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Want to Write a Dynamite Novel? The secret to writing a dynamite novel is to first write a dynamite scene. Because if you can write one terrific scene, you can write a hundred. And thats a novel. This is a short book, with just one goal-to teach you the simple principles you can use right now to design a powerful scene before you write it. If youve already written your novel, you can use these same principles to make each scene better. About the Book How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method will give you the power tools you need to write scenes that move your readers emotions. Youll learn: The one thing your reader most desperately wants. And why. How to decide which character should have the point of view. The 2 kinds of scenes designed to give your reader a powerful emotional experience-and how to know which to use. 5 ways to test that your lead characters goal in each scene is perfect. How to end every scene so it leaves your reader wanting more. Why dilemmas are good, and how to know when theyre ruining your story. 4 ways to know that your characters decision will drive your story forward. How to know when a scene is broken-and how to fix it. Excerpt from Chapter 1: Your reader desperately wants one thing. You have it in your power to give your reader that one thing. And what is that one thing? I could tell you what that one thing is, and you would nod and agree that yes, that one thing is clearly something all readers want. But telling you that one thing wouldnt make it stick in your mind forever. I want it to stick. Id rather you that one thing. Once youve seen it, once youve lived it, youll never forget it. That one thing will be inside you, fueling everything you write. So let me tell you a quick story about one of our ancestors who lived many thousands of years ago in a small village on this planet we call home. When I say hes our ancestor, I mean it literally-hes your ancestor and hes my ancestor and hes every humans ancestor. That ancestor of ours was once a thirteen-year-old boy, the newest man in the village, and the smallest. Imagine youre that boy on the day when word comes to the village that theres a killer tiger ravaging the villages herd of goats. The Tale of the Tiger Youre furious. A drought has been burning the land for many months. That herd of goats is all that keeps your village from starvation. Youre also terrified. Theres only one way to get rid of a killer tiger. The village has to organize a hunt, find the tiger, and kill it. But that wont be easy, because theres nothing more dangerous in your world than a killer tiger. The village headman sends word around to the whole village. All men meet in the village square, and bring your spear. When the messenger comes to your hut, he shakes his head and frowns. He thinks youre too young to go. In your heart, youre afraid hes right. You only just became a man in the last month. Youre small. Youre skinny. Youre weak. But in your head, you know hes wrong. If the village doesnt kill the tiger, its going to steal every last goat, and the village is going to die. To save your people, you and every man in the village have to work together to kill the tiger. You know very well you might not come back. A thousand times in the village square, youve heard the village story-woman tell the Tale of the Tiger. You know that when a tiger is surrounded by men with spears, it always looks for the weakest man-and attacks that man. Click the book cover in the upper left corner to read more.About the Author:Randy Ingermanson is the award-winning author of six novels and the best-selling books How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method and Writing Fiction for Dummies. He earned a PhD in theoretical physics from UC Berkeley and is known around the worlds as the Snowflake Guy in honor of his magically powerful Snowflake Method. Randy lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and family, where he attends to the needs of several surly and demanding cats. Visit Randy at AdvancedFictionWriting.com.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Ingermanson Communications, Inc.
