num_pages: 216
description: Chuck Wendigs Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey is full of the kind of writing advice I wish Id gotten in school. Practical brutally honest and done with the kind of humor that will make it stick in your brain. Whether youre a veteran writer or new to the craft youll find something useful in here. Plus he says fuck a lot so you know theres that. Stephen Blackmoore author of Dead Things500 Ways To Write Harder aims to deliver a volley of micro-burst idea bombs and advisory missiles straight to your frontal penmonkey cortex. Want to learn more about writing storytelling publishing and living the creative life? This book contains a high-voltage dose of information about outlining plot twists writers block antagonists writing conferences self-publishing and more.All this straight from the sticky blog pages of terribleminds.com one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers (as named by Writers Digest).This book contains the following chapters:25 Bad Writer Behaviors25 Hard Truths About Writing &amp; Publishing25 Steps To Becoming A Self-Published Author25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story25 Things To Do Before You Start Your Novel25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists25 Things You Should Know About Conventions &amp; Conferences25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor25 Things You Should Know About Narrative Point-of-View25 Things You Should Know About Outlining25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction25 Things Writers Should Beware25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling25 Turns Pivots and Twists To Complicate Your Story25 Ways To Be A Happy Writer25 Ways To Get Your Authorial Groove Back25 Ways To Survive As A Creative Person25 Ways To Unstick A Stuck Story25 Writer ResolutionsAppendix: 50 Rantypants Snidbits Of Writing And Storytelling Advice
language: English
title: 500 Ways to Write Harder
publisher: None