Writing Alchemy: How to Write Fast and Deep

Writing Alchemy is a revolutionary approach to writing...a proven system. From award-winning authors Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett--Writing Alchemy: How to Write Fast and Deep shares the secrets that put writers in total control of their writing process. Writing Alchemy applies the best of social science research to help you write with intense purpose...and have fun in the process. Here's what a few of our students are saying: "Writing Alchemy is one of the smartest investments a memoirist can make." -Kathryn S. "Clever, innovative approach to writing. I like it." -Dawn T. "I think it's a very direct, simple, repeatable process." -Grace G. "I am so grateful for your whole approach to memoir writing." -Claudia S. Writing Alchemy is the culmination of years of teaching and working with writers at all levels of their craft. Discover how to dig deeper into detail while you increase your output. You'll gain the tools to not only finish your book but write with greater power and confidence than you thought possible. Do you want to... Breathe life into the people you're writing about? Make them come alive as strong, multi-dimensional characters with honest emotions? Spend more time writing and less time rewriting? Create vivid word pictures rich in descriptive sensory detail that bring your readers into each scene? Use dialogue to show rather tell your story? You can do all that...and more as you learn to Deconstruct the five essential elements of writing and Construct your story with purpose, insight and detail. ..".I feel fortunate to have 'stumbled upon' such a treasure." -Jodi A. "I especially liked learning ways to describe my scenes and making them come to life." -Mary T. "I felt stretched as I learned more about my own writing techniques." -Judy W. "I have grown as a writer and have a greater command of the memoir genre." -Michelle S. While this edition of Writing Alchemy is specifically for memoir writers, the information is appropriate for writers of all genres. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett are the award-winning authors of the collective memoir Rosie's Daughters: The "First Woman To" Generation Tells its Stories. They are the authors of more than 10 books between them, teachers, coaches and mentors to hundreds of writers and frequent speakers at writing conferences.