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Fiction in a Weekend: How to Create a Novel And Market Yourself as a Debut Author Kindle Edition

by Michael Ashley (Author), Alicia Dunams (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Forget slogging through a tedious MFA degree to learn to write your first book. This primer offers aspiring novelists all the fundamentals in one guide.

Here are just a few of the many benefits:

1. Learn powerful mindset hacks to forever banish writer’s block.

2. Receive a step-by-step guide to effective book outlining, using three act structure and the hero’s journey.

3. Develop skills to create fully realized, memorable characters, including antiheroes and villains.

4. Discover secrets for generating believable, compelling dialogue.

5. Formulate the ultimate author marketing plan through the power of the web and social media.

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About the Author

Part author, part screenwriter, part manuscript consultant, Michael has always loved storytelling, words, and ideas. His screenplay treatment was turned into the hit Disney film, "Girl Versus Monster." Author of the "Six-Figure Writer" and "Struggle to Love", he has ghostwritten both fiction and non-fiction books. Prior to establishing Ink Wordsmiths, his own creative content company, Michael worked in many literary fields, including as a professional reader for the Head of the Literary Department of Creative Artists Agency. Michael's ghost-written blogs have appeared in the "Huffington Post" and "OpEdNews." He worked as a beat reporter for the Columbia Missourian and as a columnist for Newsbase, an online journal specializing in the energy sector. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting from Chapman University and teaches the online writing course accompanying this material, Fiction In a Weekend: http: //fictioninaweekend.com/

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07348SWNH
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Createspace (June 21, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 21, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2192 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1548123129

Best Sellers Rank: #2,805,892 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- #4,399 in Creativity Self-Help
- #5,459 in Authorship Reference

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Alicia Dunams
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Alicia Dunams is an international leadership speaker and peacemaker. She is a leading expert in facilitating difficult conversations and resolving conflicts in multiple settings, including the workplace, school, and home. With more than 20 years of experience working as an executive coach, with certifications as a mediator and diversity and inclusion specialist, she actively serves on the communication board of a restorative justice nonprofit. Alicia lives in Miami Beach.
To book Alicia to speak at your next event or facilitate a workshop, visit www.AliciaDunams.com or email alicia@aliciadunams.com.
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Michael Ashley
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A former Disney story consultant, Michael is a screenwriting professor at Chapman University. He has written over twenty books on numerous subjects, including four bestsellers. He recently coauthored Own the A.I. Revolution: Unlock Your Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Disrupt Your Competition (McGraw Hill). The United Nations hosted the book launch at its AI for Good Global Summit in May. It has since been named by Soundview as one of 2019’s top business books. Michael also recently published It’s Saturday Morning: Celebrating the Golden Era of Cartoons (becker&mayer).
A columnist with Forbes, Entrepreneur and Green Entrepreneur, Michael began his career as a reporter for the Columbia Missourian. He has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, the National Examiner, the United Nations’ ITU News, the Orange County Business Journal, and the Orange County Register. Michael serves as a professional speaker, delivering keynotes to business groups and guests on thought leader panels.
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Excellent Primer

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This is a wonderful place for new authors to begin. This book has enough meat on the bones to be worth the read. This will not teach you how to write a novel in a weekend, but it will teach you in one weekend how to write a novel and market yourself.

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