Writing Tips: A Creative and Practical Guide to Improving Your Story (The Creative Writer’s Toolkit Book 1),
by Merrie Destefano
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Writing a book can feel overwhelming—especially if your genre is fantasy, science fiction, or horror. It’s almost like going on a quest. You have to create cities and villages, populate them with unique creatures, and figure out how to save the world—all while making sure your main character finds true love.
Hard, yes.
Impossible, no.
If it were impossible, literature wouldn’t exist.
This book can help you accomplish your writing goals and kick discouragement to the curb, where it belongs. It can also inspire you to write the best story possible, while creating believable characters and well-developed worlds at the same time.
You’ll discover:
• How organic writing can make your fantasy, science fiction, or horror seem more real.
• How to use the author’s secret world-building tips.
• How to create well-developed worlds by making one change in your writing.
• How you can improve your story premise by asking “What If.”
• Why adding an adrenaline rush to your story can both entice and satisfy readers.
• How genre-blending can strengthen your story and plot.
• How to hit tropes by first hitting your genre.
Discover how you can create the book of your dreams by making a few simple changes to your manuscript.
Multiple-award-winning author, Merrie Destefano, spent sixteen years in the publishing industry as a book and magazine editor, working for The Word For Today, Walter Foster Publishing, APG-Media, and Engaged Media. Her novels have been published by HarperCollins, Entangled Teen, and Ruby Slippers Press, and her books have won awards in both the science fiction and fantasy categories.
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About the Author
Her books have been published by HarperCollins, Entangled Teen, Walter Foster, and Ruby Slippers Press, and, most likely, she's writing her next book while you're reading this. She has worked for Focus on the Family, The Word For Today, Engaged Media, and PJS Publications, and her magazine work includes editor of Victorian Homes magazine, Zombies magazine, Haunted: Mysteries And Legends magazine, American Farmhouse Style magazine, Vintage Gardens magazine and founding editor of Cottages & Bungalows magazine. Her co-authored art books include How To Draw Vampires, How To Draw Zombies, and How to Draw Grimm's Dark Fairy Tales.
Born in the Midwest she now lives in Southern California, where she runs on caffeine, and shares her home with rescue dogs and cats. And although she dearly loves science fiction, in her heart of hearts, she still doesn't believe airplanes should be able to fly.
Her writing awards include:
• USA Today Bestselling Author: December 19, 2021
• Realm Award Finalist, Audiobook, Shade: Book 1: 2021 Realm Makers Awards
• Realm Award Winner, Paranormal/Horror, Shade: The Complete Trilogy, 2019 Realm Makers Awards
• Silver Medal Winner, YA Horror/Mystery, Shade: The Complete Trilogy, 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards
• Second Place Winner, YA/NA Speculative Fiction, Valiant, 2019 YARWA Athena Awards
• Writer Of The Year, Merrie Destefano, 2010 Mount Hermon Writer’s Conference
To learn more, please visit her website: www.merriedestefano.com.
