A reminder that my new writing craft book, Brick by Brick: How to Build a Story, is available for pre-order now on all major ebook retail platforms.
The book will come out on September 15. Shortly after that release date, the price will increase, so if you're interested, pre-order it now.
From the book blurb:
Most writing craft books, courses, and workshops focus on the tools for being a writer and how to use them: dialog, setting, pacing, plot, openings, exposition, point-of-view. And so on.
And on and on and on.
Their aim is to add another tool, or maybe even a set of tools, to your writer's toolbox.
The problem with that approach is the vast gulf in knowledge between having your toolbox filled with tools and applying those tools to create a story.
Those craft books are the equivalent of telling a rookie construction worker, "Here's how to use a hammer, saw, level, screwdrivers, band saw, power drill, etc. Got that? Great! Now go build a house."
In this book, Douglas Smith, a five-time award-winning author described by Library Journal as "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction," takes a different approach.
In these pages, Doug will show how to design that house so that you can build it. You'll learn how to create a blueprint for your story idea to take you from inspiration to story structure, a structure you can then build, brick by brick.
Or rather, scene by scene.
If that sounds like a book that might help you on your writing journey, then click here to preorder Brick by Brick from your favorite retailer.
The book will also be available in print, both trade paperback and hardcover, starting on September 15.
Hi! Thanks for visiting. I'm a multi-award-winning Canadian author of speculative fiction, published in twenty-eight languages and thirty-six countries.
