title: Deep and Wide: Advanced Fiction Techniques
author: Susan May Warren
description: An amazing novel has two elements - deep characterization of a sympathetic hero and a compelling, wide, breathtaking plot. But how do you create deep characters and wide plots, and then apply them to your story? This book will show you how. 
  
  The follow up work text to From the Inside-Out: Discover, Create and Publish the novel in you, Deep and Wide utilizes best-selling, award-winning author Susan May Warren's easy to apply explanations, exercises and intuitive methods to teach you advanced fiction writing techniques that will turn any novel from boring...to breathtaking. 
  
  You'll learn:  
  How to plot a profound character change journey. 
  An easy technique to reveal backstory to your readers.
  How to weave emotion into your scene for the most impact.
  How to keep tension high through the use of stakes and motivations.
  A unique plotting trick to widen your plot.
  Techniques on how to make your hero...heroic.
  The difference between subplots and layers.
  A powerful use for Secondary Characters.
  How the perfect Villain can help you plot your story...and must much more, including the scene every book MUST have. 
  
  "If you are intending to write a best-selling novel, I can think of no better place to start than with Deep and Wide. This is a book for those who need to dig into the techniques of writing. If you really want to get into the nuts and bolts of writing strong fiction, then this is for you. Clear, practical advice from an award-winning novelist." Chip MacGregor, Literary Agent, MacGregory Literary
zlib_text: **LOOK AGAIN**  
  
   **Lisa Scottoline**
  
  ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, NEW YORK
  
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events
  portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are
  used fictitiously.
  
  LOOK AGAIN. Copyright © 2009 by Lisa Scottoline.
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin's
  Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.y. 10010.
  
  www.stmartins.com
  
   **Also by Lisa Scottoline**
  
   _Lady Killer_
  
   _Daddy's Girl_
  
   _Dirty Blonde_
  
   _Devil's Corner_
  
   _Killer Smile_
  
   _Dead Ringer_
  
   _Courting Trouble_
  
   _The Vendetta Defense_
  
   _Moment of Truth_
  
   _Mistaken Identity_
  
   _Rough Justice_
  
   _Legal Tender_
  
   _Running from the Law_
  
   _Final Appeal_
  
   _Everywhere That Mary Went_
  
   **Dedication**
  
  For my beloved daughter
  
    
  
   _Where did you come from, baby dear?_
  
   _Out of the everywhere into the here._
  
   _Where did you get your eyes so blue?_
  
   _Out of the skies as I came through._
  
  —G