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Your First 1000 Copies

by Tim Grahl • 2013

Sell 1,000 copies without the sleaze: an email list, free content, and genuine reader relationships.

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📚 Book Marketing 🏗️ Author Platform 📧 Email Marketing 📝 Content Marketing 🤝 Relationship Marketing

Your First 1000 Copies

Sell 1,000 copies without the sleaze: an email list, free content, and genuine reader relationships.

by Tim Grahl 2013 147 pages

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📚 Book Marketing 🏗️ Author Platform 📧 Email Marketing 📝 Content Marketing 🤝 Relationship Marketing

Writing Poetry To Save Your Life

by Maria Mazziotti Gillan • 2013

Forget the rules. Your story, told honestly, is the poem someone out there needs to read.

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📝 Poetry Writing ✨ Creative Writing 🧱 Creative Blocks 💚 Writing As Healing 🗣️ Personal Storytelling

Writing Poetry To Save Your Life

Forget the rules. Your story, told honestly, is the poem someone out there needs to read.

by Maria Mazziotti Gillan 2013 202 pages

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📝 Poetry Writing ✨ Creative Writing 🧱 Creative Blocks 💚 Writing As Healing 🗣️ Personal Storytelling

The Right-Brain Business Plan

by Jennifer Lee. • 2011

Spreadsheets feel wrong for your creative work. A visual, paint-and-collage plan built on intuition.

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🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🗺️ Visual Planning 💸 Money Mindset 🏷️ Crafting Your Brand 🧠 Right-Brain Thinking

The Right-Brain Business Plan

Spreadsheets feel wrong for your creative work. A visual, paint-and-collage plan built on intuition.

by Jennifer Lee. 2011 240 pages

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🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship 🗺️ Visual Planning 💸 Money Mindset 🏷️ Crafting Your Brand 🧠 Right-Brain Thinking

Life Hacks

by Keith Bradford • 2014

Fast phone charging, quick hiccup relief, sinking-car escape: tiny fixes that cover daily life.

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🧰 Life Hacks 🏠 Household Tips 🩹 Diy Home Remedies 🍳 Kitchen Shortcuts 💰 Frugal Living

Life Hacks

Fast phone charging, quick hiccup relief, sinking-car escape: tiny fixes that cover daily life.

by Keith Bradford 2014 304 pages

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🧰 Life Hacks 🏠 Household Tips 🩹 Diy Home Remedies 🍳 Kitchen Shortcuts 💰 Frugal Living

How to DJ Right

by Frank Broughton • 2002

The mix is the easy part. The art is building a set that tells a story.

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🎛️ Music Production 💿 Vinyl Collecting 🎚️ Mixing Techniques 🕺 Live Performance 🗂️ Music Curation

How to DJ Right

The mix is the easy part. The art is building a set that tells a story.

by Frank Broughton 2002 288 pages

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🎛️ Music Production 💿 Vinyl Collecting 🎚️ Mixing Techniques 🕺 Live Performance 🗂️ Music Curation

Gracious

by Kelly Williams Brown • 2017

Charm can be learned. Tact can be practiced. Both begin with how you treat yourself.

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🍽️ Modern Etiquette 💗 Self-Compassion 🏠 Hospitality 👗 Personal Style 📱 Digital Mindfulness

Gracious

Charm can be learned. Tact can be practiced. Both begin with how you treat yourself.

by Kelly Williams Brown 2017 256 pages

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🍽️ Modern Etiquette 💗 Self-Compassion 🏠 Hospitality 👗 Personal Style 📱 Digital Mindfulness

Thinking Like Your Editor

by Susan Rabiner • 2002

Trade editors don't acquire books; they acquire audiences. Your proposal has to prove you have one.

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🗒️ Book Proposals 🏢 Trade Publishing 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🧩 Narrative Structure ✂️ Editorial Process

Thinking Like Your Editor

Trade editors don't acquire books; they acquire audiences. Your proposal has to prove you have one.

by Susan Rabiner 2002 288 pages

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🗒️ Book Proposals 🏢 Trade Publishing 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🧩 Narrative Structure ✂️ Editorial Process

Conflict and Suspense

by James Scott Bell • 2011

Tension leaks from most manuscripts. The craft guide for sealing every scene with conflict.

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Conflict Design 🎬 Scene Construction ⏳ Suspense Techniques

Conflict and Suspense

Tension leaks from most manuscripts. The craft guide for sealing every scene with conflict.

by James Scott Bell 2011 273 pages

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Conflict Design 🎬 Scene Construction ⏳ Suspense Techniques

Crafting Novels & Short Stories

by The Writer's Digest • 2011

Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.

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📝 Novel Writing 📖 Short Story Writing 🎭 Character Creation 📊 Plot Structure 💬 Dialogue Craft

Crafting Novels & Short Stories

Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.

by The Writer's Digest 2011 368 pages

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📝 Novel Writing 📖 Short Story Writing 🎭 Character Creation 📊 Plot Structure 💬 Dialogue Craft

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

by Donald Maass • 2004

The craft upgrades that separate novels readers finish from those they abandon.

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🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 🏗️ Plot Construction ✏️ Writing Exercises ⚡ Narrative Tension

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

The craft upgrades that separate novels readers finish from those they abandon.

by Donald Maass 2004 240 pages

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🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 🏗️ Plot Construction ✏️ Writing Exercises ⚡ Narrative Tension

Just Write

by James Scott Bell • 2016

How a working novelist structures story, builds character, and treats writing like a profession.

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📖 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development ⏱️ Writers' Productivity 🛡️ Creative Discipline

Just Write

How a working novelist structures story, builds character, and treats writing like a profession.

by James Scott Bell 2016 303 pages

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📖 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development ⏱️ Writers' Productivity 🛡️ Creative Discipline

Hooked

by Les Edgerton • 2007

The inciting incident is page one. Cut the backstory and open with trouble: here is how.

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🖋️ Fiction Writing 🚪 Story Openings 🧵 Narrative Craft ⚡ Inciting Incidents ⚔️ Tension And Conflict

Hooked

The inciting incident is page one. Cut the backstory and open with trouble: here is how.

by Les Edgerton 2007 256 pages

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🖋️ Fiction Writing 🚪 Story Openings 🧵 Narrative Craft ⚡ Inciting Incidents ⚔️ Tension And Conflict

Teach Your Child How To Think

by Edward de Bono • 1994

Intelligence is potential. Thinking is a skill. Build it in your child, one exercise at a time.

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🏠 Parenting Guides 🧠 Cognitive Development 💭 Thinking Skills 🎨 Divergent Thinking 💗 Emotional Intelligence In Children

Teach Your Child How To Think

Intelligence is potential. Thinking is a skill. Build it in your child, one exercise at a time.

by Edward de Bono 1994

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🏠 Parenting Guides 🧠 Cognitive Development 💭 Thinking Skills 🎨 Divergent Thinking 💗 Emotional Intelligence In Children

This Year You Write Your Novel

by Walter Mosley • 2007

Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.

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📖 Novel Writing 📅 Daily Writing Practice 🌊 Creative Subconscious 🔓 Self-Censorship ✂️ Revision Process

This Year You Write Your Novel

Your unconscious writes the story. Give it ninety minutes a day and stop censoring.

by Walter Mosley 2007

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📖 Novel Writing 📅 Daily Writing Practice 🌊 Creative Subconscious 🔓 Self-Censorship ✂️ Revision Process

Carrots Love Tomatoes

by Louise Riotte • 1975

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

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🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control 🪱 Soil Health 📐 Garden Planning

Carrots Love Tomatoes

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

by Louise Riotte 1975 224 pages

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🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control 🪱 Soil Health 📐 Garden Planning

Revision & Self-Editing

by James Scott Bell • 2008

A big-picture-first revision system: fix your novel's bones before you polish a single sentence.

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🔄 Novel Revision 📝 Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Structure

Revision & Self-Editing

A big-picture-first revision system: fix your novel's bones before you polish a single sentence.

by James Scott Bell 2008 266 pages

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🔄 Novel Revision 📝 Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Structure

Writing 21st Century Fiction

by Donald Maass • 2012

Plot alone won't keep readers. The craft of making scenes and sentences pull with equal force.

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📝 Fiction Craft ⚖️ Commercial Literary Blend 💔 Emotional Stakes 🧠 Character Interiority 🎬 Scene Craft

Writing 21st Century Fiction

Plot alone won't keep readers. The craft of making scenes and sentences pull with equal force.

by Donald Maass 2012 224 pages

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📝 Fiction Craft ⚖️ Commercial Literary Blend 💔 Emotional Stakes 🧠 Character Interiority 🎬 Scene Craft

House Love

by Patric Richardson • 2023

A cleaning method built on gratitude and vinegar, turning chores into an act of self-care.

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🧹 Home Organization 🧼 Housekeeping Guide 🛋️ Interior Styling 🌿 Eco-Friendly Home 🧘 Mindful Domesticity

House Love

A cleaning method built on gratitude and vinegar, turning chores into an act of self-care.

by Patric Richardson 2023 216 pages

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🧹 Home Organization 🧼 Housekeeping Guide 🛋️ Interior Styling 🌿 Eco-Friendly Home 🧘 Mindful Domesticity

The Permaculture Garden

by Graham Bell • 1994

A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.

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🌀 Permaculture 🌳 Forest Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 💧 Water Conservation 🥬 Perennial Vegetables

The Permaculture Garden

A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.

by Graham Bell 1994 174 pages

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🌀 Permaculture 🌳 Forest Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 💧 Water Conservation 🥬 Perennial Vegetables

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published

by Arielle Eckstut • 2005

After the manuscript comes the business: getting published, from query to royalty check.

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🏢 Publishing Industry 📚 Traditional Publishing 📄 Book Proposals ✉️ Query Letters 💻 Self-Publishing

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published

After the manuscript comes the business: getting published, from query to royalty check.

by Arielle Eckstut 2005 802 pages

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🏢 Publishing Industry 📚 Traditional Publishing 📄 Book Proposals ✉️ Query Letters 💻 Self-Publishing

Gardening When It Counts

by Steve Solomon • 2006

Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.

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🔨 Subsistence Gardening 🌱 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Fertility 🌾 Seed Saving 💧 Water Conservation

Gardening When It Counts

Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.

by Steve Solomon 2006 360 pages

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🔨 Subsistence Gardening 🌱 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Fertility 🌾 Seed Saving 💧 Water Conservation

Wrestling for Fighting

by Randy Couture • 2007

A champion's blueprint for turning wrestling into the most adaptable weapon in the cage.

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🥊 Combat Sports 🥋 Mma Training 🤼 Grappling Fundamentals 📋 Fight Strategy 🧠 Fighter Mindset

Wrestling for Fighting

A champion's blueprint for turning wrestling into the most adaptable weapon in the cage.

by Randy Couture 2007 216 pages

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🥊 Combat Sports 🥋 Mma Training 🤼 Grappling Fundamentals 📋 Fight Strategy 🧠 Fighter Mindset

Don't Send a Resume and (Oeb) Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job

by Jeffrey J. Fox • 2001

Skip HR. Write the boss a proposal that proves your worth in dollars and close the deal.

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📋 Job Search Guides 💼 Interview Preparation 💰 Sales Mindset ✉️ Direct Outreach ⚡ Personal Effectiveness

Don't Send a Resume and (Oeb) Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job

Skip HR. Write the boss a proposal that proves your worth in dollars and close the deal.

by Jeffrey J. Fox 2001 192 pages

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📋 Job Search Guides 💼 Interview Preparation 💰 Sales Mindset ✉️ Direct Outreach ⚡ Personal Effectiveness

Dialogue

by Gloria Kempton • 2004

Stilted dialogue comes from writing it, not channeling it. Make characters speak for themselves.

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📝 Fiction Writing 💬 Dialogue Craft 🎭 Character Voice 🧵 Narrative Technique ✍️ Writing Mechanics

Dialogue

Stilted dialogue comes from writing it, not channeling it. Make characters speak for themselves.

by Gloria Kempton 2004 240 pages

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📝 Fiction Writing 💬 Dialogue Craft 🎭 Character Voice 🧵 Narrative Technique ✍️ Writing Mechanics

Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies

by Lee Livingood • 2000

From track to living room: adopting a retired racing greyhound, from first night to golden years.

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🐕 Greyhound Adoption 📋 Breed-Specific Care 🏠 Dog Adoption 🛟 Rescue Dogs 🎾 Positive Reinforcement

Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies

From track to living room: adopting a retired racing greyhound, from first night to golden years.

by Lee Livingood 2000 288 pages

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🐕 Greyhound Adoption 📋 Breed-Specific Care 🏠 Dog Adoption 🛟 Rescue Dogs 🎾 Positive Reinforcement

Life Makeovers

by Cheryl Richardson • 2000

One change per week for a year: the method that outlasts every crash self-improvement program.

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🧘 Self-Care Routines 🗺️ Life Planning 📅 Weekly Challenges 🎯 Priority Setting 🧹 Decluttering

Life Makeovers

One change per week for a year: the method that outlasts every crash self-improvement program.

by Cheryl Richardson 2000 209 pages

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🧘 Self-Care Routines 🗺️ Life Planning 📅 Weekly Challenges 🎯 Priority Setting 🧹 Decluttering

Managing to Change the World

by Alison Green • 2009

For nonprofit managers: how to hire, delegate, give honest feedback, and build a team that delivers.

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🏛️ Nonprofit Management 👥 People Management 📊 Performance Management 🏢 Workplace Culture 🔍 Hiring And Retention

Managing to Change the World

For nonprofit managers: how to hire, delegate, give honest feedback, and build a team that delivers.

by Alison Green 2009 240 pages

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🏛️ Nonprofit Management 👥 People Management 📊 Performance Management 🏢 Workplace Culture 🔍 Hiring And Retention

The Plot Whisperer

by Martha Alderson • 2011

One line on a page reveals where your story sags and what the middle needs most.

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🏗️ Story Structure 📝 Novel Writing 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🗺️ Outlining Methods

The Plot Whisperer

One line on a page reveals where your story sags and what the middle needs most.

by Martha Alderson 2011 256 pages

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🏗️ Story Structure 📝 Novel Writing 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🗺️ Outlining Methods

Creative Writing For Dummies

by Maggie Hamand • 2010

From notebook: what makes travel writing sell, how to find your story, where to pitch.

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🧳 Travel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft 📚 Creative Nonfiction 📝 Travel Memoir 💼 Freelance Writing

Creative Writing For Dummies

From notebook: what makes travel writing sell, how to find your story, where to pitch.

by Maggie Hamand 2010 386 pages

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🧳 Travel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft 📚 Creative Nonfiction 📝 Travel Memoir 💼 Freelance Writing

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

by Matt Kepnes • 2013

A $50 daily budget, rewards card, hostel kitchen: the math that buys life on the road.

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💰 Budget Travel 💳 Travel Hacking 🐢 Slow Travel 🎒 Gap Year Travel 🗺️ Long Term Travel

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

A $50 daily budget, rewards card, hostel kitchen: the math that buys life on the road.

by Matt Kepnes 2013 272 pages

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💰 Budget Travel 💳 Travel Hacking 🐢 Slow Travel 🎒 Gap Year Travel 🗺️ Long Term Travel

Immediate Fiction

by Jerry Cleaver • 2002

A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 💔 Emotional Storytelling 🎬 Scene Writing

Immediate Fiction

A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.

by Jerry Cleaver 2002 304 pages

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 💔 Emotional Storytelling 🎬 Scene Writing

Gentle Writing Advice

by Chuck Wendig • 2023

The writing life burns out the best. Skip the craft rules; this is the guide to creative survival.

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🧠 Writing Mindset 🌱 Creative Sustainability 🛁 Creative Self-Care 🎨 Creative Play 🚧 Writer's Block

Gentle Writing Advice

The writing life burns out the best. Skip the craft rules; this is the guide to creative survival.

by Chuck Wendig 2023 256 pages

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🧠 Writing Mindset 🌱 Creative Sustainability 🛁 Creative Self-Care 🎨 Creative Play 🚧 Writer's Block

New Startup Mindset

by Sandra Shpilberg • 2021

Ten shifts that swap venture capital and expertise for customer funding and a beginner's advantage.

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🌱 Beginner's Advantage 🚀 Startup Bootstrapping 🧠 Founder Mindset 🎯 Deep Work 🔥 Burnout Prevention

New Startup Mindset

Ten shifts that swap venture capital and expertise for customer funding and a beginner's advantage.

by Sandra Shpilberg 2021 216 pages

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🌱 Beginner's Advantage 🚀 Startup Bootstrapping 🧠 Founder Mindset 🎯 Deep Work 🔥 Burnout Prevention

Description

by Monica Wood • 1995

Description isn't decoration: the craft of building a world readers can see, hear, and feel.

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 🖊️ Descriptive Writing ⚖️ Showing Vs Telling 👁️ Point Of View 💬 Dialogue Craft

Description

Description isn't decoration: the craft of building a world readers can see, hear, and feel.

by Monica Wood 1995 176 pages

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 🖊️ Descriptive Writing ⚖️ Showing Vs Telling 👁️ Point Of View 💬 Dialogue Craft

The House That Cleans Itself

by Mindy Starns Clark • 2007

For chronic mess-makers: stop changing your habits, and start changing your house instead.

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📦 Home Organization 🗑️ Decluttering 🏠 Environmental Design 🧹 Cleaning Routines ⚡ Efficient Cleaning

The House That Cleans Itself

For chronic mess-makers: stop changing your habits, and start changing your house instead.

by Mindy Starns Clark 2007 242 pages

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📦 Home Organization 🗑️ Decluttering 🏠 Environmental Design 🧹 Cleaning Routines ⚡ Efficient Cleaning

Dynamic Characters

by Nancy Kress • 1998

Before you outline another scene, ask what your character fears. The answer is your plot.

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🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 👁️ Show Don't Tell 🧠 Internal Conflict 💬 Dialogue Craft

Dynamic Characters

Before you outline another scene, ask what your character fears. The answer is your plot.

by Nancy Kress 1998 264 pages

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🖊️ Fiction Writing 🎭 Character Development 👁️ Show Don't Tell 🧠 Internal Conflict 💬 Dialogue Craft

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

by Lee Gutkind • 2012

True stories with a novelist's power: the craft, the ethics, and where you must never invent.

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📝 Creative Nonfiction ✍️ Narrative Craft 🎬 Scene Building 🔍 Immersion Journalism ⚖️ Truth And Ethics

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

True stories with a novelist's power: the craft, the ethics, and where you must never invent.

by Lee Gutkind 2012 288 pages

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📝 Creative Nonfiction ✍️ Narrative Craft 🎬 Scene Building 🔍 Immersion Journalism ⚖️ Truth And Ethics

The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing

by Evan Marshall • 1998

Turn one crisis into a full novel: three acts, three shocks, a synopsis that sells.

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🖋️ Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 📋 Plotting Methods 📚 Genre Fiction 👁️ Point Of View

The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing

Turn one crisis into a full novel: three acts, three shocks, a synopsis that sells.

by Evan Marshall 1998 287 pages

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🖋️ Novel Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 📋 Plotting Methods 📚 Genre Fiction 👁️ Point Of View

Plot Perfect

by Paula Munier • 2014

Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.

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🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction ⏱️ Narrative Pacing 🎭 Character Arcs

Plot Perfect

Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.

by Paula Munier 2014 288 pages

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🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction ⏱️ Narrative Pacing 🎭 Character Arcs

How to Grow a Novel

by Sol Stein • 1999

The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.

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📝 Fiction Craft 👁️ Showing Vs Telling 💬 Dialogue Craft 👤 Character Development 🚪 Story Openings

How to Grow a Novel

The editor's craft playbook: what makes readers abandon a novel, and how to keep them turning pages.

by Sol Stein 1999 288 pages

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📝 Fiction Craft 👁️ Showing Vs Telling 💬 Dialogue Craft 👤 Character Development 🚪 Story Openings

Designing Products People Love

by Scott Hurff • 2015

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

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🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Designing Products People Love

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

by Scott Hurff 2015 321 pages

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🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Million Dollar Outlines

by David Farland • 2013

An outlining method that pressure-tests your plot, designed to sell a novel on proposal.

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📐 Story Structure 🧠 Reader Psychology 💰 Commercial Fiction ⚙️ Plot Mechanics 📋 Outlining Method

Million Dollar Outlines

An outlining method that pressure-tests your plot, designed to sell a novel on proposal.

by David Farland 2013 234 pages

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📐 Story Structure 🧠 Reader Psychology 💰 Commercial Fiction ⚙️ Plot Mechanics 📋 Outlining Method

Creating Characters

by Dwight V. Swain • 1990

Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.

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🖋️ Fiction Craft 🎭 Character Development 🧠 Writing Psychology 📚 Classic Writing Guides ⚙️ Story Mechanics

Creating Characters

Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.

by Dwight V. Swain 1990 208 pages

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🖋️ Fiction Craft 🎭 Character Development 🧠 Writing Psychology 📚 Classic Writing Guides ⚙️ Story Mechanics

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

by Nancy Kress • 1992

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

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📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

by Nancy Kress 1992 149 pages

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📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Presentations in Action

by Jerry Weissman • 2011

Eighty lessons from master presenters: why you, not your slides, should own the room.

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🎤 Presentation Skills 💼 Business Communication 📖 Story Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 👥 Audience Engagement

Presentations in Action

Eighty lessons from master presenters: why you, not your slides, should own the room.

by Jerry Weissman 2011 188 pages

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🎤 Presentation Skills 💼 Business Communication 📖 Story Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 👥 Audience Engagement

Life Skills

by Chicago Tribune • 2012

Fix a leak, fold a fitted sheet, handle a fender-bender: the life guide you never got.

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🧭 Adulting Guide 🔧 Home Maintenance 🍽️ Social Etiquette 🆘 Emergency Preparedness 🏕️ Outdoor Skills

Life Skills

Fix a leak, fold a fitted sheet, handle a fender-bender: the life guide you never got.

by Chicago Tribune 2012 100 pages

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🧭 Adulting Guide 🔧 Home Maintenance 🍽️ Social Etiquette 🆘 Emergency Preparedness 🏕️ Outdoor Skills

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

by Bart King • 2008

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

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🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns 😂 Teen Humor 💩 Gross-Out Humor

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

by Bart King 2008 272 pages

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🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns 😂 Teen Humor 💩 Gross-Out Humor

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need

by Judith Matloff • 2020

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

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🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety 🩹 First Aid Basics 🔒 Digital Security

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

by Judith Matloff 2020 302 pages

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🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety 🩹 First Aid Basics 🔒 Digital Security

A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home

by Melissa Dilkes Pateras • 2023

The unfussy guide to a clean home: vinegar, baking soda, and small wins over marathon scrubs.

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🧹 Housekeeping 📦 Home Organization 🧘 Anti-Perfectionism 🧪 DIY Cleaning Products 💧 Stain Removal

A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home

The unfussy guide to a clean home: vinegar, baking soda, and small wins over marathon scrubs.

by Melissa Dilkes Pateras 2023 256 pages

3.92

350 ratings

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Elements of Fiction Writing - Scene & Structure

by Jack M. Bickham • 1993

Your novel drags because your scenes end well. End them badly and the pages turn themselves.

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Elements of Fiction Writing - Scene & Structure

Your novel drags because your scenes end well. End them badly and the pages turn themselves.

by Jack M. Bickham 1993 270 pages

4.11

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 📐 Plot Architecture ⏳ Suspense Craft

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