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| Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction) | 
 enlarge | Author: James Scott Bell
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 1864
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 158297294X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.394
UPC: 035313109423
EAN: 9781582972947
ASIN: 158297294X
Publication Date: October 6, 2004
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Excellent advice even for the professional September 8, 2008
I work with authors for a living, and I have published two successful nonfiction books. But I still learned so much from James Scott Bell. When I read his brilliant insight about The Big Lie, I knew that I had believed it, too. Because plotting never came "naturally" to me, I assumed that I couldn't do it. But I dislike literary prose that meanders and never goes anywhere, so I felt locked out of fiction.
Not only did his clear-eyed, accessible advice help me with my third nonfiction book (breaking a two-year block in the process by helping me see how to structure it), but it also gave me the wherewithal to tackle fiction again, something I had abandoned in the mid-1990s even though an editor was interested in publishing it!
Thank you, James Scott Bell. I now buy copies of your book and send them to my literary clients as gifts. You're right up there with Donald Maass for offering timely, well-stated, on-target, USABLE advice. Just to show you my appreciation, I'm now going to read one of your novels! :-)
plot and structure September 8, 2008
clear, user friendly, a solid "how-to" and many ideas that can be used for a novice or professional writer....
Great read for all writers! July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little gem cuts through all the noise and gets right down to analyzing the mechanics of good stories. It's full of wonderfully simple observations and immediately applicable guidelines, the kind that are obvious in retrospect but that I never noticed before. The author's not out to cramp anyone's style, either - he recognizes that writers generate material in all kinds of different ways. Definitely worth picking up.
Very helpful for novel writers July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the best book of advice for aspiring novel writers I have seen. Lots of practical examples and some good techniques to try out. Even has a chapter-by-chapter system to go from nothing to a novel by the end of the book (if you want to use it).
It is also engaging to read and is not boring or "text-booky" at all.
Higly recommended.
Invaluable advice June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased his book after attending a class Mr. Bell gave at a writer's conference.
The book is invaluable, it will save countless hours of re-writing, and make the entire effort easier. Plot is perhaps the most important element of a book.
Just as a house has a kitchen, bedroom, front door, etc, a well-crafted book should contain certain elements as well.
There are time-tested techniques and pointers, this book lists them and makes their application much easier.
We all have at least a dozen books on the craft of writing, this should be one of them. It is worth the investment and the time it will take to digest it.
Dan Elliott Jr.
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