From First Draft To Finished Novel: A Writer’s Guide To Cohesive Story Building
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Features detailed examples from published novels to illustrate story-building principles.
Includes more than 20 original worksheets and checklists that touch on everything from brainstorming to character development to plot conflicts to editing and polishing.
From First Draft to Finished Novel carefully explores each of stage of story development from brainstorming and outlining to drafting and revision. Writers will learn how to turn an idea into a rich, textured story by layering core story elements, such as plot and character, to create a cohesive, seamless novel. From a thorough look at the fundamentals of writing to comprehensive story building techniques, as well as submission guidelines and etiquette, this must-have guide will see writers through the entire novel writing process from start to finish.
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I bought this book for two reasons.. 1.. it was a very low price. 2 it had pretty good reviews.. Even with such a low price the book really wasn’t as good as I had hoped. It talk so much about the other book first draft in 30 days that I feel like I cheated myself by not buying. However I can write a full length 40k word novelette in only 10 days. So why would I waste my money on something like that.
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It’s very wordy.. I thought the book would give advice on editing and turning a first draft into a completed novel but it’s more about planning to write instead of having a draft already done.
I hated it so much.. I gave it to my 15 month old son to color on. Buy anything else but this book. UNLESS you have the book before it.
I might try to read the book later on and see if over time it will get better.. but in the back of my mind it’s just a super wordy book that could have been a stupid free article on a simple website.
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This book has very good info. It is helpful if you are studying to better yourself as a writer.![](\\\\\\\"http://www.tophotsales.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/rate-5.gif\\\\\\\"/)
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After you have an outline, then what? How do you go about getting that all-important first draft, revise the damned thing, and even get it out the door to an agent or a publisher?
This is the perfect companion book to Karen Wiesner’s “First Draft in 30 Days” (which gives you an outline, not, technically, a first draft.) In this book, Karen will bring you home, assuring that along the way you have written a good, solid novel.
A. C. Ellis
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author of In Pursuit of the Enemy, Worldmaker, Soldier of ‘Tween, and SHADOW RUN: Book I of The Ancients’ War
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I bought this as a companion book to “First Draft in 30 Days.” Where “30 Days” gives the key outline issues, and an idea of the scope of what needs to be addressed in a novel, this book fills that outline in. I felt that together, they were a great combination, and gave me the perspective I was looking for.
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Karen Wiesner has done a great job for beginning to accomplished writers.
She has written a self help guide to cohesive story building and I found her book to be very helpful to me in my own work. You can use suggested pages to create your own personal help over and over. Her advice and explanations are easy to apply and understand as she encourages the reader. I would recommend this to writers of all levels. You will learn step by step to write a novel in a surprisingly short time.
Paulette L. Harris
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