Military Strategy for Writers (eBook, ePUB)
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Sun Tzu said, "Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."Your characters deserve your best strategic thinking. Are you ready to learn the secrets known by Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mao, Clauswitz, and other famed strategists?War: A source of enduring fascination to readers and the crucible that reveals character. Quality strategic thinking transforms stories from average to unforgettable and brings new depth to characters and their dilemmas. Backed by years of research into military strategy as well as examples from novels, movies, and games, Military Strategy for Writ...
Sun Tzu said, "Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."
Your characters deserve your best strategic thinking. Are you ready to learn the secrets known by Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mao, Clauswitz, and other famed strategists?
War: A source of enduring fascination to readers and the crucible that reveals character. Quality strategic thinking transforms stories from average to unforgettable and brings new depth to characters and their dilemmas. Backed by years of research into military strategy as well as examples from novels, movies, and games, Military Strategy for Writers offers a detailed look at how to incorporate strategic thinking into plots, characters, and structure. Each chapter zeroes in on an aspect of strategy, how it works (or doesn't) in reality and fiction, and how to apply it to your own narratives.
Designed as a resource for writers, gamers, and editors this book will:
Build your strategic vocabulary ensuring your military genius characters sound like they know what they are talking about.
Empower you to use classic strategic thought in your stories
Dive down into the strategies of sea power to bring richness to stories set at sea
Soar with strategies of air power and learn why experts argue if air power should be regarded as strategic or tactical
Discuss out how military and civilian strategists use game theory to formulate nuclear strategy in the absence of historical examples
Demonstrate how your characters can fight and win an insurgency
Show how states fight insurgents and how that gives you a secret tool to use in your stories
Reveal how the types of terrorism show the character of both terrorists and the states that fight it
Take you to the stars to learn about war in the far future and strategy in space, as well as how to apply strategic thinking to fantasy campaigns
Included at the end is a list of questions to ask as you write, as well as a guide to doing quick military research that will inform you and get you back to the keyboard fast. If you're in the mood for more information, Stein offers ten indispensable books on strategy to further your knowledge.
Clear, engaging, and written with a dry wit, Stein vividly describes major types of military strategy, their advantages, and disadvantages in various situations. Military Strategy for Writers gives you everything you need to ensure that your characters only make mistakes in their strategy when it will serve the plot and your goals as an author. Quality strategic thinking transforms stories from average to unforgettable and brings new depth to characters and their dilemmas.
Be warned! Once you know these secrets, you will see lost opportunities everywhere.
Your characters deserve your best strategic thinking. Are you ready to learn the secrets known by Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mao, Clauswitz, and other famed strategists?
War: A source of enduring fascination to readers and the crucible that reveals character. Quality strategic thinking transforms stories from average to unforgettable and brings new depth to characters and their dilemmas. Backed by years of research into military strategy as well as examples from novels, movies, and games, Military Strategy for Writers offers a detailed look at how to incorporate strategic thinking into plots, characters, and structure. Each chapter zeroes in on an aspect of strategy, how it works (or doesn't) in reality and fiction, and how to apply it to your own narratives.
Designed as a resource for writers, gamers, and editors this book will:
Build your strategic vocabulary ensuring your military genius characters sound like they know what they are talking about.
Empower you to use classic strategic thought in your stories
Dive down into the strategies of sea power to bring richness to stories set at sea
Soar with strategies of air power and learn why experts argue if air power should be regarded as strategic or tactical
Discuss out how military and civilian strategists use game theory to formulate nuclear strategy in the absence of historical examples
Demonstrate how your characters can fight and win an insurgency
Show how states fight insurgents and how that gives you a secret tool to use in your stories
Reveal how the types of terrorism show the character of both terrorists and the states that fight it
Take you to the stars to learn about war in the far future and strategy in space, as well as how to apply strategic thinking to fantasy campaigns
Included at the end is a list of questions to ask as you write, as well as a guide to doing quick military research that will inform you and get you back to the keyboard fast. If you're in the mood for more information, Stein offers ten indispensable books on strategy to further your knowledge.
Clear, engaging, and written with a dry wit, Stein vividly describes major types of military strategy, their advantages, and disadvantages in various situations. Military Strategy for Writers gives you everything you need to ensure that your characters only make mistakes in their strategy when it will serve the plot and your goals as an author. Quality strategic thinking transforms stories from average to unforgettable and brings new depth to characters and their dilemmas.
Be warned! Once you know these secrets, you will see lost opportunities everywhere.
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