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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

Your Scene List

When I’m writing a novel, one thing I’ve got to have is a Scene List. Without one, I’m lost. With one, I always know what to write next, which massively boosts my motivation to sit down and actually write. And a lot of other novelists also need a Scene List.

And yes, there are plenty of writers who just write by the seat of their pants. They don’t need a Scene List. They just write. I have no prob

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	How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method 4.24 avg rating — 2,827 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 — 1,636 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
	Oxygen (Oxygen, #1) by John B. Olson (Goodreads Author), Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2001 — 14 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) 4.33 avg rating — 611 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
	The Fifth Man (Oxygen, #2) by John B. Olson (Goodreads Author), Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2001 — 13 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
	Double Vision by Randall Ingermanson, Randy Ingermanson (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2004 — 6 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
	Writing Fiction For Dummies Publisher: For Dummies 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
	Cách Viết Tiểu Thuyết Với Phương Pháp Hoa Tuyết (The Snowflake) (Vietnamese Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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“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

tags: writing, writing-advice

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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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“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

tags: emotions, narrative, narratology, reading, transportation, writing

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