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    The 3by3 Writing Method - Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook
    The 3by3 Writing Method - Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook
    The 3by3 Writing Method - Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook
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    The 3by3 Writing Method - Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook

    By Steven Browne

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    This eBook is an excellent, helpful guide to planning, writing and finishing an interesting, conflict-ridden book that is worthy of publication.

    With fill-in-the-blank questions, deadlines and schedules this eBook can help the dedicated writer plot a book, create a first draft and then work through revisions to produce a property formatted manuscript.

    "Two pages a day will result in at least two full drafts in a year."

    This eBook also guidelines for dealing with the middle-of-the-book blues and working with writer's groups.

    This is not a write-a-bestseller-on-your-lunch-hour book. It is a reasonable, practical guide to completing a quality book with a well-planned plot.

    Using this guide there's less of a chance that the pages you write will end up half finished, thrown in a drawer.

    "You can't write a book by just sitting down and writing"

    For serious writers only.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteven Browne
    Release dateApr 4, 2013
    ISBN9780914499077
    The 3by3 Writing Method - Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook
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    Steven Browne

    Steven E. Browne self-published one of the first books on computerized video editing. "The Post-Production Primer" was quickly adopted by several well-known universities. Browne revised "The Post-Production Primer" for the technical publisher Focal Press. "Video Editing" continued its original success being the primary text for many more university and commercial post-production classes. Browne wrote several additional books for Focal Press. "Video Editing" went through four full editions in its fifteen years of publication. Browne's sci-fi novel, "Protecting the Source" received an enthusiastic review from the American Library Journal. The book sold out its initial print run and was pitched to several movie studios. His second novel, "Holly Would, But Stacy Won't," is a quirky love story about a cynical novelist being ensnared by a couple of female movie producers with murder on their minds. Steven E. Browne is no stranger to publishing. He has self-published using offset printing, perfect bound, spiral bound, print-on-demand, and eBook. He lives in the Pasadena, California area and writes every day.

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      The 3by3 Writing Method - Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook - Steven Browne

      The 3by3 Writing Method -

      Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The eBook

      Published by Wilton Place Publishing. All rights reserved. Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Steven E. Browne

      Wilton Place Publishing, P.O. Box 291, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91012

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Disclaimer: This is a do-it-yourself guide book. It contains suggestions and ideas about planning and completing a novel. It does not guarantee that following these suggestions someone can or will complete their book. Writing a book is the author's responsibility. Wilton Place Publishing, the author, and the 3by3 Writing Method do not assume responsibility for other writer's books or their content.

      This book is available in a workbook/print version.

      Also by Steven E. Browne

      The 3by3 Writing Method

      Plan, Write and Finish Your Novel - The Workbook

      BLOG: https://3by3writingmethod.wordpress.com/

      WEBSITE: 3by3writingmethod.com

      TWITTER: @3by3writer

      FACEBOOK: facebook.com/threebythree.writingmethod

      Fiction

      Protecting the Source

      Holly Would, But Stacy Won't

      Non-Fiction

      The Accident Report

      High Definition Post Production

      Getting that Job in Hollywood

      Video Editing

      Introduction to Non-Linear Editing

      Film/Video Terms and Concepts

      Dedication

      To Michele, my wonderful, patient and creative wife without whom this book would not exist.

      Acknowledgments

      I want to thank my wonderful children, Nikki, Kris, and Kate who bring joy and happiness to my life.

      I’d also like to thank the dedicated and talented members of my Pasadena-based 3by3 Writing Method Meetup group who have listened to me recite these words over and over.

      THE 3BY3 WRITING METHOD

      PLAN, WRITE AND FINISH YOUR NOVEL

      1. Write Daily at a Dedicated Time and Place

      1.1 Write at the same time every day.

      1.2 Write in the same place every day.

      1.3 Work for the same length of time every day.

      2. Constant Contained Conflict (CCC)

      2.1 Characters are conflicted internally.

      2.2 Characters have conflicts with each other.

      2.3 Characters have ties to each other; financially, through family or some binding tie that confines and constrains them.

      3. Finish a typo-free, properly formatted manuscript

      3.1 The manuscript is properly formatted and has gone through at least two comprehensive drafts.

      3.2 The manuscript has been read by at least one reader and/or a critique group familiar with your genre.

      3.3 At least one professional pass has been made to correct spelling, formatting and grammar.

      Four brief apologies

      One

      Many examples within these pages refer to movies. Sometimes it is easier to cite a film seen by millions, than a book few have read.

      Two

      I have tried to alternate gender assignments to keep the reader on her toes.

      Three

      The description of the 3by3 Writing Method has been delayed a few chapters so that the reader can get started right away. If you want to read the overview of the 3by3 Writing Method skip to Chapters Four and Five.

      Four

      Not everyone wants to know how to publish a book, but many writers need help in finishing their project. The 3by3 Writing Method Workbooks are divided into separate editions. This one is designed to help you complete your manuscript.

      Two pages a day equals two drafts a year.

      Chapter One: The Million Dollar Bestseller

      The 3by3 Writing Method is not a write a bestseller during your lunch hour manual. But, if you follow the 3by3 instructions, write every day, in the same place, at the same time, finish several drafts, join one or two critique groups, and have a professional proof-read your book, you can complete your novel and be published.

      The goal is to help you:

      Write several concise paragraphs that describe the basis of your story, its conflicts and major plot points.

      Develop a plot plan with at least fifteen detailed scenes.

      Create six balanced characters (three good, three bad) with internal and external conflicts and one conflicted antagonist.

      Find reference books and websites that offer help for writing, marketing and publishing your book.

      Complete an interesting manuscript, properly formatted and proofread, that you can market or self-publish.

      Chapter Two: The Marathon

      I was working on my third novel, my twelfth book, churning out lots of paragraphs and chapters. I thought I had it all under control. Then it happened. I crashed into the dreaded writer's block. Stalled at 150 pages I was unhappy with what I'd written and had no idea know how my story ended.

      It took a variety of events and several years of exploring my internal motives to bring the 3by3 Writing Method into focus. As a result of that journey, I created a

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