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Story Structure for Novelists
Develop your story into a full-length novel—with no overwhelm, stuckness, or dead ends. You’ll discover confidence in the process of structuring your story, the tools to tell a story with deeper thematic and structural meaning, and a clear roadmap to follow as you draft and revise your novel.
Fast-Draft Your Novel With a Zero Draft
Write your novel! You’ll employ the Zero Draft methodology to get your novel out of your head and onto the page, and discover a step-by-step, flexible approach that combines the best of “plotting” and “pantsing”—while abolishing writer’s block.
The Successful Novel: Everything You Need to Write, Revise, and Publish
Write your best novel. Through in-depth chapters and exercises, novelist and agent interviews, and a wealth of text and video tools and resources, you’ll discover a clear guide to getting your novel written and into the hands of happy readers.
Writing Funny: Comedy Writing Workshop
You can be funny! Learn comedy writing: the shared formula of every joke, and how we can apply that formula in our work. Explore twenty-eight comedy writing tools, and learn how to apply these tools to your own writing, with a step-by-step process to write a joke on any topic.