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Write The Bestseller-kind-of-novel
Published on Friday, December 26, 2008 by Essays “TAKE THE MYTH OUT OF BESTSELLER, AND WRITE YOU ONE!” When we see the word "Bestseller," it usually means selling a great number of books, starting around 30-50 thousand copies. Certain bookstores report the sales to certain lists and the book is listed as a bestseller. Well, many, many bookstores that sell lots of an author’s books do not report to... Read More »
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First Time Novelist Faux Pau
Published on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 by Essays Those who venture into fiction writing often fall prey to certain avoidable, yet highly normal faux pau's with their first book. Many of these novels are grand experiments. Often chapters unfold without advance direction or character notebook, sometimes there is a multitude of point of view shifts and there is often a desire to try to pack as much into the story as p... Read More »
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Four Useful Lies About Writing
Published on Sunday, October 12, 2008 by Essays Most writing “experts” favor a particular way of looking at plot, and will adhere to it for years or an entire career. That’s all well and good, but its important to realize that any way of modeling story is just that&ndasha model, not the depths and living essence of story itself. Problems arise when young (or experienced!) writers mistake a simpli... Read More »
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Start Writing A Novel Today! What’s St...
Published on Sunday, August 24, 2008 by Essays When you start writing a novel you may find doing so somewhat more difficult than you expected. You are not alone when you make this discovery, as many novice writers and even published authors find themselves in the very same predicament. Perhaps one of the most difficult things may be trying to discover who, what, where, when, why and how you are going to develop th... Read More »
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What Does Stories Like Conduct In Question Ha...
Published on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 by Essays WHY WE LOVE STORIES Tell me a story! Just one more story! Okay, here’s one for you about a forty-six year old lawyer. Harry’s stuck in the backroom of a creaky, old law firm and under his senior partner’s thumb. Life is going nowhere and his chances of making real money are fading fast. His wife plans to leave him because, she claims, they are &ls... Read More »
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Writing A Novel On Your Lunch Hour
Published on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 by Essays Okay, so I didn’t really write a whole novel on my lunch hour. But I did develop a lot of the characters, locations and plot by taking a half-hour out of each workday to sketch some ideas. You’d be surprised with what you can get done in just thirty minutes a day. First, a little background. I had a job that was driving me crazy. Corporate priorities at t... Read More »
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Breathe Life Into Your Writing
Published on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Essays Have you ever read a passage and felt the breath of life, then was too speechless to describe it? That’s writing at its best. The method for creating such a moment comes from the use of emotions. Emotions are one of the single most important, touching, impressive and non-intrusive writing tools. It is often not recognized as a concrete tool, but as a feeling, a ... Read More »
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Write Novel’s First Line To Guarantee S...
Published on Friday, February 15, 2008 by Essays Start your writing with conflict if you want to guarantee sales, grab an agent or publisher, get paid a big advance. Your protagonist wants something and your antagonist wants to block it. If you want to be the publisher’s star-of-the-month, just hand out a strong dose of conflict right up front. Bold like. Then, they’re wrapped up in your story and it&rsq... Read More »

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