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James Scott Bell

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About this author

Jim is a former trial lawyer who now writes and speaks full time. He is the bestselling author of Try Dying, No Legal Grounds, Presumed Guilty, Glimpses of Paradise, Breach of Promise and several other thrillers. He is a winner of the Christy Award for Excellence in Inspirational Fiction, and was a fiction columnist for Writers Digest magazine. He has written two books in the Writers' Digest series, Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure and Revision & Self-Editing.

Jim has taught writing at Pepperdine University and numerous writers conferences. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he studied writing with Raymond Carver.

Series:
* Shannon Saga (with Tracie Peterson)
* The Trials of Kit Shannon
* Ty Buchanan


Whenever I watch Double Indemnity I'm reminded of what a great actor Fred MacMurray was.
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MacMurray was a guy with boy-next-door looks who became a steady leading man in Hollywood. Best known as the warm-hearted dad in the sitcom My Three Sons, MacMurray was equally at home in comedy, drama and film noir, adept in both movies and TV.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 5,519 ratings · 663 reviews · 43 distinct works · Similar authors
Plot & Structure: Technique...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
The Art of War for Writers
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
Revision & Self-Editing: Te...
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
Presumed Guilty
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
Try Dying: A Novel
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
Sins of the Fathers
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
Breach of Promise
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
Try Darkness
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
Deadlock
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
Deceived
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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“...God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. On the eighth day, he started getting complaints. And it hasn't stopped since.”
James Scott Bell, Sins of the Fathers

“In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.”
James Scott Bell, Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish

“If you can write each day, do it, and meet a quota. Minimum 350 words a day. A baboon can do 350 words a day. Don’t be shown up by a baboon”
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