Welcome to How To Write Novels That Sell

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  • Thirty-nine novels published
  • Four nonfiction books published
  • 36,000,000 copies in print worldwide
  • Published in eleven foreign languages
  • CBS Miniseries adapted from his novel BLACK FOX
  • Winner of three literary awards
By Matthew Braun

From Concept to plot, The Search For a Concept * The Suppose Game to Expand the Concept * Structuring Your Story * Plot and Pace * Length and Symmetry * Tips on Plotting, A Cast of Characters, The Star * The Co-Star * Supporting Cast * The Bit Players * Walk-On Roles* Directing the Show * Sensitivity for the Opposite Sex * Imaginary vs. Real Life * Tips on Characterization, Writing Believable Dialogue, Spoken Revelations to Advance the Story * Pitfalls of Dialect * Speech Patterns * Cursing for Effect and Foreign Words * Who said What in Conversation * How Not To Do It, The Narrator’s Voice, Onstage Voice in First Person * First-Person Bugaboos * Offstage Voice in Third Person * Multiviewpoint Stories * Details through Exposition * Tricks and Techniques * Odds ‘n’ Ends to Sculpture the Story, Craft Your Own Voice, A Writer’s Style * The Sounds of Technique * Getting from Here to There with Transitions * Clarity and Cliches * Images Through Simile and Metaphor * Distinct Voices in Cadence and Rhythm * Action, Conflict, and Suspense * Echoes and Sparks to Ignite Style, The Mechanics of Storytelling, The Working Outline * Spontaneity with a Bare Bones Outline * Structure and Spontaneity with a Detailed Outline * Outlines for Editors,A Sample Outline * Unpublished Authors Rarely Write Outlines, Inspiration vs. Perspiration, Angst and Antidotes of Writer’s Block * The Hoariest Myth of Creativity * One Writer’s Viewpoint * A Typical Workday for a Pro * Hardcover vs. Paperback * Titles are Forever * How to Polish Prose, How to Market Your Novel, Do-it-yourself Marketing * Query Letters * Multiple Submissions * You and Your Editor * Who Needs an Agent? * Contacts and Clout * A Hunger to Write,
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