How Can I Help You?
I'm Randy Ingermanson, award-winning author of 6 novels. I've been teaching fiction for 8 years, and I love it! I publish The Advanced Fiction Writing E-zine, the world's largest electronic magazine on how to write fiction, with over 11,800 readers. 5 days a week, I write The Advanced Fiction Writing Blog.
I believe there are three general areas I can help you with to make your fiction writing more successful:
- Organizing Your Writing
- Creating Your Story
- Marketing Your Work
But if you want to be successful you need to put out some serious, substantial effort. You need to invest in yourself. You only have three resources to invest:
- Invest your time to improve your writing
- Invest your energy to do whatever it takes to get published
- Invest your money in proven learning tools to help you use your time and energy effectively
I've lost track of how many of my former students have gotten published. Hearing from one of them that they've sold their first novel (or second, or third) always makes my day. Watching them win awards makes my day. Seeing their books in bookstores makes my day.
Will you be next? Somebody will be. Why shouldn't it be you?
But nothing happens unless you take action.
On this page, there are a number of ways you can take action. These aren't the only ways, of course, but they're the main ways I can help you. Take a look and see if any of them are what you need RIGHT NOW.
Creating Your Story
Fiction 101 Lecture Series
I teach fiction all around the country at writing conferences. If you can't come listen to me live, get the next best thing -- get me inside your computer or iPod! Fiction 101 is a lecture series of six and a half hours of my talks on fiction for beginning novelists. Fiction 101 is software that runs in any web browser. It includes both my lecture notes and my audio files in MP3 format. Find out more here.
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Fiction 201 Lecture Series
Fiction 201 picks up where Fiction 101 ends. Fiction 201 is a lecture series of ten and a half hours of my talks on fiction for beginning novelists. Fiction 201 is software that runs in any web browser. It includes both my lecture notes and my audio files in MP3 format. Find out more here.
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Organizing Your Writing
"Clean Up Your Act!" Teleseminar Series
If you want to be a professional writer, you need to start acting like a pro -- the sooner the better. I interviewed strategic planning expert Allison Bottke in a series of five teleseminars. Allison helped me with the strategic planning for my own writing business, and she can help you with yours. We had the entire series professionally recorded so you can now listen to each one just as if you were on the phone with us live! Find out more here.
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The Snowflake Method Lecture
I'm famous around the world as "the Snowflake Guy" -- thanks to my "Snowflake Method" for architecting a novel. (Google it and see how well-known it is.) You can analyze your story structure and characters using the Snowflake Method before or after you write it. I use the Snowflake for my own novels and so do many other writers. Find out more here.
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Example Snowflake Analysis
If you'd love to see an example of exactly how I use the Snowflake Method, check out this example that I wrote with my English-lit major daughter, Carolyn. We wrote up a Snowflake analysis of Gone With The Wind--28 pages that show you EXACTLY how I write Snowflake documents for my own novels. Find out more here.
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Marketing Your Work
"The Writers Conference Survival Guide"
The absolute best way to find an agent or editor is at a writing conference. Discover everything you need to know about writing conferences from Meredith Efken, a published novelist and freelance editor. Find out more here.
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"Super Performing Articles" Special Report
Once you get published, you still need to know how to market your work effectively. One technique I use is creating and promoting "SuperArticles" -- online articles that generate large amounts of mindshare, fame, and cash for me. There's a right way and a wrong way to do this. Find out more here.
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"Promoting Your Writing by Public Speaking" Teleseminar Series
One of the best ways to promote your writing is by public speaking. You get paid to speak, PLUS you have the opportunity to promote your excellent books! Such a deal! I interviewed a professional speaker, Mary Byers, and picked her brain for all her secrets. Find out more here.
