| Start Your Story Right Collection
Don't let your reader put your book down before ever seeing its beauty. It's critical to grab the reader's attention immediately-whether that reader is an agent, editor, or consumer. Transform raw ideas into marketable stories with this collection. Whether you're writing flash fiction, a short story, a novel, or an epic trilogy, you'll come away with the tools you need for strong and effective storytelling.
 | Where Do You Get Your Ideas
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Have you ever wondered where and how other published writers get their ideas? Inside the book's 240 pages, you'll learn where to look for ideas and how to turn them into a story. Plus, you'll explore White's six stages of idea generation: idea recognition, idea incubation, outlining, research, drafting, and revision.
|  | Crafting Novels & Short Stories
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This comprehensive book on the art of novel and short story writing is packed with advice and instruction from best-selling authors and writing experts. Inside you'll find the tools you need to build strong characters, keep your plots moving, master the art of dialogue, choose the right point of view, and more.
|  | The First 50 Pages
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Whether you're looking to get published or just hoping to hook your reader, first impressions are vital. Compelling opening scenes are the key to catching an agent or editor's attention, and are crucial for keeping your reader engaged. The First 50 Pages is here to help you craft a strong beginning right from the start.
|  | The Kick-Ass Writer
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The journey to become a successful writer is long, fraught with peril, and filled with difficult questions. The best answer to these questions is to ditch your uncertainty and transform yourself into a KICK-ASS writer. Chuck Wendig will show you how with an explosive broadside of gritty advice that will destroy your fears, clear the path and help you find your voice, your story, and your audience.
|  | The Write-Brain Workbook Revised & Expanded
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Brimming with 400 stimulating writing prompts--including more than 60 exercises new to this edition--The Write-Brain Workbook Revised & Expanded will ensure you never have to face another wordless day. The newest edition of this workbook will help you create quirky characters, discover fresh twists on classic word games, sample new forms, and generate scores of ideas for poems, short stories, articles, and even novels.
|  | Hook, Line, and Sinker: How to Determine Your Book's Hook and Craft an Attention-Grabbing First Page
Webinar
Not only do you want to quickly pull readers in with your story idea, you also need to establish your narrative voice as compelling, believable, talented, and authoritative. In this presentation, instructor and literary agent Jessica Regel shows you how to grab your reader's attention with your hook and first page.
|  | Amazing First Lines: How to Write Openings that Grab Readers' Attention and Don't Let Go
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Discover how to capture and hold a reader's- or agent's or editor's- attention, interest, and excitement from word one! In this presentation, instructor John Cusick uses his unique expertise as both an agent and author, to explore the power of opening lines to establish a relationship with the reader, create a strong first impression, and even encapsulate the whole of a story and theme in a single sentence or paragraph.
|  | Your Novel's First Pages: Learn How Make an Excellent Initial Impression
Webinar
You only get one chance to make a first impression. Does your novel start with a bang? In this webinar, you'll gain a deep understanding of what must (and must not!) happen in your first ten pages.
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