Tag: Genres
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Understanding Your Favorite Genre Gives You the Advantage Bestselling Authors Know Well
What do you consider the best characteristics of your favorite genre? I’ll share mine and explain how knowing key details can engage readers.
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Writers: Design a Killer Plot Based on the Recipes and Ingredients of Bestsellers
Viable stories use time-proven principles of storytelling: characters, plot, theme, and structure. But what goes into a designing a killer plot?
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Genre: The Secret to Writing Page-turning Fiction
Genre is the secret sauce to writing better stories. Choose carefully because that’s how you satisfy readers’ expectations. But which genre should you select? To clarify, let’s take a brief tour and equip you with a dozen profiles to help you make informed choices.
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Do You Want to Personalize Story Structure? Now You Can! – Part 6
Robert McKee shared this wisdom. “Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.” The finish line is in sight for this series on L. Frank Baum’s action fantasy, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I’ll use the Preparation step from 7-Step Storytelling to emphasize essential takeaways.
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Do You Want to Personalize Story Structure? Now You Can! – Part 5
Jeffery Deaver, the prolific writer of thrillers, once said, “Outlining is the most efficient way to structure a novel to achieve the greatest emotional impact. The most breathtaking prose and brilliantly drawn characters are wasted if the plot meanders and digresses. Outlining lets you create a framework that compels your audience to keep reading from…
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Do You Want to Personalize Story Structure? Now You Can! – Part 4
In Robert McKee’s book Story, he wrote, “When talented people write badly, it’s generally for one of two reasons: either they’re blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove or they’re driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They’re moved by a desire…