500 Ways To Write Harder

"Chuck Wendig's Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey is full of the kind of writing advice I wish I'd gotten in school. Practical, brutally honest, and done with the kind of humor that will make it stick in your brain. Whether you're a veteran writer or new to the craft, you'll find something useful in here.

Plus he says ‘fuck’ a lot, so, you know, there's that." -- Stephen Blackmoore, author of Dead Things

500 Ways To Write Harder aims to deliver a volley of micro-burst idea bombs and advisory missiles straight to your frontal penmonkey cortex. Want to learn more about writing, storytelling, publishing, and living the creative life? This book contains a high-voltage dose of information about outlining, plot twists, writer's block, antagonists, writing conferences, self-publishing, and more.

All this, straight from terribleminds.com, one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers (Writer's Digest). 

Contains the following chapters:

• 25 Bad Writer Behaviors
• 25 Hard Truths About Writing & Publishing
• 25 Steps To Becoming A Self-Published Author
• 25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story
• 25 Things To Do Before You Start Your Novel
• 25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists
• 25 Things You Should Know About Conventions & Conferences
• 25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor
• 25 Things You Should Know About Narrative Point-of-View
• 25 Things You Should Know About Outlining
• 25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding
• 25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction
• 25 Things Writers Should Beware
• 25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling
• 25 Turns, Pivots and Twists To Complicate Your Story
• 25 Ways To Be A Happy Writer
• 25 Ways To Get Your Authorial Groove Back
• 25 Ways To Survive As A Creative Person
• 25 Ways To Unstick A Stuck Story
• 25 Writer Resolutions
• Appendix: 50 Rantypants Snidbits Of Writing And Storytelling Advice