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    Rapid Story Development #1: Commercial Pace in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Rapid Story Development, #1
    Rapid Story Development #3: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant: Rapid Story Development, #3
    Rapid Story Development #2: Bust the Top Ten Creative Writing Myths to Become a Better Writer: Rapid Story Development, #2
    Ebook series6 titles

    Rapid Story Development Series

    By Jeff Lyons

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    About this series

    There are many myths in the world of creative writing, and one of the top three has to be the myth of writer's block. This sixth book in the "Rapid Story Development" e-book series tackles this persistent writing meme and systematically demonstrates not only why the myth is a myth, but how writers can successfully respond to legitimate "blockages" in their writing process when they occur. Writer's block is 99.9 per cent smoke and .1 per cent substance. Seven Steps to Busting Writer's Block Forever takes the .1 per cent that is legitimate and teaches you a proven process that can clear any blockage for any story—every time, without fail. Don't drink the writing myth Kool-Aid, take control of your writing process and bust writer's block forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStorygeeks Press
    Release dateJul 2, 2018
    Rapid Story Development #1: Commercial Pace in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Rapid Story Development, #1
    Rapid Story Development #3: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant: Rapid Story Development, #3
    Rapid Story Development #2: Bust the Top Ten Creative Writing Myths to Become a Better Writer: Rapid Story Development, #2

    Titles in the series (6)

    • 2

      Rapid Story Development #2: Bust the Top Ten Creative Writing Myths to Become a Better Writer: Rapid Story Development, #2
      Rapid Story Development #2: Bust the Top Ten Creative Writing Myths to Become a Better Writer: Rapid Story Development, #2

      Rapid Story Development #2: Bust the Top Ten Creative Writing Myths to Become a Better Writer: Rapid Story Development, #2

      Jeff Lyons
      5/5 - 2 ratings
      5/5 - 2 ratings

      The world of how-to creative writing is filled with quick fixes, flavor-of-the-month techniques, and fortune cookie wisdom. This e-book has compiled the top ten creative writing myths that may writers accept as gospel, and then describes each of the myths to show you that they are not just innocent memes, but rather destructive and potentially derailing traps that can cripple your writing and stunt you as a creative person. This book does not just expose the top myths, it also offers practical advice on how you can take back your creative power and bust each of these myths so they will never have power over you again. This e-book is an invaluable tool for every writer's storytelling toolbox.

      The world of how-to creative writing is filled with quick fixes, flavor-of-the-month techniques, and fortune cookie wisdom. This e-book has compiled the top ten creative writing myths that may writers accept as gospel, and then describes each of the myths to show you that they are not just innocent memes, but rather destructive and potentially derailing traps that can cripple your writing and stunt you as a creative person. This book does not just expose the top myths, it also offers practical advice on how you can take back your creative power and bust each of these myths so they will never have power over you again. This e-book is an invaluable tool for every writer's storytelling toolbox.

    • 1

      Rapid Story Development #1: Commercial Pace in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Rapid Story Development, #1
      Rapid Story Development #1: Commercial Pace in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Rapid Story Development, #1

      Rapid Story Development #1: Commercial Pace in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction: Rapid Story Development, #1

      Jeff Lyons
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      Narrative pace can make or break the reading experience, but few people describe what real pace is or how you can achieve it. Most just discuss writing, style, and sentence structure, but pacing in any story is so much more than that. This e-book gives a clear explanation of pacing and then shows you how to achieve a solid commercial pace for any story, thus assuring reader engagement and more book sales—engaged readers buy more books.

      Narrative pace can make or break the reading experience, but few people describe what real pace is or how you can achieve it. Most just discuss writing, style, and sentence structure, but pacing in any story is so much more than that. This e-book gives a clear explanation of pacing and then shows you how to achieve a solid commercial pace for any story, thus assuring reader engagement and more book sales—engaged readers buy more books.

    • 3

      Rapid Story Development #3: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant: Rapid Story Development, #3
      Rapid Story Development #3: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant: Rapid Story Development, #3

      Rapid Story Development #3: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant: Rapid Story Development, #3

      Jeff Lyons
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      The reality of being an author today means that you can't do it all alone. The writing, designing, editing, publishing, and marketing of a book is no longer a one-man or one-woman show. Authors, if they want to put their best professional face forward, must now build a publishing team and rely on third party consultants to help them realize their dreams of publishing gold. But, most authors are not familiar with the challenges, pitfalls, and complexities of hiring third party consultants. This e-book distills the top ten questions every author needs to ask before they take the leap into third party hiring. It's not rocket science, but it's also not for the timid. Rapid Story Development: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant will take some of the guesswork out of hiring competent help, and assist you in building your power-publishing team.

      The reality of being an author today means that you can't do it all alone. The writing, designing, editing, publishing, and marketing of a book is no longer a one-man or one-woman show. Authors, if they want to put their best professional face forward, must now build a publishing team and rely on third party consultants to help them realize their dreams of publishing gold. But, most authors are not familiar with the challenges, pitfalls, and complexities of hiring third party consultants. This e-book distills the top ten questions every author needs to ask before they take the leap into third party hiring. It's not rocket science, but it's also not for the timid. Rapid Story Development: Ten Questions Every Writer Needs to Ask Before They Hire a Consultant will take some of the guesswork out of hiring competent help, and assist you in building your power-publishing team.

    • 4

      Rapid Story Development #4: Teams and Ensembles—How to Develop Stories with Large Casts: Rapid Story Development, #4
      Rapid Story Development #4: Teams and Ensembles—How to Develop Stories with Large Casts: Rapid Story Development, #4

      Rapid Story Development #4: Teams and Ensembles—How to Develop Stories with Large Casts: Rapid Story Development, #4

      Jeff Lyons
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      There are few topics in the field of story development that are less discussed than how to develop stories with large casts. Stories with large casts of characters pose specific challenges to writers and require particular skill sets and tools if they are going to contribute to the telling of a story, rather than detract. Alas, most writers have no clue how even to begin writing multiple-character, stories and so they fall back on the only advice "out there" in the consensus writing community: just do it, just write, the characters will write themselves. Well, characters never write themselves, and the more of them you have, the more complex story development becomes. This fourth e-book in the "Rapid Story Development Series" tackles the problem of multi-character stories, teams, and ensembles and gives you the craft knowledge and tools you need to master developing stories with large casts successfully.

      There are few topics in the field of story development that are less discussed than how to develop stories with large casts. Stories with large casts of characters pose specific challenges to writers and require particular skill sets and tools if they are going to contribute to the telling of a story, rather than detract. Alas, most writers have no clue how even to begin writing multiple-character, stories and so they fall back on the only advice "out there" in the consensus writing community: just do it, just write, the characters will write themselves. Well, characters never write themselves, and the more of them you have, the more complex story development becomes. This fourth e-book in the "Rapid Story Development Series" tackles the problem of multi-character stories, teams, and ensembles and gives you the craft knowledge and tools you need to master developing stories with large casts successfully.

    • 5

      Rapid Story Development #5: The Moral Premise—How to Build a Bulletproof Narrative Engine for Any Story: Rapid Story Development, #5
      Rapid Story Development #5: The Moral Premise—How to Build a Bulletproof Narrative Engine for Any Story: Rapid Story Development, #5

      Rapid Story Development #5: The Moral Premise—How to Build a Bulletproof Narrative Engine for Any Story: Rapid Story Development, #5

      Jeff Lyons
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      All the story experts talk about it. Screenwriters, novelists, short story writers—everyone—speaks about the importance of writing stories with a moral core, having characters who are flawed, creating heroes and heroines with relatable human foibles. But few if any of these experts talk about how to pull these things off in practice. The fact is, stories that lack a moral premise deliver flat, one dimensional, and passive characters—and dull stories. Learning how to create stories with a moral center is a critical story development skill every writer needs to master. Rapid Story Development: The Moral Premise–How to Build a Bulletproof Narrative Engine for Any Story is a speciality e-book by Jeff Lyons that addresses this all-too-important issue of the moral premise: how to find one, how to build one, and how to use one to drive the dramatic engine of any story. But more than some academic examination, this e-book actually demonstrates how to deliver on the page in any genre or literary format (novel, screenplay, etc.). If you want to write stories with dramatic engines that won't quit, then you need this e-book.

      All the story experts talk about it. Screenwriters, novelists, short story writers—everyone—speaks about the importance of writing stories with a moral core, having characters who are flawed, creating heroes and heroines with relatable human foibles. But few if any of these experts talk about how to pull these things off in practice. The fact is, stories that lack a moral premise deliver flat, one dimensional, and passive characters—and dull stories. Learning how to create stories with a moral center is a critical story development skill every writer needs to master. Rapid Story Development: The Moral Premise–How to Build a Bulletproof Narrative Engine for Any Story is a speciality e-book by Jeff Lyons that addresses this all-too-important issue of the moral premise: how to find one, how to build one, and how to use one to drive the dramatic engine of any story. But more than some academic examination, this e-book actually demonstrates how to deliver on the page in any genre or literary format (novel, screenplay, etc.). If you want to write stories with dramatic engines that won't quit, then you need this e-book.

    • 6

      Rapid Story Development #6: Rapid Story Development, #6
      Rapid Story Development #6: Rapid Story Development, #6

      Rapid Story Development #6: Rapid Story Development, #6

      Jeff Lyons
      5/5 - 1 rating
      5/5 - 1 rating

      There are many myths in the world of creative writing, and one of the top three has to be the myth of writer's block. This sixth book in the "Rapid Story Development" e-book series tackles this persistent writing meme and systematically demonstrates not only why the myth is a myth, but how writers can successfully respond to legitimate "blockages" in their writing process when they occur. Writer's block is 99.9 per cent smoke and .1 per cent substance. Seven Steps to Busting Writer's Block Forever takes the .1 per cent that is legitimate and teaches you a proven process that can clear any blockage for any story—every time, without fail. Don't drink the writing myth Kool-Aid, take control of your writing process and bust writer's block forever.

      There are many myths in the world of creative writing, and one of the top three has to be the myth of writer's block. This sixth book in the "Rapid Story Development" e-book series tackles this persistent writing meme and systematically demonstrates not only why the myth is a myth, but how writers can successfully respond to legitimate "blockages" in their writing process when they occur. Writer's block is 99.9 per cent smoke and .1 per cent substance. Seven Steps to Busting Writer's Block Forever takes the .1 per cent that is legitimate and teaches you a proven process that can clear any blockage for any story—every time, without fail. Don't drink the writing myth Kool-Aid, take control of your writing process and bust writer's block forever.

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