Novelist's Boot Camp Drives Authors to Take Command of their Novels
Naperville, IL, November 24, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Former Army Infantry Airborne Ranger, West Point Assistant Professor, and award-winning novelist’s new book provides a book-writing battle plan, strategy, tactics, and kick-in-the-pants to aspiring and experienced authors.
“Many people dream of writing a novel,” says Todd A. Stone, author of Novelist’s Boot Camp: 101 Ways to Take Your Fiction from Boring to Bestseller (Writers Digest Books, ISBN 1582973601), “but that’s all they do—dream. The way to turn your dream into reality is to change the way you think about writing a novel. Don’t think of your novel as some magical creative thing that will just happen—or it just won’t happen. Make it a campaign, mission, a long-term project.”
So counsels former Army Infantry Airborne Ranger, West Point Assistant Professor, award-winning novelist, and creative writing instructor Todd A. Stone in Novelist’s Boot Camp. Stone draws on his experience as novelist, writing instructor, and military officer to provide aspiring authors with a comprehensive battle plan for writing their novel. The Novelist’s Boot Camp plan includes specific drills that provide aspiring authors with step by step how-to’s for everything from refining a book concept to triaging their work during revision.
“Novelist’s Boot Camp helps you discipline your creativity,” Stone went on. “The book de-mystifies writing a novel by providing strategies and specific techniques. These drills are tools, not rules, and are very accessible and easily adaptable to an individual’s style and personality.”
The boot-camp-in-a-book includes 101 carefully crafted drills designed to show you how to:
• Identify and develop story ideas—Comprehensive Concepts--with laser-like perception
• Create realistic "alpha" characters who can take charge of any scene
• Know what motivates a protagonist’s enemy so you can amp up the conflict
• Develop a Master Story Summary to avoid sneak attacks from flawed plot twists
• Dodge the land mines of bad writing like Deadly Modifier Buildup (DMBU)
• Triage scenes to ensure a thorough and precise revision process
Plus, there’s a twelve-week boot camp battle plan that writers can use to maintain momentum and finish their novels.
Stone presents Novelist’s Boot Camp workshops at libraries, writer’s organizations, and writers conferences across the country, such as the Love is Murder Mystery Conference/Convention and the Romantic Times Convention.
“The reviews have been excellent,” Stone said, “but I’ve been more pleased with the positive responses I’ve read on blogs and the comments from both aspiring and experienced authors. This book is helping people achieve their dream—they’ve made writing a novel a mission and they’re making real progress towards accomplishing that mission.”
For writers ready to report for duty, Novelist’s Boot Camp provides then with all the ammunition needed to approach the work with dedication, confidence, and skill. More information is available at www.storytellerroad.com
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“Many people dream of writing a novel,” says Todd A. Stone, author of Novelist’s Boot Camp: 101 Ways to Take Your Fiction from Boring to Bestseller (Writers Digest Books, ISBN 1582973601), “but that’s all they do—dream. The way to turn your dream into reality is to change the way you think about writing a novel. Don’t think of your novel as some magical creative thing that will just happen—or it just won’t happen. Make it a campaign, mission, a long-term project.”
So counsels former Army Infantry Airborne Ranger, West Point Assistant Professor, award-winning novelist, and creative writing instructor Todd A. Stone in Novelist’s Boot Camp. Stone draws on his experience as novelist, writing instructor, and military officer to provide aspiring authors with a comprehensive battle plan for writing their novel. The Novelist’s Boot Camp plan includes specific drills that provide aspiring authors with step by step how-to’s for everything from refining a book concept to triaging their work during revision.
“Novelist’s Boot Camp helps you discipline your creativity,” Stone went on. “The book de-mystifies writing a novel by providing strategies and specific techniques. These drills are tools, not rules, and are very accessible and easily adaptable to an individual’s style and personality.”
The boot-camp-in-a-book includes 101 carefully crafted drills designed to show you how to:
• Identify and develop story ideas—Comprehensive Concepts--with laser-like perception
• Create realistic "alpha" characters who can take charge of any scene
• Know what motivates a protagonist’s enemy so you can amp up the conflict
• Develop a Master Story Summary to avoid sneak attacks from flawed plot twists
• Dodge the land mines of bad writing like Deadly Modifier Buildup (DMBU)
• Triage scenes to ensure a thorough and precise revision process
Plus, there’s a twelve-week boot camp battle plan that writers can use to maintain momentum and finish their novels.
Stone presents Novelist’s Boot Camp workshops at libraries, writer’s organizations, and writers conferences across the country, such as the Love is Murder Mystery Conference/Convention and the Romantic Times Convention.
“The reviews have been excellent,” Stone said, “but I’ve been more pleased with the positive responses I’ve read on blogs and the comments from both aspiring and experienced authors. This book is helping people achieve their dream—they’ve made writing a novel a mission and they’re making real progress towards accomplishing that mission.”
For writers ready to report for duty, Novelist’s Boot Camp provides then with all the ammunition needed to approach the work with dedication, confidence, and skill. More information is available at www.storytellerroad.com
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