, Scott Название: Camping Day! ISBN: 0803733097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803733091 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1562.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Lakin C. S., Clare Linda S., Distler Christy Название: 5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing ISBN: 0986134716 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780986134715 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2578.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Don't fall victim to the 12 fatal flaws of fiction writing
Fiction writers often struggle to improve their craft
And the biggest challenge comes from the inability to see what isn't working. The prose feels off. The scene isn't gelling. The dialogue sounds stilted or clunky. But they don't know why or how to fix it.
This book lays it all out
5 Editors Tackle the Twelve Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing demonstrates the deadly dozen pitfalls on the road to a strong story, along with revisions that show writers exactly how to avoid novel failure.
No other writing craft book offers such detailed instruction in how to spot and remedy the major flaws of fiction writing.
What makes this book an important addition to a writer's bookshelf?
More than 60 Before and After passages showcase each of the twelve fatal flaws, which are then picked apart and examined to help writers spot these flaws in their own writing and fix them.
Five editors with extensive background in both editing fiction and writing novels bring a wealth of insights, examples, and solutions to these flaws, using various genre styles and POVs.
Each chapter ends with a checklist to help writers seek and destroy these fatal flaws in their manuscript, followed by bonus Before and After passages to help them test what they've learned.
This in-depth guide to self-editing is an invaluable resource for any writer of any genre. It shows, not just tells, how to write better fiction. Using it, you'll be armed with the tools and skills you need to conquer the twelve fatal flaws of fiction writing.
Here are some of the 12 fatal flaws:
Overwriting-the most egregious and common flaw in fiction writing.
Nothin' Happenin'-Too many stories take too long to get going. Learn what it means to start in medias res.
Weak Construction-It sneaks in at the level of words and sentences, and rears up in up in the form of passive voice, ing verbs, and misplaced modifiers.
Too Much Backstory-the bane of many manuscripts. Backstory has its place, but too often it serves as an info dump and bogs down pacing.
POV Violations-Head hopping, characters knowing things they can't know, and foreshadowing are just some of the many POV violations explored.
Telling instead of Showing-Writers have heard this admonition, but there's a lot to understanding how and when to show instead of tell.
Lack of Pacing and Tension-Many factors affect pacing and tension: clunky passages, mundane dialogue, unimportant information, and so much more.
Flawed Dialogue Construction-Writers need to learn to balance speech and narrative tags and avoid "on the nose" speech.
"Underwriting"-just as fatal as overwriting. Too often scenes are lacking the necessary actions, descriptions, and details needed to bring them to life.
Description Deficiencies and Excesses-Learning how to balance description is challenging, and writers need to choose wisely just what to describe and in what way.
Don't be left in the dark. Learn what causes these flaws and apply the fixes in your own stories.
No one need suffer novel failure. You don't have to be brilliant or talented to write strong fiction. You just need to be forewarned and forearmed to be able to tackle these culprits. And this book will give you all the weapons and knowledge you need.
"This book should be on every writer's bookshelf." -Cheryl Kaye Tardif, international best-selling author
Layer your novel to success with this innovative, simple technique!
Writing a terrific novel is a complex endeavor. And while there are hundreds of books, podcasts, and blog posts that teach aspiring authors how to structure scenes and plot out a solid story, none implement the most intuitive and effective method for success.
What is that method?
Layering.
Novels are made up of dozens of scenes, and regardless of genre, time-tested structure dictates what key scenes are needed and where. Most writers are familiar with some of those scenes: the Inciting Incident, the Midpoint, and the Climax, to name a few.
But novelists need more than a few landmarks to find their way across the tricky terrain of novel plotting.
They need a surefire method to organizing all their scenes.
In Layer Your Novel, you'll be introduced to an innovative, intuitive method for arranging your scenes and crafting a beautifully structured story.
First, you construct the ten most important scenes as a foundation.
From there, you choose from one of three methods to craft a second layer of scenes: the action-reaction layer, the subplot layer, or the romance layer.
Once your second layer is integrated, next comes the third layer: the processing scenes that the glue your plot together.
In Layer Your Novel, you'll learn:
What the 5 major turning points are and where they're placed in your novel
How to know exactly where to start your story and how to set up your premise
What the ten key scenes are that serve as the framework for your novel
What pinch points are and why you need them
How to craft those essential twists and where they're placed in your story for greatest impact
Why your protagonist's goal is the key to great storytelling
How to come up with a meaningful subplot that will showcase your story's themes
How a romance novel is structured and how to plot out the romance story line
How to analyze best sellers in your genre to identify and learn from the layers evident in their plots
How to apply this layering method to novellas
Special bonus analyses!
In Layer Your Novel, you'll dig into deconstructions of best-selling novels across genres to see how successful authors have their key scenes in all the right places, which gives credence to this practical layering method. In contrast, examples of best sellers are dissected to show the structural flaws due to the lack of the needed foundational framework that this layering method advocates.
Don't guess what scenes you need in your novel. Don't guess where your scenes go. Guessing usually leads to novel failure.
With the method you'll learn in Layer Your Novel, you'll guess no more.
You can write terrific novels, every time, if you layer your novel following this blueprint!
Описание: Want to write a visually powerful novel? Shoot Your Novel takes an in-depth look at cinematic technique for fiction writers. No other writing craft book teaches you the secret of how to "show, don't tell."
Best-selling authors of every genre know the secret to hooking readers-by showing, not telling, their story. But writers are not taught how to "show" scenes in a cinematic way. Without a clear, concise, and precise method for constructing dynamic scenes, a writer will likely end up with a flat, lifeless novel.
Filmmakers, screenwriters, and movie directors utilize cinematic technique to create visual masterpieces, and novelists can too-by adapting their methods in their fiction writing.
By "shooting" your novel, you can supercharge your story
Sol Stein, in his book Stein on Writing said, "Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual." Novelists today-regardless of genre-need to learn how to write cinematically because that's what readers want
Inside, you'll learn:
The real secret to "show, don't tell" and how it's all about "the moment"
More than a dozen "camera shots" novelists can borrow from screenwriters and directors to create powerful, active scenes
Instruction on how to piece camera shots together to create cinematic scene segments
Examples from novels and screenplays showcasing each facet of cinematic technique
How to devise a thematic image system of key shots, motifs, and images
Ways to use colors, shapes, sounds, and angles for purposeful subliminal effect
Shooting your novel with a filmmaker's eye will transform your good novel into a great one and will change forever the way you approach constructing your scenes. No other book gives you such deep, thorough instruction in cinematic technique for fiction writing.
Here's what some best writing instructors and best-selling authors have to say about this essential writing craft book:
"With such an extensive amount of experience in the screenwriting and filmmaking process (since childhood), it comes as no surprise that C. S .Lakin writes with a trustworthy authority and wealth of insight when it comes to the craft of building dynamic scenes within novels. The pace and flow of Shoot Your Novel makes it easy to follow and the various tips and pointers strewn throughout are succinct. Of particular note is the smart curation of novel excerpts, authors, and filmmakers she cites as examples for the tips she suggests. If you have trouble understanding some of the pointers/tips theoretically, the excerpts always make it more clear.
Having myself adapted The War of the Roses for both film and stage, I can say that I have actually used quite a few of the techniques Lakin discusses and the one I like the most is the use of portraying "daydreaming" when writing from the POV of a character, effectively blending past, present, and future in one single scene-there is a lot of this going on in The War of the Roses and it is one of the aspects of the story flow that has made the rendering of the character a success. Well worth the read " -Warren Adler, best-selling author of The War of the Roses and Random Hearts
"With Shoot Your Novel, Susanne Lakin does something wonderful and unique. While lots of us in the business of helping writers and storytellers recommend adding vivid images to scenes, Lakin goes much further to reveal how employing the tools and techniques of movie directing, editing and cinematography will give your fiction deeper meaning and greater emotional impact. Her book is an essential tool for any serious novelist." -Michael Hauge, Hollywood screenwriting coach, author of Writing Screenplays That Sell
