| Author |
Dodd, Nancy Ellen.
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| Publication |
Cincinnati : F+W Media, 2011.
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| Description |
1 online resource (226 pages) |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Introduction: ABOUT THE WRITER'S COMPASS; PART I: The Beginning: BUILDING A WRITING LIFE; chapter 1: SIMPLIFYING THE WRITING PROCESS; chapter 2: BECOMING A WRITER; PART II: The Middle: THE STORY MAP AND THE 7-STAGE PROCESS; chapter 3: CREATING THE STORY MAP; chapter 4: STAGE 1--DEVELOPING IDEAS; chapter 5: STAGE 2--BUILDING A STRONG STRUCTURE; chapter 6: STAGE 3--CREATING VIBRANT CHARACTERS; chapter 7: STAGE 4--STRUCTURING SCENES, SEQUENCES, AND TRANSITIONS; chapter 8: STAGE 5--INCREASING TENSION AND ADJUSTING PACING |
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Chapter 9: STAGE 6--ENRICHING LANGUAGE AND DIALOGUEchapter 10: STAGE 7--EDITING THE HARD COPY, SUBMITTING; PART III: The End: LIVING A WRITER'S LIFE; chapter 11: MAPPING YOUR LIFE AS A WRITER; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; |
| Summary |
MAP OUT YOUR IDEA AND FINISH YOUR STORY IN 7 STAGES!How do you tell the story you want to tell and capture your audience's heart? Regardlessof genre or format, to tell your story effectively you must fi rst sort through all the ideas you've been toying with--organize them, whip them into shape, and turn theminto great writing.The Writer's Compass is here to show you the way. This guide to better writing teaches youto visualize your story's progress by creating a story map that helps you see all the different components of your story, where these components are going, and, perhaps most important. |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Feature writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Literature. |
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Authorship.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Print version: Dodd, Nancy Ellen The Writer's Compass : From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages Cincinnati : F+W Media,c2011 9781599631974 |
| ISBN |
9781599631998 (electronic bk.) |
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1599631997 (electronic bk.) |
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9781599631981 (electronic bk.) |
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1599631989 (electronic bk.) |
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