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Book: Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction) :: Book
Date: Tuesday, 06 January, 2009 :: 02:44
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Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction)
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Manufacturer: Writers Digest Books
Studio: Writers Digest Books
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The second book in the Write Great Fiction series, Plot & Structure offers clear and concise information on creating a believable and engaging plot that readers can't resist. Written by award-winning thriller and suspense author James Scott Bell, this handy instruction guide provides: * Easy-to-understand techniques on every aspect of plotting and structure, from brainstorming story ideas to building scenes, and from using subplots to crafting knock-out endings * Engaging exercises, perfect for writers at any level and at any stage in their novel * Practical and encouraging guidance from one of the most respected writers publishing today Full of diagrams, plot brainstormers, and examples from popular novels, mastering plot and structure has never been so simple.
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Average Customer Review: 
Summary: One of the best writing guides I've found
Date: 2008-12-17 -
Comment: This book has helped transform the general story idea in my head into a well structured plot that does all the things I wanted it to accomplish. It explores great ways to: keep your reader's interest piqued through any stage of the book, construct strong scenes, and build a plot schematic for your story to follow. I've been impressed with every book in the Write Great Fiction series and would highly reccomend them to any writer.
Summary: One of the best how-to-write books ever
Date: 2008-12-12 -
Comment: This book came highly recommended, yet still managed to exceed my expectations. Like its author, I've always been able to write, but have had real problems with plotting--with the basic structure of a novel. Since I'm completely disinterested in "literary" fiction and want to learn to write compelling, can't-put-it-down genre books, understanding plotting is absolutely essential.
After studying this book, I finally "got it"! Bell explains with great clarity exactly how a page-turner is constructed and the reasons for each "bone" in the structure of a great book. When I complete the manuscript on which I'm now working, I'm thinking of unearthing one I wrote and rewrote and re-rewrote years ago, since now the errors I made are clear to me at last.
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: To write average prose, follow ten easy steps...
Date: 2008-11-12 - 
Comment: Every so often I get insecure in my efforts to write a decent book, and I check out one of these craft books. Often they help, often not. This one falls in the latter category. It outlines the most common concepts of the most common fiction (the necessity of conflict, an objective for the main character, opposition thereto, the three act structure, etc.), and tells you how to fill in this cookie-cutter design and maybe tweak the shape so you come up with a new variation on the reindeer or the Christmas tree (or the thriller or the mystery or the romance). The section on plotting can be summarized as, "If you're going to plot, and you should, just think of anything that could happen, write it on a card, fill lots of cards, and then put the cards into a sequence that leads to someone getting shot and then someone else having to deal with it." I exaggerate, but only slightly. A good scene usually ends in some sort of drastic action, a gunshot being a good example. Passing reference is occasionally made to literary fiction as something that could involve more subtle developments, and everything else herein is only useful for the true novice or the genre writer. Which has it's purpose. The most basic basics must be learned. Maybe this is a good place to get them. If you do order this, even if you have never written before, you will smack your head a lot and go, Duh, that makes sense. Of course!... (BTW, I'm no literary snob and certainly not writing from any position of authority. The writer of this book had published some books. If you read this and follow his advice, you might too. They might even get published. They will not be that ultra-subtle stuff where nothing happens, and not very interestingly, for hundreds of pages and we are made to suffer the 'artists' pretension--and that's certainly a good thing. But to learn to write exciting, lively prose, this doesn't seem like the route.)
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Excellent book on plot!
Date: 2008-11-09 -
Comment: I am savoring every word in this book. The exercises at the end of every chapter have helped me brainstorm deeper and more intense scenes for the book I have been attempting to write for years. I have many other books on plot and scene writing - this book has me writing more effectively than I have for a long time.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: excellent
Date: 2008-10-09 -
Comment: invaluable advice for anyone whos considering writing. very impersonally written and easy to follow. i'm still reading it (about halfway through) and i consider it a must have for my writing research library.
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