Fiction

After you’ve written your book, you need to either pitch it to a literary agent or an editor, or self-publish it through Amazon or other platforms. If you want to go through the traditional means of publishing, you have to send a query letter, the first few chapters of your book and a synopsis. Now, many authors hate to write a synopsis and with reason. If you do it wrong, the … [Read more...] about How to Write an Impactful Book Synopsis

There is no surefire method of writing a novel that every writer can simply implement. In fact, a method that has worked for one successful author will not work for anybody else. Each writer has different strengths, and they develop their own, personal method that takes said strengths into account. However, each writer has weaknesses as well – ways of putting thoughts on paper … [Read more...] about 4 Methods of Writing a Novel

Scenes are the essential components of a novel. A string of analogous and consequential scenes creates a chapter, and a string of cause and effect related chapters creates a novel or a short story. Scenes are used to show the conflict that moves the story forward, and keep the readers interested, making them turn page after page until they reach the end. And then want more. … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Structuring Scenes in Your Novel

With an industry amounting to 870 million dollars, graphic novels have a lot of appeal. A lot of original work has been produced in recent years, which has made graphic novels more popular. In addition, famous works like Agatha Christie’s novels have also been scripted and published in graphic form. There is no end to the possibilities of a graphic novel. But you need to get it … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Producing a Top Quality Graphic Novel

In order to ensure that your manuscript is the best version of itself before you release to the world, you have to properly edit your work by yourself. Even if you are editing as you are writing, you have to be able to read through your work with a critical eye and, as objectively as possible, diagnose any possible problems. Below are listed some problems that have to be … [Read more...] about 5 Plot Problems and How to Fix Them