Bøger af Alan Watt

The 90-Day Memoir is a day-by-day guide through the process of outlining and writing your first draft. Alan Watt teaches the process of marrying the wildness of your imagination to the rigor of structure to tell the story of your life.

My First Novel is a series of essays written by novelists, memoirists and short story writers that charts their course from novice writer to published author.

The 90-Day Screenplay is a day-by-day guide through the process of outlining, writing, and polishing a screenplay in three months.

Star quarterback Neil Garvin is the envy of other students in his Nevada high school - and is almost as cruel to them as his abusive father is to him. Then one night on a dark, isolated road outside of town, a random act of violence claims a life. Nothing, Neil swears, could be worse...until his father, the local sheriff, masterminds a cover-up. Emotionally deadened and wrestling with the mystery of his mother's disappearance years ago, Neil must find his way out of his prison of fear and discover the one thing that can set him free.

"With its superb organization, excellent examples and fresh approach, this book is unlike any other how-to for writers. Watt's practical program, broken down by weeks and containing useful information and inspiring techniques, succeeds because, quite simply, it teaches you exactly how not to fail"--Leslie Schwartz (author of Angel's Crest).

Alan Watt wrote the first draft of his novel, Diamond Dogs in just under 90 days, and six months later sold the North American rights to Little, Brown for half a million dollars in a bidding war. In this day-by-day guide through the process of outlining and writing the first draft of your novel in 90 days, he will show you: How to structure you novel without losing connection to your voiceWhy you are uniquely qualified to write your storyThe dilemma at the heart of your storyHow your fears are a portal into your charactersThe connection between your life themes and story themesWhy you kept getting stuck, and how to break through