Maggie Hamand, PhD, is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, and publisher. She was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel Cup in 1994 with the novel The Resurrection of the Body, which was written in 24 hours and subsequently optioned for film and television. Her novel Virgin & Child was the 2020 Morning Star Book of the Year.

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• INTRODUCTION 1PART 1: GETTING STARTED 5CHAPTER 1: You and Your Writing 7CHAPTER 2: Getting into the Write Mindset 25CHAPTER 3: Finding Material to Work With 39PART 2: INTRODUCING THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE WRITING 51CHAPTER 4: Creating Characters 53CHAPTER 5: Giving Characters a Voice with Dialogue 67CHAPTER 6: Choosing a Narrator 81CHAPTER 7: Describing Your World 95CHAPTER 8: Plotting Your Way 107CHAPTER 9: Setting Up a Solid Structure 125CHAPTER 10: From Drafting to Rewriting and Editing: Making Your Work Shine 141PART 3: WRITING FICTION 153CHAPTER 11: When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories 155CHAPTER 12: Writing the Novel 171CHAPTER 13: Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children 187CHAPTER 14: Penning Plays 201CHAPTER 15: Writing Screenplays 213CHAPTER 16: Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry 227PART 4: EXPLORING NONFICTION 239CHAPTER 17: Breaking into Journalism 241CHAPTER 18: Writing from Life: Giving a Voice to the Past 255CHAPTER 19: Crafting Narrative Nonfiction 273CHAPTER 20: Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers 285CHAPTER 21: All About Blogging 293PART 5: FINDING AN AUDIENCE 301CHAPTER 22: Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book 303CHAPTER 23: Staying in Control with Self-Publishing 321CHAPTER 24: Becoming a Professional 341PART 6: THE PART OF TENS 357CHAPTER 25: Ten Top Tips for Writers 359CHAPTER 26: Ten Ways to Get Noticed 365INDEX 371

Maggie Hamand, PhD, is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, and publisher. She was the winner of the first World One-Day Novel Cup in 1994 with the novel The Resurrection of the Body, which was written in 24 hours and subsequently optioned for film and television. Her novel Virgin & Child was the 2020 Morning Star Book of the Year.

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• INTRODUCTION 1PART 1: GETTING STARTED 5CHAPTER 1: You and Your Writing 7CHAPTER 2: Getting into the Write Mindset 25CHAPTER 3: Finding Material to Work With 39PART 2: INTRODUCING THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE WRITING 51CHAPTER 4: Creating Characters 53CHAPTER 5: Giving Characters a Voice with Dialogue 67CHAPTER 6: Choosing a Narrator 81CHAPTER 7: Describing Your World 95CHAPTER 8: Plotting Your Way 107CHAPTER 9: Setting Up a Solid Structure 125CHAPTER 10: From Drafting to Rewriting and Editing: Making Your Work Shine 141PART 3: WRITING FICTION 153CHAPTER 11: When Less is More: Crafting Short Stories 155CHAPTER 12: Writing the Novel 171CHAPTER 13: Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children 187CHAPTER 14: Penning Plays 201CHAPTER 15: Writing Screenplays 213CHAPTER 16: Rhymes and Reasons: Writing Poetry 227PART 4: EXPLORING NONFICTION 239CHAPTER 17: Breaking into Journalism 241CHAPTER 18: Writing from Life: Giving a Voice to the Past 255CHAPTER 19: Crafting Narrative Nonfiction 273CHAPTER 20: Travel Writing: Tales for Armchair Explorers 285CHAPTER 21: All About Blogging 293PART 5: FINDING AN AUDIENCE 301CHAPTER 22: Finding Professionals to Publish Your Book 303CHAPTER 23: Staying in Control with Self-Publishing 321CHAPTER 24: Becoming a Professional 341PART 6: THE PART OF TENS 357CHAPTER 25: Ten Top Tips for Writers 359CHAPTER 26: Ten Ways to Get Noticed 365INDEX 371