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Peter Economy of La Jolla, California, is a bestselling author with 11 For Dummies titles under his belt, including two second editions and one third edition. Peter is coauthor of Writing Children’s Books For Dummies, Home-Based Business For Dummies, Consulting For Dummies, Why Aren’t You Your Own Boss?, The Management Bible, and many more books. Peter also serves as Associate Editor of Leader to Leader, the Apex Award-winning journal of the Leader to Leader Institute. Check out Peter’s Web site at www.petereconomy.com.
Introduction | |
Getting Ready to Write Fiction | |
Fiction Writing Basics | |
What Makes a Great Story? | |
Finding Your Audience and Category | |
Four Ways to Write a Great Novel | |
Managing Your Time . . . and Yourself | |
Creating Compelling Fiction | |
Building Your Story World: The Setting for Your Story | |
Creating Compelling Characters | |
Storyline and Three-Act Structure: The Top Layers of Your Plot | |
Synopsis, Scene List, and Scene: Your Middle Layers of Plot | |
Action, Dialogue, and More: The Lowest Layer of Your Plot | |
Thinking Through Your Theme | |
Editing and Polishing Your Story and Characters | |
Analyzing Your Characters | |
Scrutinizing Your Story Structure | |
Editing Your Scenes for Structure | |
Editing Your Scenes for Content | |
Getting Published | |
Getting Ready to Sell Your Book: Polishing and Submitting | |
Approaching Agents and Editors | |
The Part of Tens | |
Ten Steps to Analyzing Your Story | |
Ten Reasons Novels Are Rejected | |
Index | |
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