Publisher's Synopsis
ARE YOU WORKING ON YOUR FIRST NOVEL (OR PLANNING TO START ONE) AND LOOKING FOR A STRAIGHT-TALK GUIDEBOOK ON FICTION-WRITING?
"How to Get Better reviews for Your First Novel: 11 Convos on the Basics of Fiction Writing for New Self-publishing Authors" is the book for you.
In eleven candid one-on-one 'convos' (conversations), Harold A. Bascom (novelist and reviewer of self-published fiction) serves up eleven pocket-size how-to articles that will help you:
To find developmental editing-the most important kind of editing your manuscript will need-for free.
To use your five human senses to create mind-blowing descriptive scenes.
To choose the most effective voice (or Point of View) to tell your story.
To find clichés in your writing and how to replace them with original substitutes.
To manipulate active and passive sentences for dynamic paragraphs.
To use your life story and turn it into a novel everyone-not only your family and friends-would care to read.
And so much more.
In this book, Bascom revisits fiction-writing basics and offers you clear guidelines with detailed examples along the way. This title will help you produce a sharp manuscript destined to become a solid novel or short story collection.
By the end of this book, you will have a solid grasp on writing fiction to take you to the end of your first novel with confidence and self-assuredness.
Harold A. Bascom is the author of the novel, "APATA: The Story of a Reluctant Criminal," published by Heinemann Educational Books of London.
So, what do you do now? Three things: LOOK INSIDE! GET THIS BOOK! and MAKE THAT MANUSCRIPT YOU'RE WORKING ON TIGHT!
