on December 7th, 2009 by Claudia
In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve put out a free eBook: PLOT YOUR NOVEL IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS. It’s not a gimmick or a come-on–it’s a real technique that’s been used in Hollywood for decades. It’s one of the few techniques in SECRETS OF A GHOSTWRITER that I did not personally create. (To download [...]
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on June 18th, 2009 by Claudia
I’ve recently run into the same situation with two novelists: their protagonists were neither sympathetic nor likable. I didn’t want either one to come out on top. In fact, I wished both characters would simply drop dead somewhere around the end of chapter two–which was essentially what happened, because I stopped reading. I am a [...]
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on June 11th, 2009 by Claudia
Eerily, I’ve had the same conversation with a series of aspiring novelists in the last month or some, to wit: novels are not movies. They’re about people, not events. Even when they’re wrapped around a real event, they’re about the people experiencing the event, not the event itself. Nonfiction is about events. Furthermore (the discussion [...]
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on March 12th, 2009 by Claudia
Had such a great class session today (fiction substantive editing), I want to do some rooftop shouting. Alas, my rooftop is neither sturdy enough or quiet enough. Ergo, I blog. While I admit certain things are still missing from the textbook because I am STILL in the process of doing that rewrite, nevertheless the class [...]
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on February 15th, 2009 by Claudia
I field the question “What will I really learn in your Ghostwriter Training class?” every time I go to a writers meeting or send out a flyer or speak to a group of students. Even though ghostwriting is now being touted as one of the “best careers” for 2009, it occurred to me that most [...]
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on November 24th, 2008 by Claudia
I just finished the second-to-last session of Ghostwriter Training for this semester and was surprised at what my students came up with to rename the class: Secrets of Making Money as a Writer I didn’t realize the class covers as much as it does! Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll learn: How to do [...]
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