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Writing a novel or screenplay sounds like a fabulous idea. But where do you start? And how do you finish?

Award-winning author, Amy Deardon, answers these questions in The Story Template: Conquer Writer's Block Using the Universal Structure of Story. This approach will help you focus your creativity and complete your uniqe and compelling story, script, or novel. With this tool and more than 100 targete writing exercises, you will learn to:

• Ascertain the four foundational story pillars, and use the "secret weapon" of the story template, to structure your story.


• Build character depth with believable change.
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• Create subplots to raise tension while you deepen and contrast story themes.


• Review writing techniques that shape your ideas into a compelling manuscript.




The Story Template is a product of Amy's comprehensive research -- as well as her personal experience -- for what makes a story "work." No matter your level of accomplishment, this book will help you build a better story.





AMY DEARDON is a writer, editor, and publisher as well as story coach. You can visit her on her websites at www.amydeardon.com and www.ebooklistingservices.com





What others are saying...




Amy Deardon's The Story Template is a writer's conference in a single book. Building brick upon brick, she teaches the writer how to create his novel from the basics of story structure, plot, and characterization to writing a synopsis and publishing. I wish I'd had this detailed tool when I first started writing.


--Vickie McDonough
award winning author of 23 books and novellas




I love The Story Template's clear language and story-building exercises. In my writing, I've never been successful with traditional outlines; The Story Template helps nail down plot points, yet doesn't suffocate the spontaneity that I love about the creative process. I work with teen writers, and this will be my go-to book for helping them construct a story.


-- Stephanie Morrill
author of The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series and creator of GoTeenWriters.com




Amy makes me want to pick up the pen and launch into a new novel because she makes it sound so easy. A practical guide for fiction writers at any level, certain to unlock creativity because it takes care of the nuts and bolts of story construction, freeing the imagination to do its thing.


--Grace Bridges
Managing Editor, Splashdown Books