Susan Dennard

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The Story Within Guidebook by Alicia Rasley

By Susan Dennard ⋅ March 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
This book, by Alicia Rasley, is one of my favorites for the planning stage. She makes you think to get your characters, conflicts, and plot in gear. This is definitely my Go-To-Book if I’m having trouble getting an outline or imagining where I want my story to go.
The main goal [...]

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass

By Susan Dennard ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
This book, by Donald Maass, is an extension of his Writing the Breakout Novel (WtBN). While some refer to WtBN as a “masters course in novel-writing”, WtBN Workbook takes it up a big notch to PhD-level. Maass doesn’t pretend that his method will be quick or easy – in fact, [...]

 

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