The Writer's Coloring Book
A Whole Brain Approach to Writing and Storytelling
Description:... The Writer's Coloring Book(R) the most important invention for writers since ink! Okay, well maybe since carbon paper.... okay, since paperclips. This unique writing guide for novelists, screenwriters, and playwrights that provides a visual playground for both sides of a writer's brain: the passionate dreamer and the rational organizer. The tools in this unique "how to write" book help you create complex, multi-faceted characters in engaging, stay-with-you-forever stories. The exercises in "The Writer's Coloring Book(R)" allow you to create sophisticated and deeply layered plots no matter what genre you're working in. These highly visual exercises allow you to see all your story elements before you write that first draft. And you can use them to trouble-shoot a project that needs help. This is not your grandmother's "how-to-write-a-book" book. Here are a few of the exercises you will encounter: * "Character Sketch": Using "paper dolls for grown-ups", you will construct a model of your main character. You choose the gender, race, hairstyle, and clothing. The worksheet questions help you gain instant insight into your character's psyche based on how she presents herself to the world. * "Character Mapping": Delves deeper. Using terms and ideas from Jungian psychology, you will explore your character's inner life, discovering your character's darkest secrets and deepest yearnings. * "Building a Story World Mandala": Brings all of your explorations together to build an "info graphic" of your character in her world BEFORE the first plot point. All of the symbols mapped here reveal areas of conflict, other characters, potential subplots, and a variety of story elements which you can explore in your new first draft, or to help you trouble-shoot a draft that needs help. What other authors are saying: "I thought I knew the protagonist of my mystery series, until I took Rachel's class. Through her Writer's Coloring Book, I found depths in Kate Huntington I didn't know were there!" Kassandra Lamb, author of the Kate Huntington Mystery Series, http: //kassandralamb.com "Before Rachel's Writer's Coloring Book, my first drafts were firmly plot-centric, and it took multiple drafts to really shape them into what I wanted. After trying out the Coloring Book, I see that my stories have grown more organically, rooted in the emotions and character arcs that truly make a story multi-dimensional. What a joy that is!" K.B. Owen, author of the Concordia Wells Mysteries "In a time before time, I struggled to find the inner depths of my characters, to connect with their deepest shadows and highest passions, all in pursuit of joyous conflict. Then came Rachel with the Writer's Coloring Book and in a blaze of epiphany and bliss, everything changed. My characters souls were laid bare by the powers of the Coloring Book -- light and dark exposed and mingled with the universal truths of storytelling thanks to Rachel's unique concepts. The Writer's Coloring Book unlocks the palette of a character's soul and paints it across the mind and page." --Gene Lempp, creator of Designing from Bones and author of the upcoming Ben Thyme thriller series. Scroll up and one-click your way to a better story today! For information about the book and the process, feel free to visit writerscoloringbook.com
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