Download or read book All About Character Flaws Making your characters miserable rewarding your readers forever written by K.J. Heritage and published by Sygasm Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crafting the Perfect Character Flaw in 10 easy steps With the ten simple steps outlined in this guide, you can craft a series of effective and memorable character flaws that will captivate your audience. Why do you need a book about character flaws? Let’s face it… Nobody’s perfect! And if you’re trying to write a realistic, believable story, your characters shouldn’t be either. That’s why you need a book about writing characters with flaws. Why? Because nobody wants to read about a protagonist who always does the right thing, says the right thing, and never makes any mistakes. Instead, give your readers some complexity, some contradictions, and some depth. Maybe your protagonist has a quick temper, a tendency to be selfish, or is too meek for their own good. These flaws make all your characters human, relatable, and interesting. And if you need help figuring out how to make your characters flawed in a compelling way, you’ve come to the right place. All About Character Flaws: Making your characters miserable & rewarding your readers forever! will give you lists and descriptions of major, minor, common and fatal character flaws, including a comprehensive breakdown of both physical and mental impairments to hit your characters where it hurts. And show you how to use them in the best ways possible. It is a one stop shop to creating multi-layered, believable characters.
Download or read book Shattered Web written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped on an insane Company bioship with a dead crew, murderous survivors and heading for certain destruction…just another day at the office for Vatic. Experimental Company bioship, the CSS Ariadne, has cut all communications and launched herself into hyperspace—heading towards enemy territory and certain destruction if she cannot be stopped. The crew managed to send out an SOS before the Ariadne disappeared. Someone was murdered… but who? Vatic, a Skilled empath in the reluctant employ of the Company, is drugged and forced to board the rogue ship. He arrives to find the vessel full of corpses, a small band of suspicious survivors, and no explanations. Our hero soon realises that not everyone who survived is as they seem. There is an imposter aboard, but who is it, and what are their motives? Vatic must use all his talents if he and the ship are going to survive. But survival is what the Skilled do best... isn't it? BUY ARIADNE VATIC BOOK TWO NOW!
Download or read book All About Copyediting written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to add punch to your prose? Follow these 55 simple edits and improve your writing forever! Getting readers past page one, despite your ‘explosive, fast paced hitting-the-ground-running opening’, is what this guide is all about. Applying the 55 easy editing steps to your fiction will allow reviewers and readers to evaluate your novel purely on the strength of your story and not on clumsy and weak prose, overuse of adverbs, repetition, and flabbiness. And in the process, you will learn to become an experienced and competent editor. Use these 55 steps to: Find redundant adjectives and overused adverbs Banish boring words Learn dialogue writing Write characters more effectively Discover over thirty overused words and phrases such as that, it, up/down, was/were, had, even, got, etc. Reduce overuse of exclamations and the ellipsis Use italics, quotations, and capitalisation properly Target word pairs and homophones Improve your proofreading and editing skills Handle numbers and time effectively ...And discover more about flow, show not tell, writing tenses, dialogue handling and more. All About Copyediting will not tell you how to write a novel, nor how to write like Tolstoy, or any other author. It will certainly not explain how to write bestselling fiction, how to make money, or guarantee you marketing success. What it will guarantee, is to give your novel the best chance it can get in a tough, competitive, and new publishing world. BUY All About Editing and edit your way to success! REVIEW EXCERPTS "An indispensable guide for amateurs and professionals of any theme of word-based creation." "This is a very useful and easily understandeable guide for new writers trying to self publish" "A very useful tool to have on hand." "A must read for any writer to avoid sending a clanger of a draft to a reviewer or publisher! Great value." "The style is clear and accessible. This is a book that I have found invaluable as I rewrite and revise my fiction drafts. Highly recommended" "...gives you simple, clear rules and 55 easy steps to check your book for. It won't turn a poor writer into a great one, but it will help you avoid common mistakes and give you tools to turn telling into showing" "An extremely useful guide for editing manuscripts, written as a set of editing tips." "This is a great resource for authors. I have used it and it works. I highly recommend this book. Great!"
Download or read book The Scowl written by K.J. Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And from the dark unknown came a hooded avenger, a sable-weaved nemesis branded with living iron whose will it was to destroy all works of delving. His name? He had many over his lifetime, but history only remembers him as… Scowl. Fast-paced, adventure fantasy.
Download or read book The Lady In The Glass written by K. J. Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 12 tales of death and dying from bestselling UK author, K.J.Heritage "At first, when the waters showed me the Lady, I thought she was a sister of The Jesus, for she smiled at me. But when I gave her another looksee, I knew she was also Devil, for she comes from the Blackash and was broken. Her flesh is white, stuck inside twisted glass that bends and curls--one arm reachin' out to me, the other at her side, her fingers clenched in an angry fist. And if I look into her black eyes? I see fings. Twistin', turnin' fings. She tells of dark, doomy worlds, of peoples and places, and of shadows where horrors lurk. Stories that play out in front of me as if I was there. But hark! Her lips begins to dance! Serpents that whisper and hiss. Words that spin and curl, twistin' and swirlin' and I can do nothin' but watch, watch, watch..."
Download or read book Shattered Helix written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a crack empath detective on the run. But when the soulless 'Company' bring him back to solve a complex murder, can Vatic escape with his life? A top Company scientist has been murdered. Vatic, an on-the-run half-alive empath with no memory of who or what he is, will die in six-hours if he can’t find out why—or so the Company tells him—an ‘added incentive to get the job done’. Our hero soon discovers he is one of the Skilled, a genetically enhanced human—revered and despised in equal measure—a bloodhound with a terrifying past who’ll stop at nothing in his pursuit of truth. And ‘the Skilled always get their guy’… don’t they? BUY Vatic - a non-stop, page-turning, burn of a read! WHAT OTHER BESTSELLING AUTHORS ARE SAYING ABOUT SHATTERED HELIX: "Gritty,intense, and compelling, Shattered Helix is something you don't run into often enough in Sci-Fi--a cerebral thrill ride you don't want to end." -Michael Bunker, US TODAY Bestsellingauthor of Pennsylvania "K.J.Heritage's uncanny sense of pacing and story puts him at the forefront of today's speculative fiction writers." -Samuel Peralta, Amazon bestselling author and creator of The Future Chronicles “Prepare to lose sleep reading Shattered Helix! Delicious Sci-Fiction!” –Kate Danley, US TODAY bestselling author "Gritty,detailed and unrelenting--Shattered Helix will take you on a wild ride." -Peter Cawdron, International Bestselling author of Science Fiction
Download or read book Tea Cake MURDER written by K.J. Heritage and published by Sygasm Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very British cosy mystery A hunted witch hiding in an Agatha Christie-esque novel, a series of eccentric characters, a host of clues and red-herrings, and… MURDER! A talented spell-weaving witch on the run is forced to find magical refuge in a mystery novel, playing the role of Emily Crookshanks, amateur sleuth and professional flirt. Waking up with no idea who or where she is, Emily finds herself in the quaint 1920s English countryside village of Little Pucklewick, uncomfortably sharing tea and cakes with the not so Reverend Wilson-Smallsey, the village’s rather pompous womanising vicar. After a series of shocking murders, Emily hooks up with the village doctor, a rather dashing ex-RAF fighter pilot known to his chums as ‘Ceddars’. Working together, they uncover clues and interrogate suspects. Add an inept inspector, various pompous ladies from the regular vicarage get-togethers, a dashing explorer recently returned from the Orient, his very attractive career-minded secretary, and a whole host of motives and clues, including a series of nasty accusatory posters, and Emily finds herself in the middle of a most confusing and frustrating mystery. But more than the murders, Emily suffers from terrifying visions of attack and desperate escape. And just what are wands and spell-weavery, and the smartphones and hi-def televisions she occasionally glimpses in her mind? Despite everything, Emily knows that to survive, she must solve the mystery and, to do that, she must keep going to The End.
Download or read book Quick Kill the Galactic Secret Service written by K.J. Heritage and published by Sygasm Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another fast-paced thrill-ride from bestselling UK author, K.J.Heritage Never, ever, let yourself never get caught… who knows what may happen? The forgotten, seedy backwater planet of Plenty (the most unfortunately-named world there ever was), is no place for a girl to grow up parentless and alone. But self-styled, femme fatale and genius gun-for hire, Quick-Kill Jane, was no normal kid. She lea
Download or read book Point Four Zeros Seven written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-04 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In space, everyone can hear you scream... Lissa, an ambitious and resourceful young woman, has done everything in her power to escape her dead-end life on a dying Earth. Finally, her luck changes and she acquires a much sought after passage aboard a colony ship to the brand new world of Persephone. Halfway through her 22-year journey, she is rudely awoken by a cryopod malfunction and is tasked with helping the eccentric crew of misfits and bullies to combat a ship wide incident.` However, Lissa has bigger concerns. Her memories don’t match who she thinks she is, and the ship’s captain appears to have taken against her, as do some of the crew. What do they know that she doesn’t? But these are not her only concerns as events take a downward turn when she discovers the horrific truth about what’s really going on aboard the ship, a truth that puts her in a fight for her life.
Download or read book The Peculiar Case of the Missing Mondrian written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine if your life was spent at the mercy of coincidence… A missing multi-million-pound painting, an insistent ex who won’t take no for an answer, and a ruthless media Baron who always gets his way. What could possibly go right? Serial life avoider and semi-professional layabout, Jim Riven, is not particularly good at anything, unless lying in bed all day, ignoring his front door and his phone, and then going down the pub every evening, could be described as a life skill. But Jim Riven did have one particular talent—or what he referred to as ‘his curse’—that involved unnecessary and unwanted coincidences, or ‘not so serendipitous happenchances’ as he also liked to call them. Happenchances that had dogged his life ever since he could remember. When Jim Riven’s ex-girlfriend, a rather spoilt society girl and daughter of all round international media rogue, Roo Osbourne, turns up unexpectedly one morning to elicit his help in finding a stolen painting by the grandfather of modern art, Piet Mondrian, Jim Riven’s life is turned upside down. And, for Jim Riven, upside down was not the right way up at all. And so started a series of the most startling coincidences, placing him at the centre of a fascinating and complex mystery.
Download or read book 3000 Writing Plot Prompts A C Supercharge Your Creativity Remove Writer s Block Forever written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to break writer’s block forever? This jam-packed writing & plot prompt guide is all that you need! Getting you creatively inspired, unblocked, and ready to write is what this reference tool is all about. From the #1 bestselling author who created the 4.3 star rated writer’s guide, All About Copywriting: 55 Easy Edits to Improve Your Writing Skills Forever, this 50K word reference tool is bursting at the seams with prompts to help you start writing and start writing now! Thousands of inspiring ideas, ideas that are all yours and free to use in any which way you want. We’ve all been there. Sat down and eager to write only to find that we’re annoyingly blocked. Feeling inert and uninspired is a place that writers know all too well. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned author, writer’s block can strike at any time. Indeed, for some writers, that period of not knowing what to write, or an inability to just get started, can be a frustrating part of their process. But what if there was a simple and easy way to simply blast through writer’s block and get those creative juices flowing again? What if you had access to over 3000 open-ended, intriguing and imaginative writing prompts? And what if you also had access to a simple and easy technique to create your own? Take control of writer’s block and never suffer from it again This jam-packed reference tool will not only bombard you with creative writing and plot ideas, but it will also show you how write your own prompts. Prompts you can be working on when commuting, when stuck in a queue, or even when visiting the toilet! Prompts and ideas that you can develop without the pressure of having to write. Why should you buy this book? This 3000 Writing & Plot Prompts reference tool and guide is a must-have for blocked writers who just want to get on and write without all that mucking about staring into the distance and hoping inspiration will strike. ^^^Take charge of your writing and buy this book today!^^^
Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Download or read book The Negative Trait Thesaurus written by Angela Ackerman and published by Jadd Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So how can writers figure out which flaws best fit their characters? Which negative traits will create personality clashes and conflict while making success difficult? Nothing adds complexity like character flaws. Inside the Negative Trait Thesaurus you'll find a vast collection of flaws to explore when building a character's personality, advice on building layered and memorable characters from the ground up, an in-depth look at backstory, emotional wounds, and how pain twists a character's view of himself, and his world, influencing behavior and decision making, a flaw-centric exploration of character arc, relationships, motivation, and basic needs, tips on how to best show a character's flaws to readers while avoiding common pitfalls, and downloadable tools to aid writers in character creation."--
Download or read book Flawless written by Louis A. Tartaglia and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PSYCH With 20 years of experience in counseling, Tartaglia directs the Tartaglia Mind Technologies Institute in Ohio. Mixing his message with humor and personal experiences, he breaks down all human affectations into ten character defects. He then sets out to improve the reader's character and provide information on surviving the flaws of others. Discarding flaws will lead to moral development and strength of character. Each section is plotted in candid detail: questions, anecdotes, and answers. Readers may find this frank examination of hypercritical fault finders, dread seekers, and raging indignants entertaining. Other flaws include addiction to being right, fixing blame, the martyr syndrome, self-regard run riot, the excuse for everything, intolerance, and chronic dishonesty. Somewhat simplistic, this is appropriate for health collections and public libraries. Lisa S. Wise, Broome Cty. P.L., Binghamton, NY-
Download or read book The Sense of an Ending written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
Download or read book How to Write a Damn Good Novel written by James N. Frey and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is perfect for beginners as well as professional writers who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. Talent and inspiration can't be taught, but Frey does provide scores of helpful suggestions and sensible rules and principles. An international bestseller, How to Write a Damn Good Novel will enable all writers to face that intimidating first page, keep them on track when they falter, and help them recognize, analyze, and correct the problems in their own work.
Download or read book The Pillowman written by Martin McDonagh and published by Faber & Faber Plays. This book was released on 2003 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pillowman centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art. -- Publisher's website.
