Fiction

Adding drama to your stories, just for the sake of adding drama will only turn your fiction story into a melodrama. However, a good story with a tight plot offers plenty of opportunities for drama, which comes naturally into the story; through characters, storylines, and emotions. When the drama comes and feels natural, then your story becomes stronger, more emotionally … [Read more...] about How to Add Drama to Your Stories

Literary fiction is hard to define, because many writers, published authors, editors and agents have a different definition for it. And if a type of novel is hard to define, then it gets even harder to write, because how can you be sure that what you’re writing will fit the genre? But, literary fiction, while often wrongly defined and described as eccentric (and even boring), … [Read more...] about How to Write Literary Fiction: 5 Unmissable Things Your Story Needs

Mystery novels are by nature filled with suspense – the hero is met or presented with a puzzle (be it a lost artifact, or a murder) that he or she has to solve. The more the hero (and by extension, the reader) dwells into the mystery, the suspense grows naturally, both from the possible danger of the final conflict with the antagonist, and from the hero’s and the reader’s … [Read more...] about How to Build Suspense in a Mystery Novel

Fight scenes, like action scenes, can be tricky to get right in a novel. You only have your own imagination to work with and, most often, knowledge of martial arts, guns or any other weapons your characters might be using. This means that you must visualize your fight scene first – down to the most miniscule detail before you sit down to write it. You don’t want your readers to … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing Blockbuster Fight Scenes

First and foremost: Young Adult is not a genre. Many writers tend to believe this, but, the words Young Adult only describe the age of your intended audience. However, this doesn’t mean that Young Adult novels should be written by a mold to fit the target audience – in fact, there are plenty of Young Adult novels out there that are read both by teenagers and adults. This is the … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing an Exceptional Fiction Story for Young Adults