A record milestone! My Super Secrets of Writing project to help emerging writers just hit 1-million views!
I started this free online resource after I won Writers and Illustrators of the Future seven years ago to help writers craft tighter stories based on solid writing principles. The award-winning results of those following my Super Secrets speak for themselves. And my runaway bestseller How to Write a Howling Good Story came from this project.
You can read all of the posts online–there’s over 5,000 of them–and I know those that have. But I’ve made it easy for you–I’ve distilled them into a book! One Hollywood producer told me she read every post, and that it took her two weeks. She said, “What you did for all those writers was very kind.” I’m just happy my writing principles and strategies have helped so many to achieve their goals and dreams.
Thank you to all that have followed and supported what I do. I appreciate you!
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Danny Hankner is the editor and publisher of Story Unlikely Magazine. He states it’s the fastest growing literary magazine in the country and I believe him. In just a few years time, Story Unlikely has gained over 12,000 subscribers and pays pro rate to writers! Subscribe and you’ll see why—he’s curated a genre-bending collection of literary stories by writers that can actually tell a story while filling it with heart.❤️
Danny is also a man of action that suffers no fools. Politically incorrect? No. He’s simply not afraid to express his common-sense beliefs and has fostered a magazine that allows writers to do the same. Danny is passionate and if he believes in something or someone, he’s not afraid to say it. I like straight shooters. You always know where you stand with them. They say what they mean and mean what they say.
Knowing this about Danny, imagine my joy the first time a Wulf Pack Writer showed me her acknowledgment for her submission to the magazine. This form on their portal tells everyone to get a copy of my writing book! They even posted the universal book link to make it easy for submitters to get 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Crazy! I’ve never heard of such a thing. What’s more, it was a total surprise. Thank you, Story Unlikely!
Every author will tell you they’ve written a great book that will be the best decision you’ve ever made if you just pony up and buy it. But seeing a pro editor tell every writer submitting to their magazine that they need to get this book? That he’s endorsing it of his own free will to help you be the best writer that you can be? Danny Hankner tells it like it is. When an editor like Danny makes such a statement, you can take his words to the bank. Or, as my publisher Mark Leslie Lefebvre will tell you, study a copy and you can use these trade secrets to “make bank.”🏦
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 is my bestselling book that reveals new strategies in writing craft and storytelling that make stories, screenplays, and novels rise to the top. Get your copy through the link below and see for yourself why the editor of Story Unlikely calls it “the best book on writing he’s ever read.”⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That’s right! A new article in my Super Secrets series to help you succeed in your writing. This article is titled “The Price of Victory.” I’ve won over fifty writing awards, and this Secret is a big reason why. Understanding the importance of weighty sacrifice to achieve victory in the climax can give your story the necessary gravitas to make it stand out from all others–especially in writing contests and professional magazine open calls.
Change your destiny! Give your story the weight it needs to win weighty awards! This article is FREE to read at Story Unlikely magazine, but there are many benefits to subscribing. I hope you’ll enjoy the article, but I also hope you’ll support this worthy market with over 9,000 subscribers. Cheers!
Something to howl about! It’s the six month anniversary of my book! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 was published by Mark Lefebvre’s Stark Publishing Solutions on November 7, 2023. Over six months out and it’s still a bestseller! Bestselling writer/educator Joanna Penn told me this is amazing, which felt really good coming from someone of her caliber.
It’s been on Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers list in Fiction Writing books almost the entire time—it hit #13 last Sunday, and this list is filled with famous writing books by icons like Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, and Ray Bradbury. It actually made #1 New Release in Fiction Writing books on Amazon before it released (I’ve never seen that before) and remained #1 New Release in fiction writing books for most of six weeks. It made Draft2Digital’s Top 25 Weekly Bestsellers list of all their nonfiction titles (not just creative writing books) six times since release (it made their Top 25 list last week again), and has remained a Smashwords Bestseller in Creative Writing books the entire six months.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 was also my first Kickstarter campaign, which funded at over $21,000. And in the Critters Readers’ Choice Awards, it won Best Nonfiction Book of 2023. That’s not easy to win—thousands from around the world vote in those awards and there’s always bestselling writers among the nominees.
So at this six month milestone, I’d like to thank Mark Leslie Lefebvre for all of his great advice and belief in my book, Kevin J. Anderson for including me in his 2023 Novel Writing Tools Story Bundle, and all that have believed in this project and have supported what I’m trying to do—to help emerging writers have an easier go of it as they stay the course, apply straightforward fundamentals, and succeed in getting successfully published. And if they can win a few awards using this book (and they have!) all the better.
Thank you if you supported this project! It’s now helped thousands of writers. If you’ve just dropped by and would like a copy to see what all the buzz is about, here’s the link! Don’t miss out! This book has changed destinies and it can change yours, too!
