THE WRITTER'S TUNE-UP MANUAL 35 EXERCIISES THAT WILL SCRAPE THE RUST OF YOUR WRITING! (BY CRAIG A. HART)
by Craig A. Hart
SWEATSHOPPE PUBLICATIONS LLC
Rockford, Illinois, USA
Copyright © 2013 by Craig A. Hart
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ISBN: 978-0615842011
LCCN: 2013943901
Published in the United States of America
Interior Design by Craig A. Hart
Cover Design by Craig A. Hart
Introduction
Welcome to The Writer’s Tune-Up Manual. If you’re like
most writers, the one thing you want most of all is to improve
your craft. Everybody, from already established writers to the
greenest newbie out there, can stand a little tweaking of the brake
lines, an oil change, or new air filter. The goal of this little book
is to scrape the rust off various aspects of writing by providing
targeted exercises. This book is designed to help you hone your
craft by doing the very thing you want to improve: writing!
We’ve arranged the book into five sections: Character, Plot,
Point of View, Dialogue, and Description and Setting. We have
also provided space for you to write in the book, but you will
likely find it helpful to use a piece of scrap paper or a laptop while
you arrange your thoughts and actually do the included exercises.
Are you ready to scrape the rust off your writing? Good! Let’s
get started.
How To Use This Book
We’ve arranged this book in the form of an “importance
sandwich.” Before you get hungry, let me explain.
The first section, which includes ten amazing exercises, is
designed to tackle character creation and development, the most
important aspect of writing. Characters are the lifeblood of any
good book.
Following that are three smaller sections that cover point of
view, dialogue, and description and setting. While these are all
important, they play second piccolo to character.
The fifth and final section is the second big one, plot. There
are ten exercises for plot development. By mastering character
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and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and without
character and plot, no book can survive.
Feel free to skip around and tackle whatever area you wish
to shine up first, but I do recommend visiting the two larger
sections at some point.
Now let’s get writing!
- Craig A. Hart
Editor-in-Chief, The Rusty Nail
Publisher, Sweatshoppe Publications
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