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The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 3rd Edition
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Part One: The Art and Craft of a Strong Narrative
- Best-Selling Advice: Inspiration and Ideas
- Chapter One: Training Your Ideas
- Chapter Two: Bend It, Amp It, Drive It, Strip It
- Chapter Three: The Taming of the Muse
- Chapter Four: Testing the Strength of Your Story Ideas
- Chapter Five: Fire Up Your Fiction
- Best-Selling Advice: Plot and Structure
- Chapter Six: The Hero’s Journey
- Chapter Seven: The Two Pillars of Novel Structure
- Chapter Eight: Weaving In a Seamless Backstory
- Chapter Nine: The Essential Endgame Structure
- Chapter Ten: Supporting Stories
- Chapter Eleven: Behind the Scene
- Best-Selling Advice: Characters
- Chapter Twelve: Character Study
- Chapter Thirteen: Mining for Character
- Chapter Fourteen: The Outer Limits
- Chapter Fifteen: Complicating Your Characters
- Chapter Sixteen: Status
- Chapter Seventeen: The Main Introduction
- Best-Selling Advice: Craft and Style
- Chapter Eighteen: Transform Your Novel into a Symphony
- Chapter Nineteen: Something to Say
- Chapter Twenty: Six Powerful Ways to Maintain Suspense
- Chapter Twenty-One: Make Your Setting a Character
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Strengthening the Conflict
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Seven Tools for Talk
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Choosing the Best POV for Your Story
- Part Two: The Writing Process
- Best-Selling Advice: Getting Started
- Chapter Twenty-Five: Write Like Poe
- Chapter Twenty-Six: Break the Blocks to Creative Flow
- Best-Selling Advice: Rituals and Methods
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Mining for Diamonds
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Map Your Novel with a Reverse Outline
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Creating a Flexible Outline for Any Kind of Story
- Chapter Thirty: Plantsing
- Chapter Thirty-One: Rough It Up
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Titling Your Story
- Best-Selling Advice: Revision and Editing
- Chapter Thirty-Three: The Geyser Approach to Revision
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Your Revision Checklist
- Chapter Thirty-Five: The Great Revision Pyramid
- Part Three: Exploring Novel Genres
- Chapter Thirty-Six: Literary Lust Versus Commercial Cash
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: Understanding the Elements of Literary Fiction
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: World Creation in Science Fiction
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: What "High Concept" Means in Any Genre
- Chapter Forty: Write This, Not That
- Chapter Forty-One: The Stuff Series Are Made Of
- Chapter Forty-Two: Writing Investigation
- Chapter Forty-Three: Blurred Lines
- Chapter Forty-Four: Love Gone Wrong
- Chapter Forty-Five: Between the Sheets
- Chapter Forty-Six: Know Your Young Audience
- Chapter Forty-Seven: Making Magic
- Part Four: Finding and Cultivating a Market for Your Work
- Best-Selling Advice: Publishing
- Chapter Forty-Eight: Basics of a Solid Three-Paragraph Query
- Chapter Forty-Nine: Your Guide to an Effective Novel Synopsis
- Chapter Fifty: Straw into Gold
- “NOT OUR STYLE/VOICE/TONE.”
- “WE NO LONGER ACCEPT THIS GENRE.”
- “WE AREN’T ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME.”
- “THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN DONE TO DEATH.”
- “I REALLY LIKE YOUR PROTAGONIST, BUT I JUST CAN’T GET ON BOARD TO REPRESENT YOU.”
- “NUMEROUS GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.”
- “THE BOOK DIDN’T QUITE LIVE UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS.”
- “I RECOMMEND YOU READ OTHER AUTHORS IN YOUR GENRE.”
- “THIS ISN’T QUITE RIGHT FOR US, BUT HAVE YOU TRIED CONTACTING [INSERT NAME OF AGENT OR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR]? THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD MATCH FOR THEM.”
- “YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER SELF-PUBLISHING.”
- Chapter Fifty-One: Author Platform 2.0
- Chapter Fifty-Two: Going Public
- Chapter Fifty-Three: Revise Your Path to Publication
- Chapter Fifty-Four: Dissecting the Self-Publishing Contract
- Chapter Fifty-Five: Failure to Launch
- Chapter Fifty-Six: Best of Both Worlds
- Part Five: Interviews with Novelists
- Best-Selling Advice: Readers
- Chapter Fifty-Seven: David Baldacci
- Chapter Fifty-Eight: Lee Child
- Chapter Fifty-Nine: Patricia Cornwell
- Chapter Sixty: Kathryn Craft
- Chapter Sixty-One: Robert Crais
- Chapter Sixty-Two: Emma Donoghue
- Chapter Sixty-Three: Joe Hill
- Best-Selling Advice: Purpose
- Chapter Sixty-Four: Khaled Hosseini
- Chapter Sixty-Five: Hugh Howey
- Chapter Sixty-Six: Stephen King and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Chapter Sixty-Seven: Dennis Lehane
- Chapter Sixty-Eight: George R.R. Martin
- Chapter Sixty-Nine: Brad Meltzer
- Chapter Seventy: Jojo Moyes
- Chapter Seventy-One: Anne Rice and Christopher Rice
- Chapter Seventy-Two: Jane Smiley
- Chapter Seventy-Three: Garth Stein
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The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing Third Edition
Everything You Need to Know to Create and Sell Your Work
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