Writing Fiction for Dummies by Randy Ingermanson

'I’m director of software engineering, which keeps my brain sharp and gives me ideas for science-based novels,' he said. in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley and still works part-time for a biotechnology company called Vala Sciences, Inc., in San Diego. He said one of his daughters just graduated from college with a degree in English Literature, one is majoring in math and computer science at the University of Washington and the third is a senior in high school and is a violinist.Īlthough Ingermanson spends a lot of his time writing novels, he also has a Ph.D. Having lived in the Battle Ground area for about five years now, Ingermanson said he, his wife and three daughters moved to Washington from San Diego in 2006. 18, at Aldersgate Retreat Center in Turner, OR. Ingermanson will teach a three-day coaching class titled Fiction 101, as well as a one-hour workshop, E-Books 101: For Authors Only, during the Oregon Christian Writers Summer Conference Mon., Aug. 'But anyone can improve if they work hard, and I worked very hard for quite a long time.' 'Eventually, I got into a critique group and found out that I wasn’t nearly as good as I thought I was,' Ingermanson said. It can happen if you have the talent and persistence to do what you need to do.Known by some people as 'the snowflake guy,' Battle Ground author Randy Ingermanson said he first got into writing when he was 'dumb enough' to think that writing was easy. Writing Fiction For Dummies takes you from being a writer to being an author. Finding An Agent and Getting Published: Write a query letter, a synopsis, and a proposal pitch your work to agents and editors without fear.Self-Editing Your Novel: Psychoanalyze your characters to bring them fully to life edit your story structure from the top down fix broken scenes and polish your action and dialogue.Writing Powerful Fiction: Construct a story world that rings true create believable, unpredictable characters build a strong plot with all six layers of complexity of a modern novel and infuse it all with a strong theme.Strategic Planning: Pinpoint where you are on the roadmap to publication discover what every reader desperately wants from a story home in on a marketable category choose from among the four most common creative styles and learn the self-management methods of professional writers.

Here are some things you ll learn in Writing Fiction for Dummies: Writing Fiction for Dummies is a complete guide designed to coach you every step along the path from beginning writer to royalty-earning author. Write a novel that you intend to sell to a publisher. But don t settle for just writing a novel. So you want to write a novel? Great! That s a worthy goal, no matter what your reason. A complete guide to writing and selling your novel

Writing Fiction for Dummies by Randy Ingermanson