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You’re writing fiction, but you’re a new author, and you’re disappointed with your results. Two strategies will help: Developing suspense: it’s essential, in the age of TikTok. Control: write in scenes, and edit. New authors tend to overwhelm their plot with backstory; that is, everything that happened before the story starts. Readers don’t care about that. They want entertainment. As … Read more
Struggling with self-publishing your fiction? Self-publishing is wonderful for authors. You don’t need literary agents, acquisitions editors, et al. But… Many thousands of new novels are published each and every week. Each novel has a hopeful author, who’s struggling to win readers. Stop struggling. Build a relationship with your readers, instead. Self-publishing: build a relationship with your readers How do … Read more
You want to write a novel which sells, and sells. It’s hard work. You need to be prepared to move out of your comfort zone, and face conflict: the more trouble for your characters, the better. Your goal is always to make trouble for your characters. The more difficult you can make a character’s life, the more readers enjoy it. … Read more
If you’re writing fiction, you need to observe everything. Not only with your eyes, but with all your senses. Start training yourself to pay attention: use your journal, and write down what you see, hear, touch, taste and smell. Here’s why: the power of your fiction is in the details. When you use detail, via a viewpoint character, readers will … Read more
Do you enjoy writing fiction? One of the joys of fiction is spending time with people who do things you’d never do, are way braver than you, and have a better sense of humor. Characters are fun. I love creating them, even though I always procrastinate naming them; finding names for characters is frustrating. If you enjoy your characters, be … Read more