By April Kihlstrom April Kihlstrom's Book in a Week Workbook (1st First Edition) [Paperback]

by April Kihlstrom

Wondering where to start brainstorming your book? Fiction or nonfiction, this workbook will help you plan out your story in ways you never have before.Most of us write linearly but brainstorm in a nonlinear way. If one thinks of writing a book as being similar to putting together a puzzle, this workbook is intended to help writers create key puzzle pieces. This workbook is intended to help writers brainstorm and plan out their books in a way that is organic.April Kihlstrom was one of the first writers to embrace the concept of Book in a Week. She has been teaching the material in workshops and online classes for years. All of the material in this book comes from her experience both as a multi-published author and in teaching these workshops and classes."April's questions will make you explore your ideas -- and give you new ones. They will challenge you to develop the full potential out of your story."--Anne McAllister, award winning author contemporary romances“Through the series of questions that April asks she makes each author delve deeply into their character and story line. April's questions make you think about how your character's history, social standing, occupation, family position, and more impacts how they handle the various situations we authors toss them into. At the end of April's class you have a deep understanding of your characters that writing the story will be a breeze.”--Ruth Seitelman, published author“I will be forever grateful for the month I spent doing your lessons in BIAW. The lessons were, indeed, thought-provoking. The questions you asked me to answer made me really think about where I was going with my book, and how I could make it the most interesting. I worried that, since I am writing non-fiction, I might not get value from it, but I was wrong. I appreciated the way you posed questions for both fiction and non-fiction writers.Thank you so much for all of your kind help.”--Robin Heart Shepperd, nonfiction

Genres: Writing

Unknown Binding

First published July 13, 2013

Reviews

[Kaitlin Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful

Approaching the writing process in a matter-of-fact way, this book asks many questions and helps to shape a writer's natural inclinations into something truly beneficial and expeditious. It's a guide that encourages thought and intentionality rather than setting down a bunch of rules. Quite helpful, actually, and simple/universal in its design, leaving it up to the reader/writer to delve deeper when and where needed.

[Linda Brighton · Rating 3 out of 5]

The dotted lines should have been removed for Kindle format

This book has pages with no text but with lines intended to be written on. Not only useless, but annoying. I like to listen to books with the computer voice.

But the information given is solid and clearly written.

[Lana Voynich · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was mostly just lists of questions to help brainstorm ideas before starting to write a book.