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Plotting Your Novelas this ever happened to you while brainstorming for a novel? Your characters are fleshed out, your setting is taking shape, and you've got some great scene ideas; now you just need a strong plot to bring everything together. The resources included in this bundle focus on ideas, advice, and instruction from bestselling authors on how to power through the plotting process. Made for any authors who are feeling stuck in either the brainstorming or

as this ever happened to you while brainstorming for a novel? Your characters are fleshed out, your setting is taking shape, and you've got some great scene ideas; now you just need a strong plot to bring everything together. The resources included in this bundle focus on ideas, advice, and instruction from bestselling authors on how to power through the plotting process. Made for any authors who are feeling stuck in either the brainstorming or drafting stage and are looking to supercharge their plot, the Plot Bundle can save you time, effort, and money. For 90% off, you can learn how to build stories with enough twists and turns to have you motivated to keep writing, and have readers devouring your books.

Plotting Your Novel From Start to Finish (OnDemand Webinar) Whether you outline or write by the seat of your pants, your novel will stand or fall on the strength of four pillars: characters your reader will care about, a quest your reader can believe in, opposition that is relatable and reasonable, and a resolution that will satisfy them. In this workshop, we will explore how to plot your novel utilizing a fresh look at the classic and always reliable 3-Act structure. ($79.99 value)

Plotting the Commercial Novel (OnDemand Webinar) Jeffery Deaver, who has been called the "best plotter on the planet" and has sold more than 50 million books worldwide, will present his detailed lecture on how to construct the framework for a successful commercial thriller. Attendees will learn how to select appropriate topics for a successful novel, how to structure it, what to include and what to leave out, and how to avoid the pitfalls that so often plague commercial fiction. P.S. He's also pretty funny. ($79.99 value)

Get It Done: How to Conquer Procrastination, Crush Writer’s Block, and Create Killer Plot Twists Even If the Well Feels Dry (OnDemand Webinar) Sometimes the hardest part about writing is the actual writing, whether that means getting started, pushing through the middle, or finishing the project at the very end. In this session, bestselling author Kate White shares practical tips and strategies to conquer procrastination, crush writer's block, and create killer plot twists--even when the "inspiration" just doesn't feel present. These tactics won't only help writers finish that first book but also finish a series of books, because writing is the lifeblood of being an author. ($79.99 Value)

Harnessing the Secret Powers of the 3-Act Structure (OnDemand Webinar) There's a reason the three-act structure is one of the most popular storytelling templates around—it's really effective when done right. It's even more impactful when a writer knows how to truly take advantage of all its hidden powers. In this session, fan-favorite Hank Phillipi Ryan teaches writers how to harness the secret powers of the three-act structure to write more engaging stories. ($79.99 Value)

Writer's Digest July/August 2023 Digital Edition (Digital Magazine) Structure is an oft-discussed topic when it comes to writing books, with different writing instructors amplifying the version they see as most effective. From the three-act structure to the hero’s journey and more, structure can help you write your story and ensure readers get the reading experience they deserve. But there are other ways, less traditional ways, to consider structure too, including how something visually looks on the page, how authors structure their writing lives, and books whose settings take place in a single structure. ($7.99 Value)

The Writer’s Digest Guide to Plot: 126 Tropes, 125 Plot Twist Prompts, and Plot Advice From Award-Winning and Bestselling Authors (Digital Guide) Regardless of whether you plan your plot in advance or write by the seat of your pants, at some point the plot of your story must come into focus. But that can be challenging, and sometimes, no matter how much you outline, your plot can go in directions you didn’t see coming. In this 230+ page PDF, you’ll get plotting advice from 22 award-winning and bestselling authors about everything from starting your story better to creating cliffhangers to plotting out a series, and so much more.

            Plus, this digital guide contains 126 tropes for romance, science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, and advice for how to use these tropes in exciting and unique ways, helping you to both give readers what they expect from the genre while also delighting and surprising them.

            Finally, you’ll find 125 plot twist writing prompts that encourage you to get creative. Use them when you’re feeling stuck, as practice writing exercises, or to take your story in a whole new direction. ($19.99 Value)

Understanding Scene Types: Enrich your Plot at the Scene Level (OnDemand Webinar) In this OnDemand webinar, Jordan Rosenfeld brings her experience as an author of six books on the craft of writing, and three novels, to show you how to take a high-level overview of 15 scene types and then dive deep into the most versatile ones, such as first scenes, suspense scenes, contemplative scenes, and crisis scenes, among others. We’ll also explore the requirements for deepening your scenes and enriching your plot. ($79.99 value)

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K. Ryan Kane
Bozeman, US
★★★★★ 4
I enjoyed this book immensely
Format: Paperback
A pioneering book! It breaks new ground and proposes new ideas that are plausible. I enjoyed this book immensely. But with every pioneering book comes beliefs that may not always be what they seem. I withheld one star because there are some ideas proposed that I found hard to believe entirely. I like the fact that Dr. Schoch includes Biblical passages but I don't agree with the majority of his interpretations. For example, Ezekiel's writings and visions are not about shapes he saw in the sky that Dr. Schoch thinks are from solar outbursts or auroral displays. Instead, most of those are visions he had of the "Last Days." But he didn't know exactly what he was seeing so he did his best to describe the things he saw. The other point I would like to make is that not all of the glyphs from thousands of years ago could be describing auroral displays or solar outbursts. I would imagine that if solar flares were racing toward Earth, (1) there wouldn't be enough time to look at them and study their shapes because you would be racing for cover, (2) they would be too bright whereas nobody could actually look at them long enough to study their shapes even if they had modern sunglasses, and (3) there would be a lot more evidence of scorched and burned areas of Earth so that it would be more obvious if solar activity was what had set society back thousands of years. But I don't recall Dr. Schoch theorizing about these things. Overall the book is great and I think he right about a lot of things. Highly recommended!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2014
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Carol E.
Charlottesville, US
★★★★★ 5
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Forgotten Civilization by Dr. Robert Schoch Why should you buy this book? 1) You're already looking at it so you must have some interest in this topic. 2) Dr. Schoch has a great ability to take his, or others, theories and support them with well researched scientific data. This is helpful to those of us who are curious about alternative explanations but are still dependent on the "scientific thinking" paradigm. (He doesn't make statements like "when humans bred with aliens in 20,823 BC..."). 3) He always makes you think about conventional wisdom in a new way. For instance, in this book - the age of Easter Island statues (moai). How DID they get buried so deeply when they (conventionally) only go back to a South Pacific Polynesian settlement times?? I have stood in front of the moais on Easter Island and read many books on it's history and it never occurred to me to question the timeline. It takes that unique geologist perspective which Dr Schoch brings to his writings. 4) He introduces you to other researchers or writers that you will want to know more about. Like Thomas Brophy, Anthony Peratt, Paul LaViolette and many others. 5) The Appendices. Some excellent information on multiple topics included at the end of the book. 6) Because Dr. Schoch has gone where many others SHOULD go - against conventional archeological/historical wisdom which makes no sense. His initial theories on the age of the Sphinx as a young academic were very daring and absolutely correct. The geological community had no problem with his ideas - but Egyptologists did, and they have been after him ever since. Choosing a controversial research path has meant some changes in his academic career I'm sure, as "Academics," for all it's spouting of tremendous support for new knowledge and research is very much mired in politically correct concrete. (Go to Egypt and look for yourself. Even a casual tourist will see how wrong standard academic theories are currently). 7) I guarantee you will learn new and interesting things that just may change your life - or at the very least, change the way you think about the future. -C. Engel
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2012
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Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 3
A Book About Everything and Nothing
This was a great idea for a book and it's too bad that Mr. Schoch decided not to write it. Some of the ideas about solar events, the way the plasma manifested in the sky as it relates to ancient petroglyphs is fascinating. Mr. Schoch spent very little time in this space however (in spite of the book's title). Instead we got a brief, incomplete overview coupled with a survey of every piece of fringe science out there from the memory of water, to quantum entanglement to telepathy. There was the obligatory chapter on his work with the Sphinx of course. It always comes back to the Sphinx with this guy. Not an original thought in the book, but there was plenty of promotion of fringe science, especially the work of Paul LaViolette whose confusing and widely ignored and self-published work got several chapters. I gave the book 3 stars for its entertainment value and docked it two for not staying on point. This is still a great and fascinating subject. I wish Mr. Schoch thought so too.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2015
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Chongyean Cheang
Boise, US
★★★★★ 5
An amazing book
Format: Paperback
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is one book that has opened our minds to how much has gone wrong in the world. It is an immensely powerful scientific book for general readers packed full of verifiable research and data. Rachel Carson wrote the book about the widespread use of chemical pesticides that have wreaked havoc upon the water, the atmosphere, the soil, and the earth since the experiments conducted during World War II. Carson begins the book with a short chapter containing an imaginary scenario of a quiet American countryside in spring devoid of birds and other wildlife. Carson then asks a question which the book attempts to answer: "What has already silenced the voices of spring in many towns in America?" (Carson 1962) The other sixteen chapters fully detail how the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides impacts the environment and silences living species when people do not pay attention. In chapter two she makes the point that humans can alter nature. "The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea" (Carson 1962). The author demonstrates that people try to get a quick fix for their small problems but are often unaware of the consequences of their quick fix solutions. "We use the chemicals to kill weeds, insects, and pests…… They should not call insecticides but biocides" (Carson 1962). In the next chapter, "Elixirs of Death," she introduces chemicals which can harm health such as chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g., DDT), organic phosphates, and other hydrocarbons that are more toxic than DDT such as dieldrin, Aldrin, and endrin. She tells the story of a child and family dog that was suddenly killed by the use on an endrin cockroach spray. When the chemicals are combined with one another, it leads to an unpredictable and harmful result in the atmosphere and living creatures. Carson continues in chapter 4 and five by describing the effect of pesticides in water and soil. Even though low concentrations of insecticide in the water is not detrimental, a habit of putting poison in water builds up and ends up passing into fishes, animals, and humans. DDD and DDE, the toxaphenes used in clear lakes destroy the human adrenal cortex (Carson 1962). Even though the chemicals had been deposited years ago, it was carried on in living species from generation to generation. Similarly, soil can be destroyed if it contains too many pesticides and these chemicals may remain in the ground for an extended period. The following chapter of the book mentioned that there are ways to avoid using insecticides to kill insects such as introducing different species of plants or by introducing plant-eating insects. Carson continues her analysis of the life-threatening consequences of pesticides on the surroundings in chapters 7, 8 and 9. She mentions that the entire population of living creatures, including birds and fish, was killed in sprayed areas. "Aldrin, one of the deadliest of all chemicals, was chosen to kill the Japanese beetles... After a few reports came in of dead birds everywhere…. Dogs and cats sickened" (Carson 1962). The author also provides excerpts of letters from people who lived in the areas saying that these pesticides changed the landscape of the areas in which they lived. One woman reported that the spraying of these chemicals had wiped out robins, chickadees, and cardinals. Other women from Alabama said the result of fire-ant spraying made the birds disappear overnight. Other people in Mississippi saw no land birds for miles after spraying. The author ends the chapter with the question, "Isn't it possible to help the balance of nature without destroying it? Who has the right to decide about the use of chemicals?" Chapter 10 details the death of wildlife when aerial spraying is conducted. She comments on the lack of precaution and foresight being used by the pesticide industry. "No research was done before the launch of million acres aerial campaign" (Carson 1962). It shows the lack of caution and general unawareness of the consequences of their actions. The following chapter examines the evidence that the widespread use of poisonous substances can cause the slow, prolonged destruction of human health. For example, she mentions, "DDT has been found everywhere in processed food and cooked restaurant meals" (Carson 1962). The cumulative effect of using different chemicals is that it is incorporated into our food. It is unpredictable how much it can cause harm. A huge amount of poison is everywhere; people exist in their day-to-day lives without knowing that it is even there. Carson calls it "the age of poison" (Carson 1962). Chapters 12, 13 and 14, Carson directs examines the chemicals harmful to human tissues and organs. Back in the days, we lived in fear of infectious diseases such as smallpox and cholera. Now, we are living with and facing new diseases that Carson calls "the environmental disease." The author gives many examples of the sources of the chemicals and how it reacts and is incorporated into the body. "Dieldrin can have long-term effects such as loss of memory, insomnia, nightmares, and mania" (Carson 1962). At the end of chapter 14, she mentions the statistic that one in every four Americans is developing cancer. The possible explanation is that the sale of chemicals in the market is an accepted part of our lives. She describes how she was slowly dying of cancer as she finished this book. In the next three chapters, Carson describes how insects have developed the ability to reproduce and resist the effects of the sprays. In other words, like the title of Chapter 15 states, "nature fights back." Finally, the final chapter, "The Other Road" presents alternatives to chemical control of pests. Chemical "solutions" should be stopped. Instead, an alternative way is biological solutions based on knowledge of living organisms. She gives examples such as insect sterilization, insect venom as a poison, insect killing microorganisms, and ultrasonic sound to kill mosquito larvae. "The choice, after all, is ours to make" (Carlson 1962). Overall, Silent Spring is all about how the world has changed because of our misguided actions of using harmful chemical pesticides in nature. The book opens our eyes and minds to the fact that these synthetic pesticides have poisoned all living species, destroyed the environment, and contaminated the world. I would recommend this book to all people that are interested in how much the earth is contaminated by humans and want to find a way to help keep the balance of nature without destroying it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018
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Lisa D.
Lake Worth, US
★★★★★ 5
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