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Amanda Apthorpe

All four books in Amanda Apthorpe's 'Write This Way', now available in one volume!

Time Management for Writers: You're adamant that, one day, you're going to write a novel. Perhaps it's the one that's been roaming through your neurons for... how long? Really? Thinking, ruminating, and even researching is NOT going to get it written, but putting into play a selection of strategies will get your journey underway. In the first book in the series, author, creative writing teacher and academic, Dr. Amanda Apthorpe, outlines the successful techniques she has shared with hundreds of her writing students. This easy-to-follow guide, with plenty of interactive exercises, is the first step in your writing journey.

Finding Your Writer’s Voice: You have a story you want to tell and have organised the time to do it. As you begin, your pen or fingers on the keyboard falter, like a little cough to clear your voice, and there's that nagging doubt that plagues you: Who am I to tell this story? What have I got to say? In the second volume of the Write This Way series, Dr. Amanda Apthorpe guides you in finding your authentic, dynamic voice.

Write Great Characters: You have a story you want to tell. You’ve organised time to do it and have come a long way in finding your writer’s voice. Now you need to decide whose story you’re going to write, and how make them so interesting that the reader is compelled to follow their journey to the end. In the third volume of the Write This Way series, Dr. Amanda Apthorpe guides you in bringing your characters to life on the page.

Write Compelling Plots: We are enthralled by stories – tales told around the campfire, acted on stage, written down, filmed, painted, danced and sung. Why? Because we want to be entertained, to be inspired, to escape, to enter virtual worlds, to understand and to relate to others like and unlike ourselves. It’s said that there are only seven storylines, but those seven have generated an extraordinary number of tales because their creators have told them from their own perspectives, their own point of difference. The fourth book in Amanda Apthorpe's Write This Way series identifies the difference between plot and story, guides external and internal structural organisation and explains the significance of the narrative arc. You will discover how your central character’s desire, their limitations and their fear entwine to create the conflict that will drive your story. Drawing on the content within these pages, and your own point of difference, you too can create compelling plots.

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Write This Way

Write This Way Collection: The Complete Series

Kristin N. Spencer

How to Gain 10 Years of Writing Experience in 6 Easy Lessons.

What if you could skip forward in time and avoid all of the pain and heartbreak associated with writing group or professor critiques? You’ve been told that to become a better writer, you must have your work torn to pieces by other writers, but that process is draining and slow. What if you could learn what not to do in your writing, without wasting years trying to learn what good writers already know? Now, you can, with the Write This Way book.

- Learn the six mistakes all writers must learn to avoid and what you should do instead.
- Prove to your readers that they can trust you, and turn every reader in your target audience into a dedicated fan.

If you’ve tried to write in the past, but couldn’t keep people reading past the first page, this book will help you successfully gain the skills to be able to write the story of your heart, and win those readers over.

And if you’ve already written the story of your heart, but no one will read it, learn how to fix it so that readers will love your book as much as you do.

Whether you’re a new writer or a well-weathered pen slinger, this book will teach you which six things drive readers away, and how to program your brain never to make those mistakes again.

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Write This Way: 10 Years of Writing Experience in 6 Easy Lessons

You have a story you want to tell and have organised the time to do it. As you begin, your pen or fingers on the keyboard falter, like a little cough to clear your voice, and there's that nagging doubt that plagues you: Who am I to tell this story? What have I got to say?

In the second volume of the Write This Way series - 'Finding Your Writer's Voice' - Dr. Amanda Apthorpe guides you in finding your authentic, dynamic voice using the successful techniques she has shared with hundreds of her writing students.

This easy-to-follow guide, with plenty of interactive exercises, is the second step in your writing journey. It's the missing (l)ink! Work your way through the series and get your writing project started today.

Finding Your Writer's Voice

You have a story you want to tell. You’ve organised time to do it (Volume 1) and have come a long way in finding your writer’s voice (Volume 2). Now you need to decide whose story you’re going to write, and how make them so interesting that the reader is compelled to follow their journey to the end.

In this third volume of the Write This Way series – Write Great Characters - Dr. Amanda Apthorpe guides you in bringing your characters to life on the page using the successful strategies she has shared with hundreds of writing students.

This easy to follow guide is the third step in your writing journey. Work your way through the series to get that story down on the page all the way to the end.

Write Great Characters

We are enthralled by stories – tales told around the campfire, acted on stage, written down, filmed, painted, danced and sung. Why? Because we want to be entertained, to be inspired, to escape, to enter virtual worlds, to understand and to relate to others like and unlike ourselves.

It’s said that there are only seven storylines, but those seven have generated an extraordinary number of tales because their creators have told them from their own perspectives, their own point of difference.

The fourth book in Amanda Apthorpe's Write This Way series, 'Write Compelling Plots’, identifies the difference between plot and story, guides external and internal structural organisation and explains the significance of the narrative arc. You will discover how your central character’s desire, their limitations and their fear entwine to create the conflict that will drive your story. Drawing on the content within these pages, and your own point of difference, you too can create compelling plots.

In addition, this book explores the elements of setting and description. Part 3: Editing Toolbox identifies and corrects common editing errors in creative writing.

Write This Way - The book series

Write This Way - The book series

Write This Way books in order

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