Parts
III. Establishing a Writing Routine
- 19. Your New Schedule
- 20. Creating High-Energy Scenes
- 21. The Theater of the Reader’s Mind
- 22. The Author’s Golden Rule
- 23. Developing Your Villain
- 24. Manuscript Repair & Rewrite
- 25. The Inciting Incident
- 26. How to Create Powerful Cliffhangers
- 27. Staying the Course
- 28. How to Write Without Guilt
- 29. Plot Twists
- 30. A Thick-Skinned Manuscript Critique
- 31. Maintaining Tension
- 32. Adjusting Your Outline
- 33. Thriving in the Marathon of the Middle
- 34. A Fear Check
- 35. Envisioning the Future
- 36. A Thick-Skinned Manuscript Critique
- 37. Progress Report
IV. Finishing Well
- 38. Keeping the End in Sight
- 39. What if Disney Had Quit?
- 40. A Thick-Skinned Manuscript Critique
- 41. Paying Off Setups in the Middle Chapters
- 42. Take Advantage of the YNB Community
- 43. Maintaining Believability as You Raise Tension
- 44. Quieting Your Inner Critic
- 45. A Thick-Skinned Manuscript Critique
- 46. Approaching the Hopeless Situation
- 47. Remembering Why You’re Doing This
- 48. Reviewing Your Progress
- 49. The Climax
- 50. Two Climax Examples
- 51. Crafting a Resounding Ending
- 52. Examples of My Own Novels' Endings
- 53. The Importance of Your Final Page
- 54. Standalone, Sequel, or Series
- 55. Your Last Editing Passes
- 56. A Thick-Skinned Manuscript Critique
- 57. As You’re Editing…
- 58. Congratulations! You Did It!