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CB's Top 100 Writing Tips, Tricks, Techniques and Tools from the Advice Toolbox - Break the Rules, Not the Writing

By Carter Blakelaw
CB's Top 100 Writing Tips, Tricks, Techniques and Tools from the Advice Toolbox - Break the Rules, Not the Writing by Carter Blakelaw digital book - Fable

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Make Words Tell Tales

A nuts and bolts guide to crafting words into great sentences and great stories.

For anyone wanting to hone their craft, drawing 100+ useful rules of thumb from more than a decade of writers' workshops.

You will discover:

  • 100 rules of thumb to apply to your fiction
  • The motivation behind each rule
  • The pros and cons of keeping—or breaking—the rules
  • Numerous examples of rule-keeping and rule-breaking
  • How every rule helps keep the reader reading

 

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About Carter Blakelaw

Carter Blakelaw lives in bustling central London, in a street with two bookshops and an embassy, any of which might provide escape to new pastures, if only for an afternoon. For over a decade Carter has delivered critiques at writers' workshops and critique groups, some of whose members have transformed themselves into prize-winning and best-selling authors. However, it is the frequency of numerous weaknesses, as exposed by these groups and especially in the work of developing writers, that motivates the writing of this book.

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