Downriver Writing - McLachlan, Jane Ann
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Downriver Writing - Outlining is a hands-on workbook that offers a guided, step-by-step approach to developing your story idea, plot, and characters. Following the five easy steps in this book will give you the structure every successful novel needs while fostering your own creativity and flexibility as you write your first draft. Each step is explained clearly and includes a series of questions, exercises and charts designed to help you Discover your unique story Brainstorm plot ideas Structure a powerful and compelling story Create deep, emotionally resonant themes in your stories Gain…mehr

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Downriver Writing - Outlining is a hands-on workbook that offers a guided, step-by-step approach to developing your story idea, plot, and characters. Following the five easy steps in this book will give you the structure every successful novel needs while fostering your own creativity and flexibility as you write your first draft. Each step is explained clearly and includes a series of questions, exercises and charts designed to help you Discover your unique story Brainstorm plot ideas Structure a powerful and compelling story Create deep, emotionally resonant themes in your stories Gain self-assurance and motivation to finish your novel Save you time and frustration by recognizing dead-end ideas Prevent writers' block and writing in circles Restores the joy of writing Create a powerful outline and an outstanding story "Downriver Writing is a thorough and compact guide to writing a great novel. Written in workbook style, Downriver Writing is packed with information, examples, and exercises to help the writer develop their characters and draft an outline while still leaving plenty of room for pantser inspiration. It reads easily and the five step process flows systematically and seamlessly. After publishing my first novel, I found myself going around in circles on the second one. The approach in Downriver Writing has enabled me to forge ahead more quickly and confidently. I can't recommend this book highly enough." ~Louise S. "This step-by-step process to developing and outlining a novel really made a significant impact on my approach to storytelling. With the guidance and resources Jane Ann provides here, I have been able to move forward in my plot development with genuine characters and a steadily rising action worthy of an exciting story. I highly recommend this process to any writer." ~James Weare.
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Jane Ann McLachlan has her Masters in English Literature and was a College professor before she left to become a full-time writer. She is the award-winning author of five novels spanning three genres: Walls of Wind, The Occasional Diamond Thief, and The Salarian Desert Game (science fiction); The Sorrow Stone, The Lode Stone, The Girl Who Would Be Queen, and The Girl Who Tempted Fortune (medieval historical fiction); and Downriver Writing: The Five-Step Process for Outlining a Novel, as well as two University textbooks on Professional Ethics (non-fiction). She lives in Waterloo, Ontario with her husband. When she isn't writing, teaching creative writing, or talking about writing, she may be reading, researching or travelling to the location of her next novel.