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Your First 1000 Copies

av 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.

av Tim Grahl 2013 147 sidor

4.14

1 000+ betyg

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

Writing Poetry To Save Your Life

av Maria Mazziotti Gillan • 2013

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

4.10

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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.

av Maria Mazziotti Gillan 2013 202 sidor

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

Life Hacks

av 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.

av Keith Bradford 2014 304 sidor

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

The Right-Brain Business Plan

av 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.

av Jennifer Lee. 2011 240 sidor

4.03

500+ betyg

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

Gracious

av 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.

av Kelly Williams Brown 2017 256 sidor

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

How to DJ Right

av Frank Broughton • 2002

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

4.06

454

🎛️ 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.

av Frank Broughton 2002 288 sidor

4.06

454 betyg

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

Thinking Like Your Editor

av 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.

av Susan Rabiner 2002 288 sidor

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

Conflict and Suspense

av 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.

av James Scott Bell 2011 273 sidor

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

Crafting Novels & Short Stories

av 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.

av The Writer's Digest 2011 368 sidor

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

Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook

av 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.

av Donald Maass 2004 240 sidor

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

Just Write

av 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.

av James Scott Bell 2016 303 sidor

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

Hooked

av Les Edgerton • 2007

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

4.02

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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.

av Les Edgerton 2007 256 sidor

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

Teach Your Child How To Think

av Edward de Bono • 1994

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

3.67

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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.

av 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

av 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.

av Walter Mosley 2007

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

Carrots Love Tomatoes

av 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.

av Louise Riotte 1975 224 sidor

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

Revision & Self-Editing

av 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.

av James Scott Bell 2008 266 sidor

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

The Permaculture Garden

av Graham Bell • 1994

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

3.88

103

🌀 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.

av Graham Bell 1994 174 sidor

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

House Love

av 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.

av Patric Richardson 2023 216 sidor

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

Writing 21st Century Fiction

av 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.

av Donald Maass 2012 224 sidor

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

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published

av 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.

av Arielle Eckstut 2005 802 sidor

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

Life Makeovers

av 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.

av Cheryl Richardson 2000 209 sidor

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

Gardening When It Counts

av 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.

av Steve Solomon 2006 360 sidor

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

Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies

av 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.

av Lee Livingood 2000 288 sidor

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

Wrestling for Fighting

av Randy Couture • 2007

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

4.07

🥊 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.

av Randy Couture 2007 216 sidor

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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

av 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.

av Jeffrey J. Fox 2001 192 sidor

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

Dialogue

av Gloria Kempton • 2004

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

3.97

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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.

av Gloria Kempton 2004 240 sidor

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

Managing to Change the World

av 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.

av Alison Green 2009 240 sidor

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

The Plot Whisperer

av Martha Alderson • 2011

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

4.02

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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.

av Martha Alderson 2011 256 sidor

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

How to Travel the World on $50 a Day

av 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.

av Matt Kepnes 2013 272 sidor

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

Creative Writing For Dummies

av Maggie Hamand • 2010

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

3.89

321

🧳 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.

av Maggie Hamand 2010 386 sidor

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

Gentle Writing Advice

av 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.

av Chuck Wendig 2023 256 sidor

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

Immediate Fiction

av Jerry Cleaver • 2002

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

4.14

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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.

av Jerry Cleaver 2002 304 sidor

4.14

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

New Startup Mindset

av Sandra Shpilberg • 2021

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

4.27

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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.

av Sandra Shpilberg 2021 216 sidor

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

Description

av Monica Wood • 1995

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

4.06

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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.

av Monica Wood 1995 176 sidor

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

The House That Cleans Itself

av 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.

av Mindy Starns Clark 2007 242 sidor

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

Dynamic Characters

av 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.

av Nancy Kress 1998 264 sidor

4.09

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

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

av Lee Gutkind • 2012

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

3.98

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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.

av Lee Gutkind 2012 288 sidor

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

The Marshall Plan For Novel Writing

av Evan Marshall • 1998

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

3.76

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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.

av Evan Marshall 1998 287 sidor

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

Plot Perfect

av Paula Munier • 2014

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

4.25

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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.

av Paula Munier 2014 288 sidor

4.25

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

Designing Products People Love

av Scott Hurff • 2015

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

4.11

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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.

av Scott Hurff 2015 321 sidor

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

How to Grow a Novel

av Sol Stein • 1999

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

4.06

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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.

av Sol Stein 1999 288 sidor

4.06

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

Million Dollar Outlines

av David Farland • 2013

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

4.16

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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.

av David Farland 2013 234 sidor

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

Creating Characters

av Dwight V. Swain • 1990

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

3.92

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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.

av Dwight V. Swain 1990 208 sidor

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

Presentations in Action

av Jerry Weissman • 2011

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

3.71

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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.

av Jerry Weissman 2011 188 sidor

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

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

av 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.

av Nancy Kress 1992 149 sidor

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

Life Skills

av Chicago Tribune • 2012

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

2.79

134

🧭 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.

av Chicago Tribune 2012 100 sidor

2.79

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

A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home

av Melissa Dilkes Pateras • 2023

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

3.92

350

🧹 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.

av Melissa Dilkes Pateras 2023 256 sidor

3.92

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

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

av Judith Matloff • 2020

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

3.51

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

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