Table of contents of my new book on writing
You can tell a lot about a book when you scan the table of contents. It gives you more than a taste of what the book is about.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Reviews
Quotations
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i
REVIEWS i
QUOTATIONS i
Prologue 1
Who is this book for? 1
Grinning at the bookstore 2
Introduction 3
It is not just talent 3
PART I WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE WRITE? 5
Quality in Writing 5
What to expect from this book 6
Your message is what it is all about 8
Writing is Communication of a High Degree 9
A writer is a creator of universes 11
A final thought 12
PART II THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LANGUAGE 14
What we are going to do and not do 14
Words, words, delicious words 14
The price of word deficiency 15
What can happen if you use big or unusual words 16
The four main parts of English speech 19
Punctuation 27
Punctuation marks 28
Figures of Speech 38
PART III TELLING THE STORY 41
Dialogue, viewpoint, exposition & “show, don’t tell” 41
About dialogue 41
Dialogue rules and guidelines 43
About viewpoint 51
About exposition 55
‘Show, don’t tell’ 60
When none of these techniques strictly apply 64
Anatomy and Evaluation of Importances 65
PART IV POETRY 69
What is poetry? 70
Fifteen poetic forms 72
What I call ‘my poetry’ 77
PART V Blogs 79
What is a blog? 79
Before you begin 83
Subjects for blogs 84
If you still don’t know 85
Your own life offers ideas 87
Search engines and keyword research 92
Are you afraid to get started? 93
PART VI NONFICTION 95
What is nonfiction? 95
Types or categories of nonfiction 95
Your ‘Purpose’ and your ‘Why’ 96
You are an instant authority 97
Subjects and Genres 98
Where are you going with your book? 102
Nonfiction short stories 105
Memoirs 106
Biographies 108
Autobiographies 110
Essays 111
Newspaper and magazine writing 116
Memos and letters 118
Conclusion to specialty writing methods 118
Finding a perfect niche 119
Creative nonfiction 126
Is this technique new? 127
Editing 137
Title and Cover 138
Copyright and ISBN* 145
Final Review: Nine nonfiction essentials 146
PART VII FICTION 148
My favorite genre 148
Story telling 152
The story arc 154
General elements of the main characters 159
My basic writing rules 165
PART VIII HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR WRITERS 168
Writing assistance software 168
Writer’s Block 169
Books, research, and materials on writing 171
PART IX PUBLISHING 178
Copyright 178
Publishing 187
A final note from the author 191
About the Author 192
Youtube Video: I will be making videos to play in Youtube, telling about the way to write, giving detailed but interesting ways to write blogs,books,factual books, biographies, fiction, even poetry; all about copyright, resources for research, etc. This is going to be a ride!!
