{"product_id":"9781502990563","title":"Improv Your Novel in 30 Days: A handbook to make your writing dreams come true.","description":"Writing your novel is difficult, but it's worth the effort. Even if you never share your novel with anyone else, completing your first book is a huge achievement-both personally and professionally.\u003cp\u003eThe problem is that writing is hard. Very hard. 99.99% of people never try to write a book and of those that do, another 99% never finish their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're ready to take the first step and start your book, I want to make sure you finish it. The odds are stacked against you, so it's imperative that you do everything in your power to make it. And I think I have a strategy that just might help you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've been improvising since 2010. Even when I was just learning the craft, I could see how improv could impact my writing. Just like being on stage is terrifying (with no script, mind you), so is facing the blank page while writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery week that I improvise, I face this fear. Stage time has built courage in me that I then can transfer to the written page. It's also given me a toolkit for creating characters and generating future plot points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that's what I'd like to show you in this course: I've boiled down the essentials of improvising a one-act play, beginning with facing your fear and moving on to the nuts and bolts of writing a good novel. I hope that these techniques and tips will help you finally finish your book-all over the next 30 days.\u003cbr\u003eThis book will teach you:\u003cbr\u003e•Day One: How to brain storming the big life changing event that kicks your character's life into gear.\u003cbr\u003e•Day Two: How to pull those riveting characters out of your character center\/warehouse.\u003cbr\u003e•Day Three: How to create a rich world by uncovering the laws of your novel's world.\u003cbr\u003e•Day Four: How to creating the places your characters live by populating them with the things that matter to them.\u003cbr\u003e•Day Five: How to listen to your characters to find the themes and games to create rich subplots.\u003cbr\u003e•And so on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll be given an improv lesson each day, and when you're done, you'll have an actual novel to show for your efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032493015280,"sku":"9781502990563","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781502990563_p0.jpg?v=1763708217","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781502990563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}