The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing

Author: Evan Marshall
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9781582970622
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Imagine writing with the skill of a published author, the knowledge of a seasoned editor and the savvy of a New York literary agent....you'd have all the know-how it takes to transform your story idea into a novel worthy of praise and publication. In this unique guide, agent, editor and novelist Evan Marshall does give you everything it takes to write your novel. Drawing on his extensive experience, Marshall has perfected a simple and methodical approach to novel writing. His clear-cut, 16-step "Marshall Plan" breaks down the complex novel-writing process into a series of parts you put together one piece at a time. You'll have your whole story planned and plotted before you actually begin writing, so there's no chance of working yourself in a corner or making critical mistakes in pacing and plot. In short, The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing works. Use it, and watch your story masterfully develop into a completed manuscript ready to get the full attention of readers, agents and editors alike.

The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing

Author: Evan Marshall
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Agent, editor, and novelist Evan Marshall provides a 16-step plan for writing a publishable novel, beginning with how to decide what kind of novel to write and culminating in how to approach agents and editors. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Marshall Plan

Author: Benn Steil
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198757913
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 621

Book Description
Traces the history of the Marshall Plan and the efforts to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism during a two-year period that saw the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.

The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published

Author: Evan Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582971964
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
In this companion to "The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing, " he concentrates on the nitty gritty of producing a novel. Marshall deals specifically with writing genre fiction as the type most likely to be picked up by a publisher.

The Most Noble Adventure

Author: Greg Behrman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743282647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 4

Book Description
Traces America's four-year diplomatic efforts to help rebuild post-World War II Europe, an endeavor that involved a thirteen-billion-dollar plan and was heavily influenced by political factors.

Winning the Peace

Author: Nicolaus Mills
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1620458683
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Politicians of every stripe frequently invoke the Marshall Plan in support of programs aimed at using American wealth to extend the nation's power and influence, solve intractable third-world economic problems, and combat world hunger and disease. Do any of these impassioned advocates understand why the Marshall Plan succeeded where so many subsequent aid plans have not? Historian Nicolaus Mills explores the Marshall Plan in all its dimensions to provide valuable lessons from the past about what America can and cannot do as a superpower.

The Marshall Plan Workbook

Author: Evan Marshall
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9781582970592
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
The Marshall Plan Workbook, companion volume to the very successful Marshall Plan for Novel Writing, focuses on building a novel's plot, with more than 100 pages of fill-in sheets that become a veritable blueprint for each reader's novel. The Marshall Plan Workbook pushes deeper into the process of writing a novel scene by scene. Readers will learn to craft intriguing story goals and compelling conflicts all within a specific framework that enables them to produce any type of novel in a systematic yet creative way. They'll also learn the ins-and-outs of selling their work once it's finished. * Lively, interactive approach makes the book fun as well as educational * Easy-to-follow instruction takes the mystery--but not the creativity--out of writing a novel

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition

Author: Renni Browne
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062012908
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories. In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, exposition, point of view, interior monologue, and other techniques take you through the same processes an expert editor would go through to perfect your manuscript. Each point is illustrated with examples, many drawn from the hundreds of books Browne and King have edited.

The Local

Author: Joey Hartstone
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0593315197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
A freewheeling, small-town attorney takes on a national murder trial when an out-of-town client is accused of killing a federal judge in Texas. “A spectacular courtroom thriller that kept me turning pages like the best of Grisham or Turow." —Michelle King, co-creator of The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and Evil The town of Marshall, Texas, is the epicenter of intellectual property law in the US—renowned for its speedy trials and massive payouts. One of its best lawyers is James Euchre. His newest client, Amir Zawar, is a CEO forced to defend his life’s work against a patent infringement claim. But when a beloved hometown hero is murdered, all signs point to Zawar, an outsider with no alibi. With the help of a former federal prosecutor and a local PI, Euchre hopes to uncover the truth. In his first criminal case, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Euchre fears either an innocent man will be sent to death row, or he’ll help set a murderer free. The Local is a small-town thriller crackling with courtroom tension right up to the final verdict.

Evil Justice

Author: Evan Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780727867094
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A Hidden Manhattan Mystery - Terror grips Manhattan as the Ankh Killer leaves a trail of strangled, mutilated women across the city. Then sanitation supervisor Anna Winthrop discovers the killers latest victim in her own garage coquettish Shari Baird, a member of Annas crew. Tommy Mulligan, Annas best worker, was seen running from Sharis body; hes arrested and thrown into a cell on Rikers Island. When Tommys father begs Anna to prove his sons innocence, Anna agrees . . .