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Live Wire writer guides

The Live Wire Writer Guides are a series of practical manuals for genre writers looking to energize their writing process. Drawing on 29+ years as a professional author, Damon Suede presents solutions, advice, and exercises to take you from initial spark to powerhouse prose.

These books grew out of Damon's workshops and classes, and evolved in response to student requests. The first Live Wire title, Verbalize, came out 12 March 2018. The second, Activate, launched 16 April 2019.

You'll also find a couple helpful worksheets for download as PDFs:

And if you’d like juicy, useful language tweeted at you 365 days a year, check out the Live Wire writer guides Twitter or Spoutible accounts, both of which feature the #DailyVerb hashtag, articles, links, prompts, updates, and more.

"“If your heart is broken, do you have a phantom heart?” (Hot Head - D. Suede)

VERBALIZE: bring stories to life and life to stories by Damon SuedeVerbalize: bring stories to life & life to stories

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Fascinating fiction starts with characters who make readers care. This Live Wire Writer Guide presents a simple, effective technique to sharpen your hook, charge your scenes, and amplify your voice whether you’re a beginner or an expert.

Most writing manuals skirt craft questions with gimmicks and quick fixes rather than plugging directly into your story’s power source. Energize your fiction and boost your career with

  • a new characterization method that jumpstarts drafting, crafting, revision, and pitching.

  • skill-builders to intensify language, stakes, and emotion for your readers.

  • battle-tested solutions for common traps, crutches, and habits.

  • a dynamic story-planning strategy effective for plotters and pantsers.

  • ample examples and exercises to help you upgrade fiction in any genre.

Blast past overused tics and types with storycraft that busts your ruts and awes your audience. Whether you like to wing it or bring it, Verbalize offers a fresh set of user-friendly, language-based tools to populate your pages and lay the foundations of unforgettable genre fiction.

BUY LINKS: Amazon  Barnes & Noble /   IndieBound   / iTunes /   Kobo   /   Smashwords

REVIEWS:

"Verbalize by Damon Suede is what every Author/Writer needs regardless of genre to create magic. This e-book is easy to read, portable, and packed with writing goodness. Damon has provided Authors with a detailed, informative manual to go forth and write the book they were born to create. Even seasoned writers will want to read this book. .. Verbalize is a Masterclass written with humor, tons of examples and exercises to tackle a book regardless of genre. Nestled within each section are exercises that will allow you to use your work-in-progress. It’s a win-win. Not to mention the added convenience of having Damon’s expertise at your fingertips to access anytime, anywhere while making notes, highlighting the important bits and flipping with the easy to locate pages. Perfection." Rae at Books I Love a Latte

"For people in search of writing craft/process books, Damon Suede's Verbalize is the real deal. Highly recommend. Pretty sure I would have saved myself weeks of painful revisions on a couple of books if I had had access to this method earlier...Wildly helpful." Cat Sebastian, author of historical romance

"It's rare to find a book on writing that so thoroughly entertains as it educates. My new favorite reference. Halfway through it I wanted to dive back into my story idea, excited, inspired and re-energized. I think that pretty much says it all." R.G. Alexander, New York Times bestselling romance author

"“Character is action.” (Verbalize - D. Suede)

VERBALIZE: bring stories to life and life to stories by Damon SuedeActivate: a thesaurus of actions & tactics for dynamic genre fiction

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Fiction is action. Activate is an author's thesaurus of dramatic possibilities that will galvanize your characterization and dramatization. Verbalizing any narrative requires juicy language with the vibrancy readers crave. This handy writing reference focuses on language's powerhouse: verbs, featuring 5,300 potent options sorted into three useful contexts.

  • ALPHABETICAL: an A-Z catalog of actions and tactics, including antonyms for each to supercharge character chemistry.

  • CATEGORICAL: verbal options especially suited for the twelve most popular book types and their tropes.

  • DIRECTIONAL: sections sorting verbs by vibe to help you shape the emotional flow of a story for maximum mojo.

…and for anyone new to verbalizing a story, a quick intro and overview to kickstart your process.

No other genre resource of this kind exists. Unlike other thesauri, Activate gets down to the brass-tacks of telling a tale: actions that matter and tactics that fascinate.

Plug into the source! Whether you're planning a project or deep in revisions, this Live Wire Writer Guide comes loaded with vibrant, interactive language to amp your voice, blast your blocks, and energize your genre fiction at every stage. (n.b. The ebook edition contains over 190k cross-referenced links for easy navigation.)

BUY LINKS: Amazon / Barnes & Noble   IndieBound  / Itunes /   Kobo   /   Smashwords

"Activate is truly revolutionary, and an invaluable tool for writers who want to write richly and creatively—there's nothing else out there like this! I've got Activate on my desk now, and it's going to stay there forever. I can't imagine writing without it."  USA Today Bestselling Author Sierra Simone

"“Character is action.” (Verbalize - D. Suede)

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