Great news! My third editor's guide to writing compelling fiction, CAPTIVATE YOUR READERS, is finally out!
You can find it in trade paperback and e-book form at all Amazon sites, including these:
It will soon be available in print at many independent bookstores and libraries.
Here's a bit about the book:
Captivate Your Readers - An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction, by Jodie Renner
This third guide to writing compelling fiction by respected
editor and award-winning author Jodie Renner provides concrete advice for
captivating readers and immersing them in your story world. It’s all about
engaging readers through techniques such as using deep point of view, showing
instead of telling, avoiding author intrusions, writing riveting dialogue, and
basically stepping back and letting the characters tell the story.
Today’s readers want to lose themselves in an absorbing
story. Renner shows you how to provide the immediacy and emotional involvement
readers crave in fiction, the direct, close connection to the characters and
their world. And she does it in her usual highly accessible, reader-friendly
style, with plenty of subheadings, concrete tips and examples.
This book is available in both e-book form and print,
through all Amazon websites, and also in print through Red Tuque Books in
Penticton, BC. Available soon in print at many independent bookstores and
libraries.
“Jodie’s books are packed with practical writing and editing
advice. Get ready to improve your manuscript today.”
– Steven James, author of
Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the
Rules
“Want to write solid, marketable fiction? Read this book.
Regardless of your experience level, CAPTIVATE YOUR READERS gives you clear and
concise tools that will help you create a believable story world and spin a
good yarn.”
– DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Dub Walker and
Samantha Cody thriller series
“Jodie
Renner nails it! Captivate Your Readers
should be at the top of every new and experienced writer’s arsenal, as well as
a preferred resource for every teacher of writing. Her no-nonsense,
easy-to-understand approach is perfect. Bravo, Jodie Renner!”
–
Lynn Sholes, bestselling author of the Cotten Stone series and The Shield
Jodie Renner is a freelance fiction editor and the
award-winning author of three craft-of-writing guides in her series An Editor’s Guide to Writing Compelling
Fiction: Fire
up Your Fiction, Writing
a Killer Thriller, and Captivate
Your Readers. She has also published two clickable time-saving
e-resources to date: Quick
Clicks: Spelling List and Quick
Clicks: Word Usage. You can find Jodie at www.JodieRenner.com,
www.JodieRennerEditing.com, at The
Kill Zone blog alternate Mondays, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.