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Write It Right Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings

Write It Right Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings

Current price: $14.24
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Publication Date: February 4th, 2016
Publisher:
Writerwithin Publications
ISBN:
9781941465097
Pages:
134
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Description

In only 30-45 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings gives you 8 strategies each for beginning and ending your stories that will satisfy all readers and lift your tales to the next level. Designed for all levels-beginner, intermediate and advanced-all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop. The most important part of your story is the beginning-the first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page. That is what readers scan when deciding whether to read your story. In Unit 11: Brilliant Beginnings you will learn 8 different strategies for crafting a dynamite opening line that will hook readers immediately, methods for completing a compelling first paragraph, and techniques to craft an entirely gripping first page. Technique that will capture readers and make them continue turning pages. Unit 12: Extraordinary Endings, takes you through the second most important part of your story: the ending. If readers aren't satisfied with your ending, they won't bother with another of your books. In Unit 12 you will learn the secrets to choosing the proper ending for whatever story you write- the Symbolism Ending, the Observation Ending, the Q&A Ending, etc.-8 types of endings that will so satisfy your readers that they will smile and say, "I'm so glad I read that " And pick up your next story. Even though these are Units #11 and #12, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today. Look for the other workbooks in the Write It Right series: #1: Character, Setting, Story; #2: Point of View; #3: Plot, Dialogue; # 4: Scenes, Voice/Style, and#5: Conflict/Tension, Subplot.

About the Author

Susan Tuttle, an indieB.R.A.G. honoree and award-winning author, is a professional freelance editor and writing coach, and the author of both fiction and nonfiction books. She also teaches classes on writing fiction and creative nonfiction, lessons based on her Write It Right series. Some of her students are starting their fourth year in the program. Susan has garnered numerous awards including first places in novel, short story, creative nonfiction and YA at the Central Coast Writers Conference; first place in the Mind Prints Literary Journal contest; first and second place in the SinC San Joaquin Chapter competition, and first place in the Central Valley Writer's Workshop competition. Ms. Tuttle is past president of SLO NightWriters and the Central Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime (SinC), and is presently the newsletter editor for both organizations. Her fiction works include the suspense novels, Tangled Webs, Piece By Piece and Sins of the Past and the paranormal suspense novel, Proof of Identity, an indieB.R.A.G. Medal winner, all available on Amazon.com in print and digital format. Her short story, "The Somewhen Murder," which introduces the main character in her upcoming paranormal detective series, appears in the SinC anthology, Somewhere In Crime, available on Kindle. Susan lives on the Central Coast of California with her imaginary cat in a house filled with her (mostly unfinished) handmade quilts and (mostly finished) knitted scarves. Find her on Facebook ( susanwriter), Twitter (stuttlewriter), and visit her website, www.SusanTuttleWrites.com, where every Wednesday you can follow her weekly writing prompts, "Write Over the Hump," and check out what she's currently working on.