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THE FICTION WRITING HANDBOOK
The Professional Author's Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules
The Fiction Writing Handbook is a complete guide for the fiction writer who wants to develop an individual voice and understand the reasons underlying the so-called rules of writing. Although a few rules really are necessary, the vast majority are either dogma or passing fads. Worse, so much advice like “show don’t tell” and “open with action” is often poorly explained and entirely misunderstood, causing writers no end of problems.
Drawing on twenty years of writing, critiquing, editing and mentoring experience, Dario Ciriello explodes writing myths, shreds conventional wisdom, and dissects the often misleading advice and diktats shouted at writers by books and blogs, agents and publishers. The Fiction Writing Handbook gives authors the necessary tools and insights to retake control of their story and make it unique.
Whether your interest lies in novels or screenwriting, The Fiction Writing Handbook shows you how to tell your story in your voice and place it before your audience, eschewing formulas and cookie-cutter fiction to remain true to your own, exceptional vision while adhering to the few rules that actually matter. Because writing isn’t about prose wonks and industry insiders: it’s about the reader, and most of all it’s about telling a story. Your story.
$4.99 ebook / $8.99 print
Read an excerpt here
THE FICTION WRITING HANDBOOK
The Professional Author's Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules
The Fiction Writing Handbook is a complete guide for the fiction writer who wants to develop an individual voice and understand the reasons underlying the so-called rules of writing. Although a few rules really are necessary, the vast majority are either dogma or passing fads. Worse, so much advice like “show don’t tell” and “open with action” is often poorly explained and entirely misunderstood, causing writers no end of problems.
Drawing on twenty years of writing, critiquing, editing and mentoring experience, Dario Ciriello explodes writing myths, shreds conventional wisdom, and dissects the often misleading advice and diktats shouted at writers by books and blogs, agents and publishers. The Fiction Writing Handbook gives authors the necessary tools and insights to retake control of their story and make it unique.
Whether your interest lies in novels or screenwriting, The Fiction Writing Handbook shows you how to tell your story in your voice and place it before your audience, eschewing formulas and cookie-cutter fiction to remain true to your own, exceptional vision while adhering to the few rules that actually matter. Because writing isn’t about prose wonks and industry insiders: it’s about the reader, and most of all it’s about telling a story. Your story.
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THE FICTION WRITING HANDBOOK
The Professional Authors Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules Reference/How-to guide ISBN (print) 978-1-940581-86-6 Trade paperback / 146 pages Print via Amazon and Ingram ISBN (ebook/Kindle) 978-1-940581-95-8 exclusive at Amazon Publication date: July 2017 Print distribution: Ingram |
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THE FICTION WRITING HANDBOOK
The Professional Authors Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules originally released in 2017 under the title, Drown the Cat Revised and updated in May 2019, the volume has been re-released under the title, The Fiction Writing Handbook See it now at Amazon |