1Being a Writer Means Writing -- 1 -- 2 Telling Stories, Writing Books -- 19 -- 3 The Plot Thickens -- 26 -- 4 Creating Believable Characters -- 59 -- 5 Don't Guess, Research! -- 102 -- 6 Whose Point of View Is It? -- 119 -- 7 Thinking, Speaking, and Doing -- 130 -- 8 Scenes -- 149 -- 9 Chapters -- 165 -- 10 To Write Is to Revise -- 171.