How to Write and Sell Your Novel : Handbook for the Beginning Novelist

by Largent, R. Karl

• ISBN13: 9780964560628
• ISBN10: 0964560623
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Inside you'll find tips on plotting and how to do research. Advice on style and creating believable characters. Discover dialogue do's and don'ts, hints on selling your novel. and a complete marketing section including examples of a query letter, outline, writer's resume, and an extended synopsis. Book jacket.

Author Biography

R. Kanl Largent-Author Teacher Leeturer After authoring and selling his first five novels, R. Karl Largent resigned his position as Vice President of Marketing for a Fortune 500 multi-national company to become a full-time writer. He was on the right track. His techno-thriller novels in the Red Series rocketed him to the Best Seller lists. He is currently working on his nineteenth novel.

Table of Contents

First Things First	p. 1
Using This Book	p. 2
Let's Start With Different Ways You Can Use This Book	p. 2
The Up Side ... Good Stuff	p. 2
The Down Side... The Bad Stuff	p. 3
Ways Of Plying Your Craft	p. 4
The Short List	p. 6
Let's do it	p. 7
To Become a Novelist	p. 8
The Short List	p. 12
Plans	p. 13
Your Plan	p. 14
A Plan That Works	p. 15
Big Deal	p. 24
The Short List	p. 26
Ideas	p. 27
Development of Ideas	p. 27
The Short List	p. 32
Research	p. 33
Some Solid Ways to Research	p. 36
The Short List	p. 40
Outlining	p. 41
Reducing the Pain	p. 41
My Way: First I Scribble	p. 42
The Short List	p. 46
First Draft - the Fun Part	p. 47
What To Do When You're Through With the First Draft	p. 48
Subsequent Drafts	p. 49
Revising and Editing	p. 49
The Short List	p. 54
Plots	p. 55
Plot Overview	p. 55
Guide to Plot Elements	p. 56
The Short List	p. 68
Titles	p. 69
"Titles Should Be Short and Snappy"	p. 70
The Short List	p. 72
Style	p. 73
Don't Get Hung Up On Style	p. 73
Guides To The Commercial Style Of Writing	p. 74
Guidelines	p. 75
Parasites That Suck The Life Out Of Writing	p. 77
Revising and Editing	p. 80
Write Tight: Verbs	p. 81
Write Tight: Nouns	p. 82
Find The Right Word	p. 83
Show Action	p. 84
The Short List	p. 88
More on Style	p. 89
Cliches And Word Packages	p. 89
Appeal To All The Senses	p. 90
Attributions	p. 92
The Short List	p. 96
Characters	p. 97
Three Types of Characters	p. 98
Development	p. 102
The Blue Book of Characters	p. 103
Fleshing Out Your Primary Characters	p. 106
Characterization	p. 108
Seven Things To Remember	p. 110
The Need To Create Sympathetic Characters	p. 111
The Short List	p. 114
Dialogue	p. 115
Select A Movie	p. 116
Meaningful Dialogue	p. 117
Nonverbal Dialogue	p. 118
Definition of Dialogue	p. 118
Narrative Woven Into The Dialogue	p. 120
Write Tight Dialogue	p. 121
Guidelines	p. 121
Final Word	p. 128
The Short List	p. 130
Agents	p. 131
Facts About Agents: Questions in Writing Seminars	p. 131
How To Approach An Agent	p. 136
The Short List	p. 140
Publishers	p. 141
Submitting Your Novel To A Publisher	p. 141
The Short List	p. 144
The Submission Package	p. 145
Selling Your Book	p. 146
Components Of The Submission Package	p. 146
Some Final Thoughts On The Writing Busness	p. 156
The Short List	p. 158
Final Thoughts	p. 159
The Short List	p. 162
Examples: Showing, Not Telling	p. 163
Example Outline	p. 164
Outline: The Gehenna Effect	p. 166
Example: Chapter Outline	p. 169
The Short List	p. 172
Example: A Query Letter	p. 173
Why Does This Letter Work	p. 175
Example: A Beginning Novelist's Resume	p. 177
Resume For The Novice Writer	p. 179
Example: The Expanded Synopsis	p. 181
Now You Write Your Synopsis	p. 182
Check With Your Editor Or Agent	p. 186
The Completed Package	p. 187
Good Stuff Fyi	p. 189
More Stuff Writer Needs To Know	p. 189
Other Stuff A Writer Needs To Know	p. 190
On The Subject Of Having Someone Read Your Manuscript	p. 191
Something To Think About	p. 191
Need A Little Encouragement?	p. 192
And Finally... PYBIACASW	p. 193
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