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Randy Ingermanson

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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I'm a novelist, physicist, and fiction teacher. People around the world call me "the Snowflake Guy" because of my wildly popular "Snowflake method" for writing a novel.

I've published 6 novels and won about a dozen awards for my writing. I'm a theoretical physicist with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. I publish the world's largest electronic newsletter on how to write fiction. I run the software division at Vala Sciences, a biotech company in San Diego.

Why do I do all this? Because I like to. Life is too short to do things you don't like to do. ...more

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Randy Ingermanson's Blog: Advanced Fiction Writing

Writing Through the Holidays

It’s hard enough to stay motivated to keep working on your novel during normal times. When the holiday season rolls around, it’s even harder. How do you stay on the writing wagon through the holidays, so you don’t lose momentum?

The first step is to make sure you actually have momentum to begin with. I’ve blogged before about the importance of creating a writing habit, where you write on a regular

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	How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method 4.24 avg rating — 2,876 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Fiction for Dummies by Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author), Peter Economy 4.10 avg rating — 1,634 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method (Advanced Fiction Writing Book 2) 4.32 avg rating — 628 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havok Magazine 2.2 by Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author), Charis Ditamore, Benjamin Lucas Powell (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method: Volume 1 (Advanced Fiction Writing) Paperback - July 2014 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it.

I'm going to do it because I have something important to say to the world.

I refuse to let anything get in my way.”
― Randy Ingermanson

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“Readers don't want to read about somebody else having powerful emotions. . . . Readers want to become somebody else for a few hours, to live an exciting life, to find true love, to face down unimaginable terrors, to solve impossible puzzles, to feel a lightning jolt of adrenaline.”
― Randy Ingermanson, Writing Fiction for Dummies

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“People would question anything having to do with God, but they wouldn’t question their own questions. They would challenge the authority of a theologian, but they wouldn’t challenge the authority of their buddy who claimed he had read a book that disproved the Bible.”
― Randy Ingermanson, Transgression

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