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How to Beat Writer’s Block: The Definitive Course

Today, Holly Lisle releases her definitive course, How to Beat Writer’s Block. But as an affiliate of Holly’s web store, I’m making a special offer available only to you and others who are reading this blog post.

For those who order Holly Lisle’s How to Beat Writer’s Block through my affiliate links at the bottom of this post, I’m offering two freebies of my own.

Where to Find Thousands of Great Character Ideas… FREE

What if you had a magic “idea box,” and when you opened it up, character ideas just started pouring out? What would that do for your writing? If you had a magic idea box, you could:

• Produce rich, 3-dimensional characters that readers will remember, because you will make readers laugh, cry, and feel for your characters.

• Cut your writing time in half (or better), because you’ll know exactly where you are with each of your characters and exactly how to deal with any obstacles that arise.

• Permanently overcome a major source of “writer’s block” not knowing how your characters fit into the story.

• Virtually eliminate the frustration of creating characters and the fear that your characters will never be good enough.

• Increase your writing prowess, and earn kudos from other writers.

• Exercise your creative muscle, and make yourself more creative.

• Write fictional characters that people want to get to know and to talk about.

• Create characters that intrigue and excite you.

The magic “idea box” is for real. There actually is a writing tool that can help you do all these things. It starts with something every writer needs, and something you may even have already started. I’m talking about a character journal. A character journal is a long list of character traits. Whenever you need an idea, you go to the journal, and it helps you find the right character trait.

But a tool accomplishes nothing unless one knows how to wield it. And that is the secret to creating winning fictional characters with this tool, how to cash in on your character journal. Once you grasp this truth, you’ll appreciate that ideas really are only worth a dime a dozen, because you’ll have more great ideas coming to you than you ever thought possible.

As hard as it is to come up with great ideas, the raw ideas are actually the easy part. The hard part is taking those ideas and turning them into a story. Because even if you had all the ideas in the world, ideas can’t write your story for you. Only you can do that.

That’s why I’ve compiled this brand new PDF ebook, 1001 Character Quirks for Writing Fiction, with much more than just a list of character quirks. It includes:

• 1001 Character Quirks ready to use in real stories.

• The single biggest mistake writers make with quirks, and the secret to using them effectively.

• 10 ways to enhance character with quirks.

• 12 techniques you can use to generate your own character ideas.

• 8 tips on how to multiply quirks, so you can turn these 1001 quirks into 2000, 3000, 10000, or as many as you want.

• A 3-stage character-development process you can use to create realistic and interesting characters.

• A quick-list of 35 questions you can ask to give your character depth, and which questions not to ask.

• A simple, 5-step writing process you can use to turn any character into a story, even if you’ve never written a story before.

• An actual fictional character, soup to nuts, including a snippet from a finished story starring the character.

• Numerous concrete examples and enlightening anecdotes.

• Free downloads of future editions of the ebook.

This is an $8.34 value, because the core is a list of 1001 ideas, and ideas are a dime a dozen. So, 10 cents per 12 ideas, times 1001 ideas… Actually, it’s worth more than that, because it’s a tool you use to generate your own ideas, as many as you want.

But I’m giving a copy of this ebook away for free to anyone who orders the How to Beat Writer’s Block audio course using the links below.

Exclusive Writer’s Tips e-Newsletter… FREE

Yes, I’ve posted numerous tips and tricks on BeTheStory.com. And I pop my head in from time to time at the online writer’s boards. But I reserve the best writer’s secrets I know, simply because it’s too much work to distill them into a usable form. But…

Now I’ve started an exclusive Writer’s Tips e-Newsletter, full of storytelling tips, tricks, secrets, and exclusive offers, delivered by email and only available to my customers. I created this it for people who order my writing resources. But I’m offering a free subscription to the Writer’s Tips e-Newsletter as part of this offer.

The e-Newsletter is delivered safely and conveniently by email. In these emails, you’ll discover:

• 7 storytelling goofs, and how to avoid them.

• How to use personality profiles to improve your characters.

• How neurological research can make you a better storyteller.

• 6 psychological triggers that are important to storytellers.

• Why different people like different parts of the same story.

• New products and special offers for writers.

• … and more.

Here’s how to take advantage of the offer.

1. Click here to read about the How to Beat Writer’s Block course. You must use this link, because it includes my affiliate link-code.

2. After you order the course, send me a copy of the email receipt from shop.HollyLisle.com. (This receipt contains no personal information except your name and email address.) You can email me a copy of the receipt at timk@jtse.com, or you can use the contact form on my main website.

3. In the above email, ask for your free 1001 Character Quirks ebook and free subscription to the Writer’s Tips e-Newsletter.

4. I’ll confirm your proof of purchase and email you a link to where you can download the ebook and get the e-Newsletter.