Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series) (1551800969) - Reviews and Prices

Writers Book Mall - Books, Magazines, and Software for Writers

writersbookmall.com Info and Reviews - Reviews and Prices

Home / Books / Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series)

Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series) (1551800969) - Customer Reviews, Information, Ratings, and Prices

Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series) (1551800969) - Reviews and Prices

Search

Books, Music, DVD

Books
DVD
Magazines
Popular Music
Classical Music
Videos

Electronics & Office

Electronics
Camera & Photo
Office Products
Software
Video Games
Personal Computers
Cell Phones

Kids & Baby

Baby
Toys & Games
Video Games

Home & Garden

Bed & Bath
Furniture & Décor
Housewares
Kitchen
Outdoor Living
Tools & Hardware
Vacuums & Floor Care
Home Audio & Video

In association with

View shopping cart
 

Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series)

Author: Vanessa Grant
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1551800969

$2.49


 

Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series)

Writing Romance (Self-Counsel Series)
by: Vanessa Grant


Editorial Review:

"Writing Romance: Creativity Seminars" has been created from the wealth of popular seminars Vanessa Grant has given to writers in Canada and the United States. This 8 tape audiocassette album covers much of the material from which Vanessa wrote her popular classic, "Writing Romance", and contains the following seminars: Writing Womens Fiction (2 tapes)
How to get best-selling plot ideas from your fears, dreams, and hang-ups. Components of successful women's fiction. Plotting and characterization tricks used by professional writers. Timeless story themes and powerful archetypes. Your home town, an exotic setting? Finding time to write. Getting from idea to finished novel. Characters, motivation, conflict, tension, and plot. Keeping track. What if you get stuck? How to find a mentor.

Character Driven Plotting
Vanessa explains the difference between writer driven and character driven plots. Examples of how to create realistic characters, how to develop character relationships and behavior patterns. How to develop backstory. How character personality plus backstory drive plotting for realistic character-driven plots.

Conflict for Writers
How to create believable conflict in your fiction. Want/cant have as the conflict driver. The relationship between conflict and emotional intensity. Archetypal situations with inherent conflict.

Territory: From Character to Conflict
Knowing your characters is the single most important preparation for writing a good book, but how do you move from character to conflict? Vanessa describes how to develop conflict by discovering when characters will behave irrationally, and when they will instinctively defend territory. Using Vanessas concept of territory, writers can readily determine characters territorial boundaries and predict situations that will create realistic conflict every reader can relate to.

Brain Sex - about Men and Women
Do your men talk and act like men? Are your women believable modern women? Drawing from her writing experience, and studies of differences between men and women, Vanessa discusses how to write about the sexes.

Pacing to Maintain Tension
Vanessa makes this complex technical subject clear with graphic examples. Topics include: Time and the writer: story time, reader time, and writer time. The simple rule that covers it all. How pacing relates to viewpont and narrative style.

From Spark to Finish
This popular lecture describes the process of writing a novel, using Vanessas Yesterdays Vows as an example. Topics include: Original concept or story spark. Development of characterization, backstory, and conflict, with examples of how to move a stuck idea. Development of plot. How to keep track of timelines and continuity details. (Complete book notes for Yesterdays Vows are available in Vanessas book, Writing Romance.)

The writer sits at her desk, her auburn hair catching the late-afternoon sun, her chocolate-brown eyes focused far, far away. For as long as she could remember, she'd spent Sundays at the beach, wearing the same bikini she'd worn in high school and looking even better now than she did then. Each of her companions was more compelling than the last one; her life was an ever-changing cast of ... romance novels. The stories were exciting and alluring, each fulfilling its promise to whisk her away. After having read so many romances, then, why was she having so much trouble writing her own? Because she didn't have Vanessa Grant, published by Harlequin 25 times over, to attend to her queries about plot, conflict, character development, and love (not sex, please) scenes. As luck would have it, now anyone can benefit from Grant's romance-writing know-how. In Writing Romance she coaches you on everything from naming your characters to getting an editor to read your finished manuscripts. She's got ideas about story development ("Try dumping your character into your worst nightmare"), setting ("If you're not an expert on your setting, it's wise to have your character new to the setting as well"), suspense (it's created by unanswered questions), and more. If you find that your characters are running amuck, try out Grant's garbage-can test. Pretend to throw out your novel. Then, Grant says, ask yourself what one part of the story you would pick out of the garbage, if you could pick out just one. You might be surprised by what you hold on to. Grant peppers her text with helpful examples from the pages (and preparations) of her own books.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

From J. Kaye's Book Blog:

My belief system is there is no such thing as a bad how-to write book. Anything that will get an aspiring moving in a positive direction is good. To back this belief system up, I have a shelf full of them. I even had Vanessa Grant's previous addition to this book on my shelf until a year or so ago. Remember the red one? I was curious to see how much had been added and the answer is quite a lot.
If you've read books by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Ph. D., Jordan E. Rosenfeld, and Karen S. Wiesner, this one... more info

Learning to Write Romance:

The cover of the book says it all:
Create a romance bestseller, write romantic scenes from start to finish, and get in on the big business of writing romance!
Writing Romance gives you all the ingredients for a successful romance novel, from writing powerful characters to opening the story with a question that stirs the reader's mind.
The book is divided into several different sections:
--Planning and plotting your book
--Researching
--Setting goals
--Selling your... more info

Writing Romance worked for me!:

When I first received this book as a gift, I sat down immediately and read it cover to cover. Being an avid writer of romance fiction, it was the book I had been looking for. Writing Romance is a great source for writers just venturing out into the world of romance fiction, but offers all writers great tips and techniques. Not only does Vanessa explain her techniques in this book, but she also offers examples of how she used the techniques within excerpts of her own published novels, giving the reader a... more info

but Vanessa Grant can't write!:

This book was entertaining, but pretty useless. Most of the "advice" consists of personal accounts of Ms. Grant's own writing experiences, with very specific details as to how she came up with all her plots (and very minor attempts to translate this into beneficial knowledge for the reader). It could serve as a decent catalog if you were shopping for her books. She manages to make some useful points about designing characters to produce conflict, but she misuses vocabulary words on more than one occasion,... more info


Similar Products:

On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells
by Leigh Michaels
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
Writing the Great American Romance Novel Writing the Great American Romance Novel
by Catherine Lanigan
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
Kate Walker s 12 Point Guide to Writing Romance (Studymates Writers Guides) Kate Walker's 12 Point Guide to Writing Romance (Studymates Writers Guides)
by Kate Walker
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 1 to 4 months
The Art of Romance Writing: Practical Advice from an International Bestselling Romance Writer The Art of Romance Writing: Practical Advice from an International Bestselling...
by Valerie Parv
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies
by Leslie Wainger
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
Romance Writer s Phrase Book (Perigee) Romance Writer's Phrase Book (Perigee)
by Jean Kent, Candace Shelton
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
The Everything Guide to Writing a Romance Novel: From writing the perfect love scene to finding the right publisher--All you need to fulfill your dreams (Everything Series) The Everything Guide to Writing a Romance Novel: From writing the perfect love...
by Christie Craig, Faye Hughes
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
The Romance Writer s Handbook: How to Write Romantic Fiction and Get it Published The Romance Writer's Handbook: How to Write Romantic Fiction & Get it...
by Rebecca Vinyard
(Paperback)
Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance
by Angela Knight
(Paperback)
- Usually ships in 24 hours
Portions © Amazon.com, Inc.

1. Eat, Pray, Love Eat, Pray, Love
from Penguin

Customer Review:
So I got this book because of the movie. I struggled to read it. The author goes into tooooo much detail about things and it just drags on. She also writes the book for higher level readers which turns me off since there is toooo much detail

Customer Rating:
3.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


2. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition
from American Psychological Association (APA)
Price: $21.99

Customer Review:
As an academician, I do a lot of research work. This book has made it very easy for me to do the proper referencing in my research papers. On top of this, I like the details on research writing such as 'How to express ideas and reducing bias in language'. As English is not my first language, this... more info

Customer Rating:
3.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


3. Sharp Writing: Building Better Writing Skills Sharp Writing: Building Better Writing Skills
from Kaplan Test Prep

Customer Review:
Kaplan's "Sharp Writing" is a practical overview of grammar and usage, but is quite basic. If you are looking for a book that will provide you with more "Style" advice than grammar, I would recommend Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing). I would... more info

Customer Rating:
4.0 / 5.0


Click here for more information


4.  They Say I Say : The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Second Edition) "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Second Edition)
from W. W. Norton & Company
Price: $16.71

Customer Review:
The book is generally poorly written. It is extremely colloquial, and thus could be of use for teaching younger students. However, for an educated audience (college level), it is extremely weak and close to useless. I was assigned this book for an introductory writing course at my college and was... more info

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


5. How To Speak And Write Correctly How To Speak And Write Correctly
from Plain Label Books

Customer Review:
This seems to be a pretty comprehensive guide to English grammar which is to the point. There are plenty of useful examples and it covers common mistakes as well as how to write and speak clearly.
Best of all it's free. What's not to like?

Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0


Click here for more information


6. Life on the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi
from General Books LLC
Price: $11.98

Customer Review:
Had Twain stopped after the first section, in which he describes riverboat piloting and his exploits therein, I would have come away with a positive impression of the book. His piloting writings were entertaining and interesting, even though not particularly relevant in today's world.
However... more info

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


7. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
from Modern Language Association of America
Price: $3.00

Customer Review:
This book arrived on time and in great condition. I would recommend this seller and definitely buy from this seller again.

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


8. Northanger Abbey (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen) Northanger Abbey (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen)
from Cambridge University Press
Price: $83.99

Customer Review:
Jane Austen's first completed novel is lighter and more humorous in tone than her subsequent work. It is however, as beautifully written as that later work - there was, as always with Austen, a lot of rewriting before publication, which in this case was posthumous - and it is in no sense an inferior... more info

Customer Rating:
4.0 / 5.0


Click here for more information


9. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $9.94

Customer Review:
I had to buy this for my honors thesis course in college, but ended up never having to use it. You could easily find anything useful in this book for free online. This book was too long and too expensive.

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


10. A Pocket Style Manual with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates A Pocket Style Manual with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
from Bedford/St. Martin's
Price: $23.48

Customer Review:
Our order was scheduled for 24 hour delivery. It disappeared. Called Mon. about Thursday's shipment. (Fri. due date.) I was told I could get a replacement by talking to someone at the end of the day. Replacement was sent without an additional call. (Thanks!) Product arrived Wed. evening.

Customer Rating:
3.0 / 5.0


Click here for more information


11. Frankenstein (Longman Cultural Editions) Frankenstein (Longman Cultural Editions)
from Longman
Price: $8.95

Customer Review:
My daughter had to read this book over the summer for a grade in her Honors English class. I liked the fact that it was cheap, but on the other hand, what I paid for shipping I could have went ahead and purchased it out of the store. I wasn't to thrilled about that!

Customer Rating:
4.0 / 5.0


Click here for more information


12. Pride and Prejudice, A Longman Cultural Edition Pride and Prejudice, A Longman Cultural Edition
from Longman
Price: $10.00

Customer Review:
Amazon has started lumping together all of the reviews for the various versions of a title, even if the review doesn't pertain to that particular version. The review by Forestlawn, above, is a prime example. Their review has to do, apparently, with a 48 page printed book, and not the audio book... more info

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


13. The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $9.49

Customer Review:
Research is most definitely a craft and as with all research books, there is a great deal written about scientific research and medical research. Generic research guides do little to offer help to Musicological research. Yet this is a helpful resource tool if taken generically.

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


14. The Scarlet Letter (The John Harvard Library) The Scarlet Letter (The John Harvard Library)
from Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Price: $5.92

Customer Review:
where to bloody begin.... ah.. in my junior year i and everyone else in class was forced to read the book and watch the horrible origanal slow and boring movie. after we got done with it almost everyone in the whole dang room yelled out that it suck, right at the same time. both this and the great... more info

Customer Rating:
3.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


15. The Associated Press Stylebook 2009 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law) The Associated Press Stylebook 2009 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law)
from Basic Books
Price: $10.49

Customer Review:
Great job! I ordered a total of three books with my order. I paid extra fees for quick shipping, but not for this book. However, this book arrived first.

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


16. A Writer s Reference with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates A Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
from Bedford/St. Martin's
Price: $49.99

Customer Review:
It was not the book advertised--close, it was the red dot 2009 MLA updates but no APA updates. My professor said it will work--but really need updated version. Need to be careful you are getting the right product. I did not realize it was the wrong one until my professor said it does not have the... more info

Customer Rating:
3.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


17. Exercises to Accompany A Writer s Reference Exercises to Accompany A Writer's Reference
from Bedford/St. Martin's
Price: $7.38

Customer Review:
This book is a must have for anyone attending college that has to write papers. It will guide you through citing your references correctly. I would have been lost without it. I was happy that this book was cheaper on Amazon versus our bookstore, and other retailers in the area.

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


18. Into the Wild Into the Wild
from Macmillan
Price: $168.87

Customer Review:
The book Arrive early thats great. But didnt like the condition of the book. Lets be more specific to the customers.

Customer Rating:
4.0 / 5.0


Click here for more information


19. The Elements of Style: The Original Edition The Elements of Style: The Original Edition
from Waking Lion Press
Price: $7.94

Customer Review:
It's a very helpful book to any writer.
It will have you taking a closer look at how you write and edit your work. Should you hold the craft of writing dear enough, you'll never write without it. Prepare to realize many of the simple writing mistakes you make every day that, while proper in... more info

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


20. The Elements of Style (4th Edition) The Elements of Style (4th Edition)
from Longman
Price: $9.29

Customer Review:
I haven't really got a chance to read the book. Glancing through it, I know this is what I was looking for.

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


Click here for more information


1 - 20

More Results

Portions © Amazon.com, Inc.

Quick search for any item

411inkjets

Need money? Check out The Money Forums. Books for doctors at Doctors Book Store. Books for engineers at Engineers Book Shop. Good Jewish books are at Jewish Book Mall. Looking for toys and games? Try Toys and Reviews. Get home, garden, and automotive tools and reviews at Tools and Reviews. Got software? See Software User Guides. Jewish Book Mall Jewish Feeds

Site copyright 2003-2010 Atarim, LLC

Privacy policy: we don't collect information about visitors except for the standard technical server logs. We don't send unsolicited emails. We don't sell the information that we don't collect about you to anyone. When you follow links to other sites, their privacy policies apply. Thanks for visiting!

Sedo - Buy and Sell Domain Names and Websites project info: writersbookmall.com Statistics for project writersbookmall.com etracker® web controlling instead of log file analysis