Writing Tips: A Creative and Practical Guide to Improving Your Story (The Creative Writer’s Toolkit Book 1)

About this book

Writing a book can feel overwhelming—especially if your genre is fantasy, science fiction, or horror. It’s almost like going on a quest. You have to create cities and villages, populate them with unique creatures, and figure out how to save the world—all while making sure your main character finds true love.Hard, yes.Impossible, no.If it were impossible, literature wouldn’t exist.This book can help you accomplish your writing goals and kick discouragement to the curb, where it belongs. It can also inspire you to write the best story possible, while creating believable characters and well-developed worlds at the same time.You’ll discover:• How organic writing can make your fantasy, science fiction, or horror seem more real.• How to use the author’s secret world-building tips.• How to create well-developed worlds by making one change in your writing.• How you can improve your story premise by asking “What If.”• Why adding an adrenaline rush to your story can both entice and satisfy readers.• How genre-blending can strengthen your story and plot.• How to hit tropes by first hitting your genre.Discover how you can create the book of your dreams by making a few simple changes to your manuscript.Multiple-award-winning author, Merrie Destefano, spent sixteen years in the publishing industry as a book and magazine editor, working for The Word For Today, Walter Foster Publishing, APG-Media, and Engaged Media. Her novels have been published by HarperCollins, Entangled Teen, and Ruby Slippers Press, and her books have won awards in both the science fiction and fantasy categories.The Author’s Awards:• Realm Award Winner, Paranormal/Horror, Shade: The Complete Trilogy, 2019 Realm Makers Awards• Silver Medal Winner, YA Horror/Mystery, Shade: The Complete Trilogy, 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards• Second Place Winner, YA/NA Speculative Fiction, Valiant, 2019 YARWA Athena Awards• Writer Of The Year, Merrie Destefano, 2010 Mount Hermon Writer’s Conference Read more