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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101440354340

ISBN-139781440354342

eBay Product ID (ePID)4038858829

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameHow to Write a Page Turner : Craft a Story Your Readers Can't Put Down

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectAuthorship, Composition & Creative Writing

TypeTextbook

AuthorJordan Rosenfeld

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-278044

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal808.3

SynopsisInfuse Your Fiction with the Powerful Tug of Tension Tension is the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it's missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander. Learning the craft of writing can sometimes feel like a paint by numbers approach--connect compelling character A to plot event B. To avoid writing that's formulaic, predictable, and slow, How to Write a Page Turner will help you sew the threads of tension tight for an unforgettable story. You'll learn how to: - Recognize the essential tension elements of danger, conflict, uncertainty, and withholding, and add them to your fiction - Create levels of tension in your characters through flaws, dialogue, power struggles, and more - Build tension at energetic markers throughout the plot - Use intimate imagery, strong sentences, and well-chosen words to build tension in exposition While this book walks you through the key areas that need tension building, from character to plot, it also delves deeper, analyzing exceptional examples from contemporary fiction's most gripping page-turners. So as you dive into the inner conflicts of a character's deepest psyche, to the mechanics of how you reveal information to the reader, you'll also discover how to craft a story your readers can't put down, Infuse Your Fiction with the Powerful Tug of Tension! Tension is the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it's missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander. Learning the craft of writing can sometimes feel like a paint by numbers approach--connect compelling character A to plot event B. To avoid writing that's formulaic, predictable, and slow, How to Write a Page Turner will help you sew the threads of tension tight for an unforgettable story. You'll learn how to- .Recognize the essential tension elements of danger, conflict, uncertainty, and withholding, and add them to your fiction .Create levels of tension in your characters through flaws, dialogue, power struggles, and more .Build tension at energetic markers throughout the plot .Use intimate imagery, strong sentences, and well-chosen words to build tension in exposition While this book walks you through the key areas that need tension building, from character to plot, it also delves deeper, analyzing exceptional examples from contemporary fiction's most gripping page-turners. So as you dive into the inner conflicts of a character's deepest psyche, to the mechanics of how you reveal information to the reader, you'll also discover how to craft a story your readers can't put down!, Between the very sentences of page-turning stories thrums an element that pulls you on without your notice, beckoning you forward with an outstretched finger, your heart beating all the while., Between the very sentences of page-turning stories thrums an element that pulls you on without your notice, beckoning you forward with an outstretched finger, your heart beating all the while. Without this element, even the most well crafted characters and compelling plots would fall flat. In a word: tension. Page-turning stories thrive on this element of the craft like lungs do air. Tension in novels, stories, and even memoirs, is like the connective tissue that allows muscles to attach to bones, and thus flex their might. It's the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing, and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it's missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander. Learning the craft of writing can sometimes feel like a paint by numbers approach--connect compelling character A to plot event B. To avoid writing that's formulaic, predictable, and slow, this book will help readers sew the threads of tension tight for an unforgettable story. While this book walks you through the obvious areas that need tension building, from character to plot, it also delves deeper, to the subterranean places in a story where tension is often lacking: into the inner conflicts of a character's deepest psyche, to the breath beats between the very words you write, to the mechanics of how you reveal information to the reader.

LC Classification NumberPN3365.R67 2019