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    Writing Deep Scenes

    Plotting Your Story Through Action, Emotion, and Theme

    Author Martha Alderson, Jordan Rosenfeld
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    $27.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Writer's Digest Books
    5.49"W x 8.4"H x 0.67"D   | 11 oz | 40 per carton
    On sale Oct 02, 2015 | 256 Pages | 9781599638836
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    Take a Deep Dive into Plot and Scene and Improve Your Writing

    Whether you're planning your first novel or have already written a first draft, you need to master the concepts of plot and scene to truly realize your story's potential. Writing Deep Scenes teaches you how to write strong, layered, and engaging scenes--the secret to memorable, page-turning plots. It's filled with practical tools for building layers and nuance into your scenes, employing the right scene types at the right junctures, and developing a profound understanding of how plot and scene intertwine.

    Inside you'll learn:

       • How scenes are comprised of three key layers: action, emotion, and theme.
       • How to recognize each layer and weave them seamlessly into a scene.
       • How to develop an intricate relationship between the action and emotion in every scene.
       • How thematic imagery embedded in scenes increases a story's tension and contributes to the story's meaning.
    Using contemporary examples from a variety of genres, Writing Deep Scenes provides an effective method for plotting at the scene level. Use these techniques and enrich your fiction and memoirs with page-turning suspense and pathos, and explore new depths in every story you write.
    Martha Alderson (Santa Cruz, CA) deconstructs plot at the scene and overall story levels in her series of writing resources for authors, including The Plot Whisperer, The Plot Whisperer Workbook, The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts, and Writing Deep Scenes (with Jordan Rosenfeld). As an international plot consultant for writers, Martha's clients include best-selling and award-winning authors, New York editors, and Hollywood movie directors. View titles by Martha Alderson
    Jordan E. Rosenfeld is the author of Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time; Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life, with Rebecca Lawton; and the novel Forged in Grace. She is a former contributing editor to Writer's Digest magazine and has written for Publishers Weekly, The Writer magazine, and many other publications. View titles by Jordan Rosenfeld

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    Take a Deep Dive into Plot and Scene and Improve Your Writing

    Whether you're planning your first novel or have already written a first draft, you need to master the concepts of plot and scene to truly realize your story's potential. Writing Deep Scenes teaches you how to write strong, layered, and engaging scenes--the secret to memorable, page-turning plots. It's filled with practical tools for building layers and nuance into your scenes, employing the right scene types at the right junctures, and developing a profound understanding of how plot and scene intertwine.

    Inside you'll learn:

       • How scenes are comprised of three key layers: action, emotion, and theme.
       • How to recognize each layer and weave them seamlessly into a scene.
       • How to develop an intricate relationship between the action and emotion in every scene.
       • How thematic imagery embedded in scenes increases a story's tension and contributes to the story's meaning.
    Using contemporary examples from a variety of genres, Writing Deep Scenes provides an effective method for plotting at the scene level. Use these techniques and enrich your fiction and memoirs with page-turning suspense and pathos, and explore new depths in every story you write.

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    Martha Alderson (Santa Cruz, CA) deconstructs plot at the scene and overall story levels in her series of writing resources for authors, including The Plot Whisperer, The Plot Whisperer Workbook, The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts, and Writing Deep Scenes (with Jordan Rosenfeld). As an international plot consultant for writers, Martha's clients include best-selling and award-winning authors, New York editors, and Hollywood movie directors. View titles by Martha Alderson
    Jordan E. Rosenfeld is the author of Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time; Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life, with Rebecca Lawton; and the novel Forged in Grace. She is a former contributing editor to Writer's Digest magazine and has written for Publishers Weekly, The Writer magazine, and many other publications. View titles by Jordan Rosenfeld

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