Bøger af Paul Tomlinson

What's Better Than a Great Novel? A Series of Them! Series are popular in most genres and can help boost your visibility as an author. But how do you create one? How do you come up with an idea that will generate multiple stories in the same story world? This book explores all the factors that go into making a successful series, from testing your characters and story premise for series potential to tracking details as you write to ensure continuity. Content includes: Series vs. Story - A New MindsetTypes of Series - Episodic, Serial & HybridSoaps & SerialsCreating a Series Premise or Story EngineGenre & IconographySetting or Story WorldThemesPlots & Story ArcsCharacters with Series PotentialCharacter Development ArcsProtagonist vs. Antagonist PlotsRomance Plots & SubplotsBuddy Movies & Odd Couple PlotsFriends to Enemies: Betrayal & Revenge PlotsCreating & Maintaining Suspense in a SeriesCreating a Series BibleWriting the First Novel in a SeriesEnding a Series & Extending a SeriesSpin-Offs & Shared WorldsBatch Writing & Rapid ReleaseWriting a Romance SeriesIn these pages you will see how plot and character arcs can be used to tie novels in a series together, what to do if your series doesn't perform as well as you'd hoped, and where to go next if it exceeds expectations. By the author of Plot Basics, Character Creation and the multi-volume Genre Writer series

Moonlight, Murder & Mayhem!In modern-day Nottingham, Frankie Rowan is a private detective with a special knack for finding things. She is hired to locate an ancient vampire skull said to have belonged to Chanoch the Sorcerer and soon finds herself caught in a feud between two rival vampire clans. She's used to finding missing husbands and lost cats, so sneaking around booby-trapped underground chambers and chasing across rooftops is way out of her comfort zone. Teaming up with a mischievous thief who probably can't be trusted and a handsome, brooding vampire with a mysterious past, Frankie must reach the skull before it falls into the hands of occultists planning to bring Chanoch back from the dead to create a powerful new clan of vampire sorcerers. Along the way, she may also find the man she's willing to die for. Introducing a sassy new heroine who proves you don't need a gun to be the new sheriff in town.

Your in-depth guide to writing edge-of-the-seat suspenseThe Thriller is one of the top-selling genres for books and it's in the top five for movies. This is the genre of assassinations, Watergate-like conspiracies, and terrorist plots. It's where we find Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne and Dan Brown's Robert Langdon. These writers built their heroes and their stories on genre conventions developed over the last 100 years -- and you can too. How do you write one? The trick to writing a successful thriller novel or screenplay is to know the conventions of the genre - what elements need to be in the story and what sort of plot structure readers and viewers expect. You could spend a long time reading and watching films to learn all of this - but you don't have to, because this book gives you all the details you need.Create a suspenseful story the way Alfred Hitchcock did itWrite a super-spy thriller like a James Bond movie or hunt-the-mole like a John Le Carré spymasterPlot a legal thriller like John Grisham or Scott Turow Scare your readers with a Robin Cook style medical thrillerThrill readers with the latest military hardware like Tom Clancy Show what happens when technology goes wrong the way Michael Crichton did itOr plumb the depths of the human psyche and write a psychological thriller like Daphne Du Maurier and Patricia HighsmithIn these pages you will see how to raise the stakes for your hero, find more than a dozen techniques for generating and increasing suspense, how to write a killer chase, and templates for the different sub-genres of suspense thrillerLook out for Mystery and Crime Thrillers in the Genre Writer series and Plot Basics by the same author

Create Larger-than-Life CharactersReaders and audiences love larger-than-life characters. Think of Hannibal Lecter, Captain Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Bennet, Holly Golightly or Sherlock Holmes. But how do you create memorable story people like this?90% of a character, like an iceberg, exists below the surface. But you have to create that submerged content so that the part an audience sees can shine in the sunlight. Or spotlight.Character Creation is not a 'how to write' or 'how to act' book - it is about doing the background work that enables you to bring a character to life. Here you will find three fundamental character personality archetypes - the primary colours of your character palette: the Warrior, the Thinker, and the Carer. And three 'hybrid' personalities that blend those three - the Crusader, the Artist, and the Adventurer. These six types are all you need to understand to create any character - including psychopaths, antiheroes, and rebels.To guide you in creating the three-dimensions of character - the physical, social, and psychological - each of the archetypes are explained in terms of a dozen key features.To help you create heroes and villains there is detail about the dark and light side of each of the types - and why individuals end up on a particular side.To allow you to develop conflict or romance, friendship or feud, there is advice on which personality types attract one another and which ones will fight.And there is a step-by-step framework for a character development arc that you can use to take your 'flawed hero' character towards a happy-ever-after or a tragic ending./p>These tools can be used to improvise a new character from scratch or to explore an existing character and fill in the 'missing pieces' of their background.Character Creation draws on the work of Stanislavski and Laban, combining this with modern theories of human psychology and mental health to provide a detailed and complete framework for creating larger-than-life characters.

A robot can never harm a human being. Or so they would have you believe. But a robot is just like any other tool - or weapon - and will do whatever you want it to.Stevie Houston is a rebel who likes to joyride in giant walking robots and to trash 'droids in creative and amusing ways. Until he meets repairman and inventor Raoul Zacharias. He has just developed an artificial muscle-fibre that will revolutionise the robotics industry. And the major robot manufacturers will go to any lengths to get their hands on it - including murder.As he tries to protect the old man, Stevie must use every bit of technology he can fix or steal - from a boogie-woogie playing robot to a flying exo-suit borrowed from an injured police woman.But as the Robot Wrecker tears everything apart in its search for the invention, will anything be able to stop it?

The Stage is Set for Destruction!What should have been a simple act of thievery leaves Anton Leyander with two bloody corpses, and no spoils. Hiding out in a local theatre troupe, he soon learns that while there may not be much honour among thieves, there's even less among actors.Anton's rivalry with arrogant male lead Edric Edison rapidly escalates into violence, both on and off stage. Things deteriorate further when the two are forced to become partners against a common foe - the Captain of the Guard, whose black heart and devious scheming put any stage villain to shame.With a cast that features jealous lovers, assassins, and an amorous hunchback - not to mention a lady-pirate with a ship filled with gunpowder - the question becomes: Will everyone die in the final act?Fortune's Fool is the sequel to Slayer of Dragons

This mixed Country shaped Maze Puzzle Activity Book is the PERFECT gift or present for someone you love. Enjoy this amazeing Maze Book for everyone who want to learn more about maze puzzles, Countries, and their shapes. Makes a great Christmas, Easter, Birthday, Thank You or Anytime Gift.Sneak a peek to see what's inside. This will keep kindergarten kids, young kids, teenage kids and even some big kids (Mum, Dad, Grandma) entertained and amused for hours.This book consists of 30 mazes, one per page and their solutions. This big book of mazes can help improve problem-solving skills. Page's Large 8.5 x 11 pages. Help your special ones celebrate a special day with this workbook with solutions Large 8.5 x 11 inch Pages! Hours of Fun!Send purchase receipt for a bonus digital copy so you can print of extra copies to mark@digitalpuzzles.co.uk

This colouring book contains 25 mandala shapes, patterns, and designs to help you to relax and tune out your distractions. There are a variety of designs to match every skill level so grab your favourite colouring tools and enjoy! 25 mandala Patterns in a variety of designs to match every skill level Perfect relaxing gift for beginners of all ages, kids, adults, and seniors.This colouring book contains 25 mandala shapes, patterns, and designs to help you to relax and tune out your distractions. There are a variety of designs to match every skill level so grab your favourite colouring tools and enjoy! 25 mandala Patterns in a variety of designs to match every skill level Each Pattern is printed on its own page to prevent bleed through. Perfect relaxing gift for beginners of all ages, kids, adults, and seniors.

The sixty-six books of the Holy Scripture were written by many penmen, over a space of fifteen centuries, yet it is one book and has one voice speaking through all its pages. The Bible is the word of God. It's very different from the sacred books of non-Christian religions. In those writings, it is man speaking about God; in the holy scriptures, it is God speaking to man. Reading this book, Truth, will provide you with further insights into the word of God.