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Randy Ingermanson

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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I'm a novelist, physicist, and fiction teacher. People around the world call me "the Snowflake Guy" because of my wildly popular "Snowflake method" for writing a novel.

I've published 6 novels and won about a dozen awards for my writing. I'm a theoretical physicist with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. I publish the world's largest electronic newsletter on how to write fiction. I run the software division at Vala Sciences, a biotech company in San Diego.

Why do I do all this? Because I like to. Life is too short to do things you don't like to do. ...more

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Randy Ingermanson's Blog: Advanced Fiction Writing

The Marketing Domino Effect

Successful Fiction Writing = Creating + Organizing + Marketing

I blog weekly on one of the above three topics, alternating between them. This week, I’m blogging on Marketing. Our topic today is what I call the “Marketing Domino Effect.”

What’s that? When you have a series of novels, in theory each one can sell the next one in the series. In practice, that can work very well, once you’ve got 3 o

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Average rating: 4.19 · 6,084 ratings · 816 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method 4.24 avg rating — 2,936 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Fiction for Dummies by Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author), Peter Economy 4.10 avg rating — 1,646 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method (Advanced Fiction Writing Book 2) 4.32 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havok Magazine 2.2 by Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author), Charis Ditamore, Benjamin Lucas Powell (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Fiction For Dummies Publisher: For Dummies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method: Volume 1 (Advanced Fiction Writing) Paperback - July 2014 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Cách Viết Tiểu Thuyết Với Phương Pháp Hoa Tuyết (The Snowflake) (Vietnamese Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Power of Story : Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and in Life

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“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it.

I'm going to do it because I have something important to say to the world.

I refuse to let anything get in my way.”
― Randy Ingermanson

tags: writing, writing-advice

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“Readers don't want to read about somebody else having powerful emotions. . . . Readers want to become somebody else for a few hours, to live an exciting life, to find true love, to face down unimaginable terrors, to solve impossible puzzles, to feel a lightning jolt of adrenaline.”
― Randy Ingermanson, Writing Fiction for Dummies

tags: emotions, narrative, narratology, reading, transportation, writing

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“People would question anything having to do with God, but they wouldn’t question their own questions. They would challenge the authority of a theologian, but they wouldn’t challenge the authority of their buddy who claimed he had read a book that disproved the Bible.”
― Randy Ingermanson, Transgression

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