No Experience Necessary Writer's Course
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No Experience Necessary Writer's Course

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No Experience Necessary Writer's Course

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A unique stress-free approach for anyone who has ever wanted to write.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction Why This Book Is Special
  6. 1 Becoming a Writer in Thirty Seconds
  7. 2 The Ten Biggest Fears About Writing—and How to Get Over Them
  8. 3 The Ten Biggest Myths About Writing
  9. 4 The Secret to Writing Well
  10. 5 Getting Started
  11. Exercise #1
  12. 6 Why Would Anyone Want to Read What I Write?
  13. 7 The Fine Arts of Watching and Listening
  14. 8 Finding Your Ideal Places, Times, and Circumstances for Writing
  15. 9 Why Do People Write, and Which Reasons are Good Ones?
  16. Exercise #2
  17. 10 The Universal vs. the Personal
  18. 11 What Do I Write About?
  19. 12 Self as Subject, Others as Subjects
  20. 13 Locating Material for Your Writing
  21. 14 Should I Keep a Journal?
  22. 15 Forgetting What You Learned in School
  23. Exercise #3
  24. 16 Where and How Do I Start a Piece of Writing?
  25. 17 Who Am I Writing For?
  26. 18 The Censor, the Pessimist, the Nitpicker, and the Obsessive Planner Inside You
  27. Exercise #4
  28. 19 The Pros and Cons of Procrastination and Ritual
  29. 20 Writers’ Rhythms
  30. 21 Writing What You Know and Faking What You Don’t
  31. 22 The Importance of Failure to Good Writing
  32. Exercise #5
  33. 23 The Uses and Limits of Catharsis
  34. 24 Letting Your Writing Find Its Own Way
  35. 25 The Mysteries of Creativity
  36. 26 A Short Course in Temporary Insanity
  37. Exercise #6
  38. 27 Do I Have to Finish?
  39. 28 How Important Is Reading to Writing?
  40. 29 Fifty-Seven Terms You’ve Always Wanted Defined
  41. Exercise #7
  42. 30 Can I Work on More Than One Piece at a Time?
  43. 31 Reading Your Work Aloud
  44. 32 Saving Everything You Write
  45. 33 What Does It Mean to Be Meaningful?
  46. Exercise #8
  47. 34 The Proper Use of Salt
  48. 35 Looking Back on What You’ve Done
  49. 36 A Few Unkind but Well-Deserved Words About Literature
  50. 37 The Importance of Conciseness and Simplicity
  51. 38 The Importance of Clarity
  52. 39 Getting Your Readers to Use Their Senses
  53. 40 Showing vs. Telling
  54. Exercise #9
  55. 41 What Does It Mean to Understand a Piece of Writing?
  56. 42 You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Don’t Have to Pick a Style
  57. 43 Other Things You Don’t Have to Pick
  58. 44 Metaphor and Symbolism
  59. 45 “Shep Shall Bark No More”
  60. Exercise #10
  61. 46 Art vs. Entertainment: Some Useful Words on an Old Debate
  62. 47 Dreams as Inspiration
  63. 48 Fantasy and Daydreams as Inspiration
  64. Exercise #11
  65. 49 The Seven Major Forms of Creative Writing
  66. 50 Other Forms of Creative Writing
  67. 51 How to Say What You Want to Say
  68. Exercise #12
  69. 52 Creative Lying
  70. 53 Active and Passive Language
  71. 54 Three Tenses and Three Persons
  72. Exercise #13
  73. 55 Stream of Consciousness vs. Automatic Writing
  74. 56 Bisociation
  75. Exercise #14
  76. 57 Finding Your Ideal Critic
  77. 58 How to Spot and Ignore Bad Advice
  78. 59 Outlining, Netlining, and No Lining at All
  79. Exercise #15
  80. 60 What Is a Draft?
  81. 61 Revising
  82. 62 The Art of Cutting
  83. Exercise #16
  84. 63 Getting Unstuck
  85. 64 One or More Good Turns
  86. Exercise #17
  87. 65 Creative Waiting
  88. 66 Stereotypes and Anti-Stereotypes
  89. Exercise #18
  90. 67 Pace
  91. 68 Series Pieces
  92. Exercise #19
  93. 69 Openings
  94. 70 Endings
  95. 71 Titles and Names
  96. Exercise #20
  97. 72 Transitions
  98. Exercise #21
  99. 73 Composite People, Settings, and Plots
  100. 74 The Karma Principle
  101. 75 Word Choice
  102. 76 How Much or Often Can I Break the Rules?
  103. 77 When Is a Piece of Writing Finished?
  104. 78 How Do I Judge My Own Work?
  105. Exercise #22
  106. 79 Looking Back Once Again
  107. 80 The Classic Short Story and Its Variations
  108. 81 Talking with Your Characters
  109. 82 Anyone Can Understand Good Poetry
  110. 83 Daffodils, Gibberish, and Nestor: The Most Common Mistakes in Poetry
  111. 84 Rhymed vs. Unrhymed Poetry
  112. 85 Poetic Terms and Techniques
  113. 86 Tips for Writing Poetry
  114. 87 Forms of Poetry
  115. Exercise #23
  116. 88 A Writer’s Library
  117. 89 “I Can Write Better Than That”: Why So Much Trash Gets Published
  118. 90 The Publishing Establishments
  119. 91 Writer’s Block
  120. 92 Writing for Children
  121. 93 Finding a Second Critic
  122. Exercise #24
  123. 94 A Do-It-Yourself Writers’ Workshop
  124. 95 Submitting Your Work to Editors
  125. 96 Writing as a Career
  126. 97 Vanity Publishing and Other Schemes
  127. Exercise #25
  128. 98 Where Do I Go From Here?
  129. Additional Writing Exercises