Excerpts from Writers Tricks of the Trade: 39 Things You Need to Know Excerpts from the Writers Tricks of the Trade book | Page 9

Chapter 12
G is also for Groups ................................ 63
Belong to one or more writers’ groups
Chapter 13
H is for Heart .......................................... 66
How nineteen authors followed a dream
Chapter 14
I is for Ideal Reader ................................ 69
Who is your ideal “first reader?”
Chapter 15
I is also for Interviews ............................ 73
How to give interesting interviews
Chapter 16
J is for Jigsaw ......................................... 78
Making all the pieces fit
Chapter 17
J is for Juggling, too................................ 81
Writers juggle many balls. Don’t get hit on the head
Chapter 18
K is for Keep Writing .............................. 86
Some of the ways to keep writing
Chapter 19
L is for Location ..................................... 91
Location is as important in fiction as in real estate
Chapter 20
M is for Making Scenes Come Alive ........ 98
Don’t settle for cardboard scenes. Give them oomph.
Chapter 20
M is also for Mistakes ........................... 105
Typical mistakes writers make
Chapter 22
N is for Networking ............................... 110
Get connections rolling even before your book is published
Chapter 23
O is for Online Resources ...................... 114
A wealth of information is at your fingertips
Chapter 24
O is also for Options .............................. 117
There are many ways to tell the same story
Chapter 25
P is for Pacing ........................................ 124
Speed it up or slow it down
Chapter 26
P is also for Point of View ...................... 131
Making sense of what it all means
Chapter 27
P is for Publicity and Promotion ............. 137
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