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Steve Alcorn

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in Los Angeles, The United States

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http://writingacademy.com

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Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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John Green, Tracy Kidder, Margaret Atwood ...more

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Steve Alcorn is the author of a wide range of fiction and nonfiction works. His novels include the mystery A Matter of Justice, the historical novel Everything In Its Path, and the romance Ring of Diamonds (under the pseudonym Sharon Stevens). His best-selling history of the Imagineers who built Epcot, Building a Better Mouse, was co-written with author David Green.

During the past decade Steve has helped more than 30,000 students turn their story ideas into reality, and many of his students have published novels they developed in his classes, taught through http://writingacademy.com

When he isn't writing and teaching, Steve is the CEO of Alcorn McBride Inc., a leading theme park design company. ...more

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Happy July 4 Steve! Hope all is well?

Steve Alcorn Happy 4th to you, too, Tom!

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Do you have any advice for how to set up my "writing space" for best results? Trying to think of physical aids for brainstorming, visual aids for inspiration, promoting a calmness of thought without sapping energy.

Steve Alcorn I find that once I start writing I can be almost anywhere quiet, because I become absorbed in the process and connected to the computer screen. But I …moreI find that once I start writing I can be almost anywhere quiet, because I become absorbed in the process and connected to the computer screen. But I do need quiet, a place where I'm not going to be interrupted or distracted by background noises. I can't write with music on, for example.

Many of my students use a bulletin board to track scenes and rearrange their checkpoint outline, but I do that in the computer.

The most important thing is to just write. Don't worry about if it's turning out perfect, just get the words down.

Professional writers always write. If they aren't inspired it may be junk, but part of the routine is to write, even when they don't feel like it. If it turns out to be junk, then you simply redo it later, but you still write.

A lot of people call it writer's block when they get stuck. But the reason they get stuck is that they didn't have a plan. If you make a plan before you start writing, you will know every single scene in your novel. It's then impossible to get stuck, and in fact you can work on any scene you feel inspired about at any time, because you know they will all fit together; you can follow your muse. (less)

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	Theme Park Design: Behind The Scenes With An Engineer 3.78 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	Building A Better Mouse: The Story Of The Electronic Imagineers Who Designed Epcot by Steve Alcorn (Goodreads Author), David Paul Green (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	How to Fix Your Novel 4.48 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	A Matter of Justice 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Everything In Its Path 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003 — 9 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 Young Adult Fiction: Brainstorm, Write and Publish Your Own Bestseller by Steve Alcorn (Goodreads Author), Dani Alcorn 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 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
	Write Your Life Story: Brainstorm, Write and Publish Your Autobiography 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 5 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
	Building A Better Mouse, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Story Of The Electronic Imagineers Who Designed Epcot by Steve Alcorn (Goodreads Author), David Green really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Twisted Time: An Example Work in Process for Writing Academy Students 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Molly Builds a Theme Park by Steve Alcorn (Goodreads Author), Linda Alcorn 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 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

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Great character development makes this a very enjoyable story, and the core mystery is complex. I don’t think most readers will figure it out until the very end. I certainly didn’t. The two audiobook readers are terrific.
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