From one of America's most beloved and successful writing teachers comes this live workshop recording featuring a step-by-step guide to writing stories you can sell. Swain's practical help on how to build your novel covers conception, structure, situation, the springboard scene, building conflict, people and places, the worry factor, scene and sequel as building blocks, and character development. He is the author of more than 50 novels and the book Techniques of the Selling Writer.