Have you ever said this about a book? Do you know why? I have and I do. The reason is the reading was compelling. It moved you into a different world and allowed you to become something or someone you are not. The best part of a mystery is -well, the mystery!
For your readers to [...]
Before you even start your science fiction story, you
should have plotted out the story either on paper
(best) or in your head. In creative writing,
regardless of the genre, you need to have some idea of
who is going to be the main character, the
protagonist, who is the one that the main character
will have by his or her [...]
Chat on 1-25-08
‹gracepub› Okay- everyone - do this exercise.
‹gracepub› Put a paper on this screen, so you can only read the left half of the chat. Force yourself to go through the whole screen…and then tell me how you FEEL emotionally
‹Margie› I feel like I missed out on something
‹kims› um yeah
‹Margie› I couldn’t read the [...]
Chat on Proofreading 1-25-08
‹gracepub›Step 1: Do not read
‹gracepub›Step 2: the most common mistakes are spaces before the quote marks at the beginning of a sentence and
‹gracepub›Missing quotes and periods
‹gracepub›Next, MANUALLY run spell check
‹gracepub›It is amazing, but manual spell check catches a lot of things that you can’t see - and that auto won’t
‹gracepub›like where there [...]
Chat on 1-4-08
‹Margie› Suz, what are we discussing tonight?
‹gracepub› everyone has been wanting to know about promotional ideas
‹gracepub› and how to become famous
‹shayla› lol
‹gracepub› fame is a mis-understood thing
‹Margie› promotion is always a good topic
‹gracepub› Fame = an effective ad campaign that makes your ‘brand’ common
‹gracepub› I might be able to get Nikki here - [...]
I personally know dozens of writers who had their first novels published. Most of these novels had one of the following:
A strong premise that clearly challenged an aspect of society or the human condition in a way that was easy for most readers to understand.
Forced readers to ask questions about their own lives
Allowed readers to [...]
A genre which I recently discovered and have been more or less in love with ever since doing so, is the detective, noir, mystery genre. Of course those are all subgenres of the same basic idea, but they each come up a little different, and of course in my reading experience very different, because I’m [...]
As a child, I couldn’t read enough mystery books to satisfy my appetite for a good story. Nancy Drew’s mystery books graced my mind first and became my first drug of choice. Thanks to those lovely school book drives, Mom started me on a habit that I still engage in today. That series haunted me, [...]
A genre is simply the type of book you are writing. It could be poetry, fantasy, how to, mystery, or any other classification that you would normally see in a bookstore. Take a look at Amazon.com and you will find books under various classifications. These classifications can easily translate into a genre.
For the purposes of [...]
The action/adventure genre is most often defined by a protagonist that takes on some sort of heroic quest, where they must prove their own worthiness. Most of the time, if that protagonist should fail their task, dire consequences could befall them or the people being protected by the heroic act itself. There is always some [...]
