The Writer's Little Helper: Everything You Need to Know to Write Better and Get Published

The Writer’s Little Helper is jam-packed with big ideas, time-saving tips, and revision-made-easy charts. Author James V. Smith, Jr. offers effective guidance with short checklists, Q&As, and interactive tools. This book will give you everything you need to create great characters, maintain a compelling pace, craft believable dialogue, expand your creativity, revise your work to perfection, attract the attention of agents and editors, and much more.

James V. Smith Jr. has published more than a dozen novels, including the six-book series Force Recon. His latest novels, the Delta Force series, appear under his pen name John Harriman. Smith is a former combat soldier, helicopter pilot, newspaper writer and editor, national award-winning columnist, and magazine editor. He is also the author of the first and second editions of You Can Write a Novel, published by Writer’s Digest Books.