Here are some random scenes that you, as an author, can put in your book. FOR FREE! For example, maybe your character is in a car chase. What cool things or interesting things can happen to them? Well, you can add in a helicopter scene or maybe a transformer-type of scene. Go ahead; find out what I’m talking about….
Conversationally Speaking: WHAT to Say, WHEN to Say It, and HOW to Never Run Out of Things to say
Wish you knew how to walk up to anyone and break the ice effortlessly? Avoid awkward silences and make an instant impression? You'll get more than that in this book: not only WHAT, WHEN, and HOW to say it, but the exact roots of WHY from human psychology and interaction.
The simplest things are the hardest to master. From brewing your morning cup of coffee and reading the newspaper to apologizing or remembering names, it’s the small stuff that makes up day-to-day life. The Experts’ Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do provides unparalleled insights into how to do them better—more resourcefully, more effectively, and more efficiently.
Why does Mark's Jesus speak in parables? Why does Plato's Socrates make bad arguments? Why are Beckett's novels so inscrutable? And why don't stage magicians even pretend to summon spirits anymore? In a series of captivating chapters on Mark, Plato, Beckett, Mallarmé, and Chaucer, Joshua Landy not only answers these questions but explains why they are worth asking in the first place. Witty and approachable, How to Do Things with Fictions challenges the widespread assumption that literary texts must be informative or morally improving in order to be of any real benefit.
