500 WAYS TO BE A BETTER WRITER aims to provide novelists, screenwriters and other flavors of penmonkey with an avalanche of writing tips and storytelling tricks. All of it greased up with whisky and bad language (let that serve as your first and only warning: this is a very NSFW book of writing advice). 500 WAYS contains the following: Prologue: 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Advice 25 Questions To Ask As You Write 25 Reasons You Won’t Finish That Story 25 Things You Should Know About Endings 25 Things You Should Know About Mood 25 Things You Should Know About NaNoWriMo 25 Things You Should Know About Queries, Synopses And Treatments 25 Things You Should Know About Self-Publishing 25 Things You Should Know About Social Media 25 Things You Should Know About Theme 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror 25 Virtues Writers Should Possess 25 Ways To Be A Better Writer 25 Ways To Defeat Writer’s Block 25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters 25 Ways To Make Exposition Your Bitch 25 Ways To Plot, Plan And Prep Your Story The Life Cycle Of A Novel (In 25 Steps) Appendix 1: 25 Sleep-Deprived And Also Drunken Thoughts On Writing Appendix 2: 25 Brief-But-Hopefully-Potent Writing Exercises
Author
Chuck Wendig is a novelist, a screenwriter, and a freelance penmonkey. He has contributed over two million words to the roleplaying game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is a fellow of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter's Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, will show at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producer Ted Hope. Chuck's novel Double Dead will be out in November, 2011. He's written too much. He should probably stop. Give him a wide berth, as he might be drunk and untrustworthy. He currently lives in the wilds of Pennsyltucky with a wonderful wife and two very stupid dogs. He is represented by Stacia Decker of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. You can find him at his website, terribleminds.com.
