{"id":11588,"date":"2011-11-10T06:23:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T11:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?page_id=11588"},"modified":"2012-04-11T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T22:49:02","slug":"500-ways","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/chucks-books\/500-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"500 Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hungry for another double-barrel buckshot of questionable writing wisdom unloaded into your brain-guts? Ohhh, I have just the thing for you, my little ink-fingered word-cobblers.<\/p>\n

Available now: 500 WAYS TO BE A BETTER WRITER<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Okay, let’s get our procurement options on the table:<\/p>\n

AMAZON (US)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

AMAZON (UK)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

B&N<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Or, buy direct (PDF) from here:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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(A note about buying direct: if you buy direct, I send you the file — er, directly! — via email. This is generally very fast unless<\/em> extenuating circumstances prevent this. Like, say, if I’m asleep. Or if Paypal delays sending me the head’s up. Or if I experience a massive power outage. You’ll generally have your file within an hour, unless it’s at night, at which point you’ll have it very early in the morning.)<\/p>\n

What The Hell Is This?<\/h3>\n

This is the sequel to 250 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WRITING<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and, as many sequels go, this one is bigger and badder — twice the size, in fact, of its predecessor.<\/p>\n

It features 20 “Lists of 25” from the blog-bound pages of this very site.<\/p>\n

What lists, you say? Well, here’s what’s in it:<\/p>\n

Prologue: 25 Things You Should Know About Writing Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Questions To Ask As You Write<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Reasons You Won\u2019t Finish That Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Endings<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Mood<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About NaNoWriMo<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Queries, Synopses And Treatments<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Self-Publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Things You Should Know About Writing Horror<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Virtues Writers Should Possess<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Ways To Be A Better Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Ways To Defeat Writer\u2019s Block<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Ways To Make Exposition Your Bitch<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 Ways To Plot, Plan And Prep Your Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Life Cycle Of A Novel (In 25 Steps)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix 1: 25 Sleep-Deprived And Also Drunken Thoughts On Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Appendix 2: 25 Brief-But-Hopefully-Potent Writing Exercises<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, four of those are brand new and are not found here at terribleminds — Endings; Mood; Sleep-Deprived And Also Drunken Thoughts; and the writing exercises.<\/p>\n

All told, it’s around 50,000 words of total content.<\/p>\n

None of it is replicated from 250 THINGS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Why Buy?<\/h3>\n

Because this is a mega-explosion of thinking and talking about writing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Got a big bad case of the writer’s block? Exposition a barnacle-crusted colostomy bag around your hip? Don’t know how to cinch that perfect ending, or describe that perfect mood? Doing NaNoWriMo and want a little something-something, some idea-coal for the story-furnace? Or maybe you just want to hear my drunken ramblings about writing? If any of those apply, then this might just be the book for you. Plus, like I said — for the next week, it’s naught but a dollar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Alternately, maybe you want to support the blog. Maybe you say, “Hey, I come here every week and Wendig hoses me down and delouses my writer-fed delusions and I come away smelling of rye whiskey and — quite curiously — butterscotch, so why wouldn’t I want to throw a couple coins into the ol’ terribleminds<\/strong> coffers?”<\/p>\n

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Or — or! — maybe you say, “Well, a ding-dang-doo, that is one cute baby. I would love a guilt-soaked appeal to whatever instincts drive an adult’s need to protect a tiny big-eyed human, and if I can contribute money toward this kid’s diapers-and-college fund, then that makes me feel warm inside, like freshly-baked bread.” See? There he is, all dressed as Babyzilla. And, apparently, pointing at his crotch. So much like his father! Which is, uhh, presumably me? I do often dress like a monster and run around town pointing out my crotch, so I’d say the bloodline has manifested itself elegantly.<\/p>\n

Those are just three potential reasons to procure this e-book.<\/p>\n

Other reasons might include:<\/p>\n

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A love of profanity!<\/p>\n

Syphilitic insanity!<\/p>\n

A hatred of money and so you must spend it as fast as you get it!<\/p>\n

A zealous love for all things self-published!<\/p>\n

An obsessive and ever-mounting collection of e-books!<\/p>\n

The beard! THE BEARD!<\/p>\n

And so on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you procure? Then you have my thanks. If you don’t nab a copy? I definitely<\/em> do not wish a plague of bed-bugs upon your home. That would be rude of me. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to read this book of ancient hexes. Whyfor? Oh. Uhhh. What? No reason. Just buy the book already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hungry for another double-barrel buckshot of questionable writing wisdom unloaded into your brain-guts? Ohhh, I have just the thing for you, my little ink-fingered word-cobblers. Available now: 500 WAYS TO BE A BETTER WRITER. Okay, let’s get our procurement options on the table: AMAZON (US) AMAZON (UK) B&N Or, buy direct (PDF) from here: (A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13532,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11588","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pv7MR-30U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11590,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11588\/revisions\/11590"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}