3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection
3D Fiction Fundamentals Series covers the A to Z’s of crafting the highest quality fiction including how to:
- Brainstorm and work productively to ensure that each stage in the writing process from prewriting to polishing produces masterful results the first time around.
- Create an outline so complete it actually qualifies as the first draft of your book, allowing your first written draft to be final-draft quality.
- Develop realistically three-dimensional and cohesive characters, plots, settings, relationships, and scenes so life-like and memorable your readers will be diehard fans.
- Effectively prepare for a series in advance to prevent painted-in-a-corner scenarios in order to keep fans coming back eagerly for each and every installment.
- Craft sizzling back cover, series, and high-concept blurbs for describing, promoting, and selling your books.
- Maximize your potential and momentum for becoming a career author indefinitely.
With step-by-step guidelines, instructions, and tips throughout that are flexible and clearly written, imparting a layman’s ease of understanding and can-do motivation, this collection may be the only writing craft books you’ll ever need. Each volume has a bonus companion booklet available presented in usable digital format or paperback that includes all the aids from the main book that you can use in your own writing–and extras!
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Book 1: First Draft Outline
Say goodbye to writing and rewriting with no results. First Draft Outline provides you with a sure-fire system to reduce time-intensive rewrites and avoid writing detours, allowing you to create an outline so detailed and complete that it actually doubles as your first draft. Flexible and customizable, this revolutionary system can be modified to fit any writer's approach and style. With First Draft Outline, you'll have all the tools you need to write your masterpiece.
Book 2: Cohesive Story Building
Without layering, a story is one-dimensional, unbelievable, boring. Set within the framework of comparing the process of building a house to the process of building a story, Cohesive Story Building gives a solid plan of action from start to finish through in-depth examples and exercises, and leave-no-stone-unturned checklists that will help writers take the plan into their own writing. Features detailed examples from published books to illustrate story-building principles.
Book 3: Writing the Standalone Series
Writing the Standalone Series covers all things that need to be taken into consideration when writing a series and provides a one-stop resource. This guide gives writers everything they need for developing their fiction series from planning ahead, getting organized, finding the focus, creating characters that capture hearts, dealing with story arcs, maintaining consistency, marketing, and so much more. This may be the only book you need to write a series that sizzles.
Book 4: Writing the Overarching Series (or How I Sent a Clumsy Girl into Outer Space)
The Overarching Series is the most complicated to read and write. Reader satisfaction comes through story arcs in each volume while the series arc only resolves in the final. Speculative fiction is well-suited to the Overarching Series structure with enormous requirements when it comes to character- and world-building. Learn the reasons series arc sequel hooks or even cliffhanger endings are characteristic, ways to avoid crafting burnout, and methods for unique construction. Reach for the stars!
Book 5: Three-Dimensional Fiction Writing
Three-Dimensional Fiction Writing will help writers master the three-dimensional aspects of characters, plots, and settings using detailed sketches that define the past, present, and future aspects of each element as well as develop complex opening, resolution, and bridge scenes. Packed with story-development charts, worksheets, and checklists, this one-stop resource will guide you into crafting a story so lifelike, you actually feel like you can step into the world beyond the pages.
Book 6: CPR for Dead or Lifeless Fiction: A Writer's Guide to Deep and Multifaceted Development and Progression of Characters, Plots, and Relationship
The three core elements of any story--Characters, Plots, and Relationships (CPR)--need to be developed three dimensionally. This resource teaches writers how to identify dead or lifeless characters, plots, and relationships; establish proper setup; plant the seeds early; and pinpoint weak areas. This guide is a writer's comprehensive 9-1-1 for deep, multifaceted Character, Plot, and Relationship development!
Book 7: Writing Blurbs That Sizzle--And Sell!
Crafting an effectively good back cover blurb is no easy task. A blurb needs to convince readers they have to read the story inside the pages...or they'll set the book down without ever opening it. Additionally, a powerful series blurb can sell not just one book but all in that set! High-concept blurbs are necessary to provide "sound bites" that sell. The definitive guide on how to craft back cover, series, and high-concept blurbs.