Advanced Brilliant Writing

From best-selling, RITA, Christy and Carol award-winning novelist Susan May Warren comes the advanced writing techniques that help you build a powerful story!

An amazing novel has two elements – deep characterization of a sympathetic hero, and a compelling, wide, breathtaking plot. But how do you create deep characters and wide plots and then apply them to your story?

It’s time to learn Advanced (Brilliant!) Writing.

The follow-up to How to Write a Brilliant Novel, Advanced Brilliant Writing utilizes RITA and Christy award-winning, best-selling novelist Susan May Warren’s easy to apply explanations, exercises and intuitive methods to teach you advanced fiction writing techniques that will turn any novel from boring to . . . brilliant.

You’ll learn:
• How to plot a profound character change journey
• An easy technique to reveal backstory to your readers
• How to weave emotion into your scene for the most impact
• How to keep tension high through the use of stakes and motivations
• A unique plotting trick to widen your plot
• Techniques on how to make your hero . . . heroic
• The difference between subplots and layers
• A powerful use for secondary characters
• How the perfect Villain can help you plot your story
. . . and much more, including the scene that every book MUST have!

"If you're intending to write a best-selling novel, I can think of no better place to start than with Susan May Warren's Advanced Brilliant Writing. This is a book for those who need to dig into the techniques of writing--not just hear the happy-talk, big-picture stuff that is so often heard at conferences. If you really want to get into the nuts and bolts of writing strong fiction, then this is for you. Clear, practical advice from an award-winning novelist." Chip MacGregor, Literary Agent, MacGregor Literary

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About the Author

Susan May Warren is the Christy, RITA and Carol award-winning author of over fifty novels with Revell, Tyndale, Barbour, Steeple Hill and Summerside Press. A prolific novelist with over 1 million books sold, Susan has written contemporary and historical romances, romantic-suspense, thrillers, rom-com and Christmas novellas. She loves to help people launch their writing careers and is the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com and www.LearnHowtoWriteaNovel.com, a writing website that helps authors get published and stay published. She’s also the author of the popular writing method, The Story Equation. Find excerpts and reviews of her novels at www.susanmaywarren.com