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Last updated: 1/2012
u love to write? Do you think you're a good writer?
A new idea hits you. You feel excited about it. And you know it would make a great story or book. You can just feel it.
But many people have great ideas and want to write about them. Most people never will. Some will get off to a big, exciting start and then will quit midway. Only a few will see their writing dreams fulfilled in the end.
Sure writing takes creativity, imagination and talent. And it also takes determination. But it takes something else that often gets overlooked: Writing Technique.
Would you learn to play the piano without a sheet of music to follow? Would you build shelves without a hammer and nails?
Somehow when it comes to writing, people assume they can do it on their own. Maybe it's because we all did learn how to write in our high school English classes. But to write on a professional level where your writing will be taken seriously and will get published- that takes the right tools.
There are many excellent technique books available.
But reading a technique book will not help you improve your writing anymore than reading a sheet of music will help you play the piano!
You need to learn the best writing tools and then immediately put them into practice. Otherwise what you read won't stay with you.
Sure you're a good writer. But you also know you could get better. And writers that are serious about their craft want to be the best writers they can. The writers that stick with it want to be great writers. They won't settle for anything less.
I've been helping good writers become great writers for over 16 years. I've done this by zeroing in on the essential writing techniques writers need to improve their writing. Through explanation and example I've taught the most important elements of great writing. I make sure that writers immediately apply what they've learned by working on specially tailored writing exercises. The exercises break challenging writing tasks down into basic steps that make them much easier to tackle. When writers look at what they've written, they are amazed.
How did I get started helping good writers become great?
It all started with one student¡ªmyself.
I always loved writing and my English teachers always told me I was a good writer. But that wasn't enough to get my work published in the markets I wanted to be published in. I started reading all the writing technique books I could find. From every book you can learn something valuable.
I read, I learned, and most of all I practiced and soon I was getting published. Magazine editors were writing me and asking me to write articles for them. By this point I was already teaching writing courses, leading writing workshops and teaching at conferences. I was coaching and editing writers. This was all done by word of mouth. I never advertised. One writer would tell another how much I had helped her and then ask to work with me¡Writers were always telling me how much my guidance and exercises helped them become better writers and get published. They urged me to compile my techniques into a book so that other writers would benefit as they had.
Yes, there are many excellent writing technique books out there. But some of them are 300 pages long!
If you want to really succeed as a writer you need to get writing as quickly as possible, and not get bogged down reading, no matter how excellent a read it is.
Through my years of working with writers, I have developed my own methods and have seen writers improve their writing right in front of my eyes.
Good writers need to be able to try out what they are learning, right away before the enthusiasm wears off. Many writing books are filled with pages and pages of good writing advice. I feel that writers need a book they can write with. A book that explains the important elements of writing and breaks those elements down into small manageable steps.
I saw that writers needed tips they could really use. And not just superficial touch ups. In-depth understanding that would exponentially change the way they could write.
So many e-books look like they were turned out in a few weeks or even days. They probably were. The content is superficial and incomplete. How much can one gain from books like that? Good quality books take time to develop.
"Six Ways toTurn Good Writing into Great Writing" was conceived, developed, refined and tailored over the course of sixteen years.
It will help writers of fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir and autobiography bring their writing to a higher level.
So what's inside?
Six important tools for writers to master
Ways to break down sophisticated writing tools into manageable steps
And what are the Six Ways to turn good writing into Great?
Page One: 4 things you must do on the very First Page
How to Build Compelling Characters
Plot: Common Mistakes and Problems
Creating a Setting your Characters can Live with
How to Show instead of Tell
The Hidden Thread of Theme that should run through your writing
My explanations and exercises have all been tested on real students in real writing classes and only the most successful ones have made it into this book.
What I am offering you is the quality of an in-depth Creative Writing textbook, at the quick-get-to-the-point pace of the world we live in today. To master the finer skills of writing- you deserve quality combined with the speed of being able to order it instantly in the comfort of your own home or office.
"I feel that you have an intuitive understanding of my writing and of how to improve my project."
A Fiction Writer
"I've never met you Esther Susan, I don't know what you look like or how old you are or where you come from--absolutely NOTHING. However, if you ever need anyone to vouch for your psychological intelligence in dealing with writers, you can call on me."
Faye, Freelance Journalist
"In your merit, this story came out, and for that, I must thank you, in addition to all the wondrous ways you are helping me grow in my ability to express ideas in writing."
C. D. Freelance Journalist
¡°I feel like I am earning an MFA from the convenience of my own home.¡±
Linda, Fiction Writer
What is this ebook worth? Each chapter of this ebook is a complete writing course. If you were to obtain all this material through creative writing courses it would cost you at least $270.
Buy now and you will only pay $19.95. You are getting six c