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Write Your Story: Turn Life Into Fiction In 10 Easy Steps (Write in 10 Easy Steps Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Helena I Halme (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
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Do you want to write your own life story but don't know how to turn real events into fiction?

Now with updated writing advice!

This inspirational guide shows you in 10 easy steps the creative process of how to turn your life into a novel. Helena goes through the writing process when using your own life experiences as a basis for a story.

Write Your Story shows you how to:

  • Research your own life
  • Find the right genre for your life story
  • Create an engaging plot and story arc
  • Shape strong characters out of ‘real’ people
  • Use dynamic dialogue
  • Stop worrying about what people might think of your book
  • Write regularly and with confidence

Helena Halme is a bestselling writer of 16 fiction and three nonfiction titles. She is a former BBC journalist, a translator, and a magazine editor, and she began writing fiction after gaining an MA in Creative Writing. Her true love story, The English Heart, is a bestselling novel and has been downloaded thousands of times on Amazon.

In Write Your Story, Helena shares her experience in using her life as the inspiration for her books and shows you how easy it is to turn your life story into a fiction title.

Now with added writing tips and new advice on the writing process of turning your life into fiction.

Get this inspirational book and start writing your life story today!

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About the Author

Helena Halme is a former BBC journalist, magazine editor and bookseller and, until recently, ran a Finnish/British cultural association in London. Her articles have been published in the CoScan Magazine, The ScanMag and the Finn-Guild Magazine.Currently, as well as a full-time author, Helena is a Fellow at CreateThinkDo and the Nordic Ambassador at The Alliance of Independent Authors. Helena took an MSc in Marketing at Hanken School of Economics, and an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University in 2004, and has since published 15 novels, including The English Heart, an autobiographical story which began as a series of blog posts. The novel won an Awesome Indies badge on publication and has been a bestseller on Amazon.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0758KL6HZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Newhurst Press (December 23, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 23, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 649 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 134 ratings

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Helena writes Nordic fiction with a hint of both Romance and Noir. Her latest series, Love on the Island, is set on the quirky and serenely beautiful Åland Islands filled with tourists in the summer and covered by snow and ice in winter.

Prize-winning author, former BBC journalist, bookseller, and magazine editor, Helena Halme holds an MSc in Marketing and an MA in Creative Writing. Full-time author and self-publishing coach, Helena also acts as Nordic Ambassador for The Alliance of Independent Authors and has published twelve Nordic fiction titles and three nonfiction books.

Apart from writing stories, Helena is addicted to Nordic Noir and dances to Abba songs when nobody's watching.

You can find more about Helena and her books on www.helenahalme.com, Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HelenaHalmeAuthor/), Twitter (@helenahalme) and Instagram (@helenahalme)

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
134 global ratings

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Don Busch
5.0 out of 5 stars Emcoutaging
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020
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I chose to read this book because I plan to use events from my early life to write fiction. This book offers the encourages readers to turn life events very close to them into compelling pieces for others to read. The process is presented as similar to writing other works but makes it seem doable.
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Lacey Carnes
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2021
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Sent book to a friend and they loved it! Thanks so much!
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T. Carling
1.0 out of 5 stars Make It Stop, Please.
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021
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It reads like a polite chat with the gregarious wife of the man taking an agonizingly long time repairing your broken bicycle chain.
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Expert of the Quality
1.0 out of 5 stars A brochure for the price of a book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020
So tired, when a booklet or a brochure is sold for the price of 200-300 pages book. If you want to write a book - write a book, not a brochure. If you have nothing to say for the length of a book (you have the full right to be short - it's up to you), then sell it for the price of a brochure, not the price of a decent 200-300 pages book.
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A friend of Boss
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2023
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So cool to get some inside ways to write your story. A real great breakdown of collecting your thoughts and transferring them to paper in a organized format.
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Kayode
5.0 out of 5 stars It's writing made-easy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2022
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I found the book very helpful when I was writing my first published novel which was published last December. Thank you for educating me on dos and don'ts when it comes to writing a global book.
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Gabriela Costa
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2021
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I haven't read it yet, but for the price I was expecting a better printing. This looks like it was home printed. Actually, even my domestic printer would make something better. It's really bad quality. But I'm still gonna check the contents, and I'll be back to let you guys know.
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Barbara Burgess
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent and helpful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2021
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an excellent and helpful book. Lots of hints and tips and good advice - thank you very much
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5.0 out of 5 stars How to become an author.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2018
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The important steps are ranked in a logical order and pitfalls are also listed . I am not sure whether I am brave enough to have a go myself but I will need to re-read a step at a time to clarify my story and take it slowly.
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Maria Edey
5.0 out of 5 stars This book helps me with my own life story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2021
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Easy to read.
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