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About this Book
By the author of Logan's Run, soon to be a major Warner Bros.
movie directed by Brian Singer (Superman Returns)!
Using the knowledge inherent
in writing more than 90 works of fiction including Logan’s Run—soon
to be a major Warner Bros. movie—William F. Nolan uses a brisk and humorous
style to teach the reader how to craft novels and short stories that
sell.
Nolan analyzes some of
his and other's best work to help the reader with construction of
characters, dramatic development, and dialogue. Plots are examined
highlighting each story’s "arc of suspense" from beginning to
end.
The reader will learn
how to hook the reader on the first page, how to develop conflict, and the
craft of revision and more.
Table
of Contents
1. Getting Started
2. Where Ideas Come From
3. How to Reach the
Story’s Climax
4. The Use of Dialogue
5.
Characterization-Within-Action
6. The Craft of Revision
7. The Value of Humor
8. The Achievement of
Writing Style
9. Employing all Five
Senses
10. How to Develop
Conflict
11. How to Hook your
Reader
12. Difference between
Short Stories and Novels
13. Shifting between
prose and Script Writing
14. How to Handle
Rejection
15. Dealing with
Publishers and Agents
About the Author
William F. Nolan is a
widely published writer of novels, motion pictures, and television series
including Logan’s Run, Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror II,
Night Shapes, Wild Galaxy and many, many other works.
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