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==Prologue==
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===Six Essential Tips===
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====Sit Your Ass in the Chair and Write====
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====Ideas are Worthless====
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====Sit Your Ass in the Chair and Read====
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====Don't just Read Books, Read Life====
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====If You Can See Yourself Doing Anything Else, Do That Instead====
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====Seriously, Sit Your Ass in the Chair and Write====
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===Making This Book Work For You===
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===Style Notes===
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===Does This Sound Eerily Familiar?===
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==Conceiving Your Story==
 
==Conceiving Your Story==
 
==The Building Blocks of Narrative==
 
==The Building Blocks of Narrative==

Revision as of 15:26, 29 January 2021


How to Pretend You've Read This Book (introduction)

Foreword

Prologue

Six Essential Tips

Sit Your Ass in the Chair and Write

Ideas are Worthless

Sit Your Ass in the Chair and Read

Don't just Read Books, Read Life

If You Can See Yourself Doing Anything Else, Do That Instead

Seriously, Sit Your Ass in the Chair and Write

Making This Book Work For You

Style Notes

Does This Sound Eerily Familiar?

Conceiving Your Story

The Building Blocks of Narrative

Our First Example

Laying the Groundwork

Mapping Your Story

First Draft

Revision

Editing and Giving Notes

Beat Analysis

Now, Over To You

Inspiration to Premise Worksheet

Beat Mapping Quick Reference