Tina Foster

Handbook for Writers: Plotting and Characters Plus Many Writing Dos and Don'ts Tina Foster

There is much more to writing than putting words down on the pages. New writers often have pages filled with common mistakes that tell the Acquiring Editor at a publishing house, or a Literary Agent, that they have not honed their writing skills, and their manuscript usually lacks polishing. This affects how readers percieve your story as well. You may have the most wonderful story, but if it is riddled with common mistakes and amateurish writing, they will never read enough of it to find out if it is good or not. This also affects how READERS percieve yor writing skills as well, and can get you bad reviews which can kill sales. Learn what things to avoid in your writng that turn off Editors and Agents, as well as readers. Learn the secrets to more effective writing, pacing, sentence structure, plotting, characters and the many dos and don'ts in writing. Includes such subjects as: Show, don't tell, Point of View (POV), Dialogue, Punctuation, Verbs, Sentence structure, Scenes, Details, Dos and Don'ts, plus many other subjects. The best "how-to" book for new, intermediate, and even experienced writers to help you hone your skills and polish that manuscript.