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    Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist
    Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist
    Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist
    Ebook52 pages32 minutes

    Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist

    By JULIUS tHOMPSON

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    Jump Starting Your Inner Novelist is a concise manual that provides inspiration, motivation and practical tools for crafting award-winning novels.

    After teaching Creative Writing and Publishing at Evening at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia's Writer's Studio for nine year

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulius Thompson
    Release dateSep 30, 2021
    ISBN9781088008720
    Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist
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    JULIUS tHOMPSON

    Award Winning Author Julius Thompson grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York and attended Bushwick High School. The sixties in Brooklyn was an era that had a personality, a feel, and a life-force that changed a generation. Mr. Thompson felt this energy and experienced these fires of social change.

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      Book preview

      Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist - JULIUS tHOMPSON

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      Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist

      "Keep Writing

      Keep Believing

      Never Give Up On Your Dreams!"

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      From The Editor’s Desk

      From The Editor’s Desk

      I became acquainted with Julius as he was completing the third book of his Pilgrim trilogy, The Ghost of Atlanta. I was excited when he asked me to edit this book; I had a good feeling about him and his work. I talked to him at length about the book and over time we became a writing team, a writer and an editor working together to make his book the best it could be.

      Our close working relationship, riddled with constant give-and-take communication, paid off when The Ghost of Atlanta won the Readers Favorite gold award for best fiction. During that time, Julius asked me to re-edit the first two books in the trilogy, A Brownstone in Brooklyn and Philly Style and Philly Profile. I did that while vacationing in Australia. About one year after that, Julius requested that I edit his new YA fiction, Purple Phantoms, a paranormal fiction about two things that he loves, basketball and his students. I eagerly await the chance to edit his fifth novel, Killer Kudzu/

      My wife, Carla, and I had the privilege to meet Julius at a writer’s conference in Georgia, not too far from Atlanta. At first glance, I saw a man in a nice suit, but later I realized he was much more than that. This meeting cemented a friendship. We had our picture taken together; he was holding a copy of Ghost in his hand. Later, I looked at that photo and I saw a man beaming with pride.

      I am honored to have been asked to write this introduction to Julius’ guide to writing a successful novel. He has even asked me to write a section about editing and good grammar, two very important necessities that can help make a book successful.

      Now, grab something cool to drink, find a quiet place, sit down and relax, clear your mind and get ready to read Julius’ tips and tricks about little things you can do to help make yourself a better writer. Julius and I hope you will enjoy this short read. Contact information for welcomed comments is located in the About the Authors section.

      Editor and Co-author, Dennis De Rose

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      Musings, Thoughts and Goals for the Budding Author!

      Musings, Thoughts and Goals for the Budding Author!

      After teaching Creative Writing and Publishing at Evening at Emory University Writer’s Studio for nine years and writing five published novels, including a national gold medal winner in the fiction genre, I decided to record my thoughts and ideas about creating successful novels and weave them into a

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