<center><b>Proven techniques for writing a high-quality first draft fast! </center></b><p><br><br><br><br><i>Novel Shortcuts</i> shows you how to quickly write a first draft that's also rich and engrossing. (It's really possible!) Through detailed instruction and valuable exercises, award-winning novelist Laura Whitcomb addresses everything from premise development to foreshadowing to tone and beyond. You'll uncover shortcut strategies and tools like:<ul><br><br><br><br><li>A four-step approach for crafting stronger scenes<br><br><li>Plot-planning devices, including plot webs, timelines, and plot menus<br><br><li>Guidelines for building your story around essential crosshair moments<br><br><li>Comprehensive checklists featuring quick fixes to common story gaffes relating to plot, character, voice and style, setting, description, and more</ul><br><br><br><br>Plus, learn how to stay committed to and enthusiastic about your project as you develop it from a new idea to a complex and realistic story. <i>Novel Shortcuts</i> is your roadmap to a smooth and expedient writing process!