Bring Your Fiction to Life: Crafting Three-Dimensional Stories with Depth and Complexity - Softcover

Wiesner, Karen S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440349827 ISBN 13: 9781440349829

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books, 2017

Synopsis

Craft a Story That Towers Above the Rest

You know it when you read it: In page after page and scene after scene, a truly engrossing novel has qualities that set it apart. Authentic characters, a well-rounded plot, and immersive settings work in harmony to create a three-dimensional experience--one you can practically step inside and explore.

But while you can recognize this work when you read it, writing it can be much more challenging. Bring Your Fiction to Life teaches you how to build a solid narrative structure and layer in lush, textured scenes to create a story that rings true. You'll learn how to:
   · Master the three-dimensional aspects of characters, plots, and settings using detailed sketches that define the past, present, and future aspects of each element.
   · Develop complex opening, resolution, and bridge scenes that expertly lead readers through your fictional world.
   · Construct and analyze an outline for your manuscript, using tools and techniques to analyze scenes that lack dimensionality.
   · Brainstorm, research, and draft efficiently and effectively, and juggle multiple projects with ease.
Packed with story-development charts, worksheets, and checklists, Bring Your Fiction to Life shows you how to craft a vivid story world that readers will instantly recognize as remarkable.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Wiesner is an accomplished author with 113 titles published in the past 18 years, which have been nominated for or won 134 awards, and has 39 more releases contracted for spanning many genres and formats. Karen's multi-award-winning and best-selling Incognito Series (romantic action/adventure/suspense) has been revised and reissued. The upcoming spin-off series, Shadow Missions, will include four novellas to be released in 2018. Her award-winning Denim Blues Mysteries (inspirational romantic mystery trilogy with a private investigator, police procedural and amateur sleuth installment) is available now. Look for the spin-off trilogy, Red Velvet Mysteries, to be released between 2019-2020. Karen's writing reference titles include the bestselling First Draft in 30 Days and Writing the Fiction Series, both available from Writer's Digest Books. From First Draft to Finished Novel has been self-published as Cohesive Story Building. Visit her website at www.karenwiesner.com.

Review

"Detailed, deep, and deft. For anyone who wishes to honeor improve the craft of fiction writing, one can do no better than in Wiesner'scapable hands." ~Colleen Gleason, New York Times bestselling author of theStoker & Holmes Books colleengleason.com/

"A fascinating and functional guide from anincredibly prolific author!"
~Jeff Strand, four-time Bram Stoker Award-nominatedauthor of 30+ books, including Blister, A Bad Day ForVoodoo, and Wolf Hunt jeffstrand.wordpress.com/

Edition details

• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1440349827
• ISBN 13: 9781440349829
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264