Write It Right: Exercises to Unlock the Writer in Everyone
Praise for Write It Right: “Since joining Susan’s workshop slightly more than a year ago [less than two years ago], I have won three 1st places and three 3rd places in writing contests, published an article in a highly esteemed educational journal, and co-authored a book for educators. I credit most of my success to the work that I’ve done with Susan [and the top-notch lessons completed in her workshop.] This amazing set of e-books is a compilation of those workshop lessons.” Anna Unkovich, author of: Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom (2008); Magic Moments: This Worked for Me (2010); Caring to Teach, Teaching to Care (2011)
“Susan’s activities have allowed me to explore all the elements of storytelling, from developing interesting characters to finding my own voice.” Lynn Diane Smith, an award-winning author whose work has appeared in Leodegraunce, Tolosa Press and Green Prints.
“Based on a workshop designed and taught by Susan Tuttle, Write It Right is at the top of my list, my #1 tool of concrete, hands-on steps toward successful writing.” Anna Unkovich, author of: Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom (2008); Magic Moments: This Worked for Me (2010); Caring to Teach, Teaching to Care (2011)
Write It Right Workbook #1: Character, Setting, Story
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In only 30 minutes a week, you can unlock the writer within you!
Now in print, the first Write It Right Workbook of the Right It Right series.
The three most important aspects of writing fiction (and creative nonfiction) are Character, Setting and Story. In this workbook you will find the first 3 units in the critically acclaimed Write It Right series. Its 26 lessons and short timed exercises will help you learn to create compelling characters, craft enticing settings and set them in unforgettable stories. In only 30 to 45 minutes per session, you can expand your innate talent and hone your skills to the utmost.
The lessons and exercises in this workbook cross all levels. Beginner, intermediate and advanced writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson will encourage you to break through your comfort zone and stretch your imagination as you hone your writing skills. Best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop.
Unit 1: Character contains 9 lessons and timed exercises that help you create characters who are fascinating, flawed and filled with vision and desire, characters that readers will want to know about. Unit 2: Setting presents 7 lessons and exercises that show you how to design vibrant settings and landscapes that will capture and enthrall readers, settings that are fascinating and evocative. Unit 3: Story offers 10 lessons and exercises designed to help you discover stories that will grip readers and not let them go, stories that will live on in the minds of readers.
Workbook #1: Character, Setting, Story will guide you in the first 3 key aspects of the craft of Writing It Right.
Write It Right Workbook #2: Point of view (POV)
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Point of View (POV) is one of the most difficult concepts to master in the art of fiction and creative nonfiction writing, mainly because it has so many subtle nuances. Even well-known, best-selling authors can switch POVs without realizing it. And even when they are subtle, POV deviations can pull readers out of the flow of the story and diminish the reading experience for them.
Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop.
In Write It Right Workbook #2: Point of View (POV) you will discover 15 lessons to help you navigate the murky waters of Point of View. You’ll learn the difference between straight, emotional omniscient and classic omniscient POV, and understand the strengths and drawbacks of each one. You’ll gain experience in first, second and third person POVs, and work through the differences in shifting, close and alternating POVs. You will learn how to identify which character can best tell your story, and how to remain in that character’s viewpoint consistently.
In addition, Workbook #2: POV further explores POV with seven additional lessons/exercises that help you recognize the type of POV that best serves each of your stories, and that afford you experience in spotting and correcting POV inconsistencies, from blatant to subtle.
Don’t let POV confusion stop you from being the best writer you can be. Let Write It Right Workbook #2: POV guide you into a full understanding of one of writings most difficult concepts.
Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue
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Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue presents two more of the necessary skills writers must master to be the best writers they can be. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop.
Unit #5: Plot contains 8 exercises on crafting flawless, intricate plots that sizzle off the page. You’ll discover what constitutes a viable plot, and how to spot an idea that doesn’t have enough depth before you start to write. You’ll discover the importance to plot of a through line, how to analyze ideas for viable plots, and where and how to find plots in the world around you.
Unit #6: Dialogue offers 8 lessons/exercises that will show you how to write sparkling dialogue that sounds perfectly natural while still addressing the six necessary ingredients that make dialogue an integral part of the story. You will learn how to write for your audience, make your characters’ voices unique, use idioms to infuse verisimilitude, how to tag properly and how to incorporate subtext into what your characters say. You’ll soon be writing realistic dialogue that serves the purpose of your story and leaves your readers amazed.
Even though these are Units #5 and #6, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #3: Plot, Dialogue begin to increase your writing skills today.
Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes, Style/Voice
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Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes, Style/Voice contains lessons and exercises that will expand your wiring skills in only a few minutes a week. Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop.
Unit #7: Scenes offers eleven lessons/exercises that will help you craft an unforgettable story. Scenes are the building blocks of our stories. They hold the whole together, draw in readers and don’t let them go, especially if the correct scene format is used for each scene. Unit 7: Scenes takes you through the 9 different scene structures and into the scene question and transitions between scenes so that your stories truly live in the hearts and minds of hour readers.
Unit 8: Style/Voice presents strategies to help you develop your own unique writing style, a clear, consistent voice that will stand out among all the others and be readily recognizable as yours alone. These 9 exercises will show you how to tap into your life experience to bring your true voice and style to the fore. The essence of voice and style lie deep within us, innate natural storytelling qualities that, once realized, will enable you to tell a story as only you can tell it. A voice that is uniquely yours.
Even though these are Units #7 and #8, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today.
Write It Right Workbook #5: Conflict/Tension, Subplot
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Workbook #5: Conflict/Tension, Subplot delves deeper into the skills needed to craft compelling tales that won’t let readers go. These two units will show you how to add layers to you stories that will capture and intrigue all who read them.
Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop.
All stories, not just mystery and suspense, need tension to sustain reader interest. Unit #9: Conflict/Tension explains the necessity of tension and conflict in stories and explores how to inject the proper amount of tension into any situation. From finding places where conflict hides to analyzing ideas to discover whether they can sustain enough tension to hold a reader’s interest, these 9 tension-filled exercises will have you looking at your writing in a new and exciting way.
The strategies contained in the Unit 10, Subplot, will show you how to derive organic subplots from situations, characters and the main plot. You will learn how to use subplots to reflect, refine and deepen the major themes of the main plot. And in this Unit you will also learn the secret to creating an effective and compelling series that satisfies readers as it pulls them through one volume to the next.
Even though these are Units #9 and #10, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #4: Scenes and Voice/Style begin to increase your writing skills today.
Write It Right Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings
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Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings gives you 8 strategies each for beginning and ending your stories that will satisfy all readers and lift your tales to the next level.
Designed for all levels—beginner, intermediate and advanced—all writers all will gain maximum value from these exercises. Each lesson encourages you to break through your comfort zone, and best of all, because the exercises cross all levels, you can return to them over and over as your skills continue to grow and develop.
The most important part of your story is the beginning—the first sentence, the first paragraph, the first page. That is what readers scan when deciding whether to read your story. In Unit 11: Brilliant Beginnings you will learn 8 different strategies for crafting a dynamite opening line that will hook readers immediately, methods for completing a compelling first paragraph, and techniques to craft an entirely gripping first page. Technique that will capture readers and make them continue turning pages.
Unit 12: Extraordinary Endings takes you through the second most important part of your story: the ending. If readers aren’t satisfied with your ending, they won’t bother with another of your books. In Unit 12 you will learn the secrets to choosing the proper ending for whatever story you write— the Symbolism Ending, the Observation Ending, the Q&A Ending, etc.—8 types of endings that will so satisfy your readers that they will smile and say, “I’m so glad I read that!” And pick up your next story.
Even though these are Units #11 and #12, this workbook stands alone. You do not need to begin with Unit #1 and work forward. Each Unit is self-contained and not dependent upon the preceding and following units. Let Write It Right Workbook #6: Brilliant Beginnings, Extraordinary Endings begin to increase your writing skills today.
Write It Right Ebooks:
Write it Right! E-book Writing Series as eBooks
Write It Right: Volume 1, Character: e-book. A writer’s eWorkbook containing the theory behind the development of compelling, realistic characters in fiction and creative non-fiction, and a series of nine in-depth exercises designed to help writers create unforgettable, true-to-life characters to populate their stories. These exercises span all levels of writing from beginner to experienced, and encourage writers to go to a deeper level in their writing. Based on Susan’s popular “What If? Writing Group” classes held on the Central Coast of California.
“Based on a workshop designed and taught by Susan Tuttle, Write It Right is at the top of my list, my #1 tool of concrete, hands-on steps toward successful writing.” Anna Unkovich, author of: Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom (2008); Magic Moments: This Worked for Me (2010); Caring to Teach, Teaching to Care (2011)
Write It Right: Volume 2, Setting: e-book. An eWorkbook focused solely on helping writers build intriguing settings that enhance their stories, showcase their characters and provide an authentic fiction or creative non-fiction experience for the reader. The exercises are designed to enhance the skills of all writers: beginner, intermediate and experienced. Based on Susan’s writing classes, Write It Right: Volume 2, Setting contains, in addition to the seven intensive exercises, advice on various ways of creating settings, recommended readings from other authors and a listing of must-have books for every writer’s bookshelf.
“Susan’s activities have allowed me to explore all the elements of storytelling, from developing interesting characters to finding my own voice.” Lynn Diane Smith, an award winning author whose work has appeared in Leodegraunce, Tolosa Press and Green Prints.
Write It Right: Volume 3, Story e-book. A writer’s e-Workbook that contains 10 lessons and exercises designed to help writers discover stories in every aspect of life, how to evaluate those stories for their intrinsic merit, and how to explore the story potential in even the simplest of ideas. In addition to these 10 intensive, timed exercises, you’ll find commended readings from other authors on story elements, plus a listing of must-have books for every writer’s bookshelf.
“Since joining Susan’s workshop slightly more than a year ago [less than two years ago], I have won three 1st places and three 3rd places in writing contests, published an article in a highly esteemed educational journal, and co-authored a book for educators. I credit most of my success to the work that I’ve done with Susan [and the top-notch lessons completed in her workshop.] This amazing set of e-books is a compilation of those workshop lessons.” Anna Unkovich, author of: Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom (2008); Magic Moments: This Worked for Me (2010); Caring to Teach, Teaching to Care (2011)NonFicfio