The Author Collection

Advice, information, and games for authors

By: Norman Turrell

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Learn how to critique your work. Play games to improve your skills. Novel project management. This collection of author books is everything you need!

How To Critique Creative writing:

Learn how to critique creative writing and justify your opinions from an analysis of the work. Essential tips for readers writing reviews or authors trying to improve their novels.

This unique, concise guide will give you advice on capturing your impressions and then, more importantly, the methods to justify them by a systematic examination of the composition of the writing, with examples. Broken into sections, it provides a structured approach to understanding why a story works... or doesn't:

• Read-through and impressions
• High-level analysis: opening, plot, character, dialogue, pace & style
• Low-level analysis: chapter-paragraph-sentence structure Includes advice on how to present your critique.

Writing Games for Authors:

Improve your writing skills while you play with this collection of imaginative games.

Over 30 games to help writers and authors extend their skills with words, sentences, dialogue, character, setting, plot, and more.

This unique, concise, and light-hearted compendium provides simple instructions with numerous examples, variations on play, and alternatives for group activities or solo use.

The SMART Author:

Suffering from writer's block? Writing for hours, but getting nowhere. Full of ideas, but don't know where to start? Find the solution here.

Discover how to set Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time bound goals that will put and keep you on the right track. Learn how to structure, manage, and track your project. All the tools you need to get you swiftly and effectively to your prize.