We’ve talked about how the opening of a novel—both the beginning line, and the first chapter—works to hook your reader. So now you have a sensational start, …
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SHAPING A BOOK
I often say that books are more than the sum of their words. A real book is an entire entity—plot, organization, characterization, style, including all of the …
WRITING YOUR MEMOIR
Ever since Angela’s Ashes hit the scene (some sixteen years ago), the Memoir genre has been hot. And I get a lot of them, especially in this day of POD and …