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Tension proves just how engaged readers can be with literature. To take words on a page and translate them into that urgent, nail-biting worry requires great writing and a true emotional engagement from the reader. Tense scenes leave the reader both desperate to turn the page and afraid to. Tension is the most immediate form of reader engagement and one of the most visceral. But how do you …
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At university, we used to call it “WABing”—Work Avoidance Behavior—all the random excuses we would think of to avoid studying. Let’s see, there was washing the dishes before they were removed by cleaning staff in haz-mat suits, cooking up gourmet meals with a packet of rice, a lemon and some cheese and, best of all, removing the gherkins from Big Macs and throwing them onto the ceiling to see if …
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Email lists are a vital marketing tool, allowing you direct contact with your readers while increasing the effectiveness of your message. Every author should be working on building their email list, but how exactly do you go about doing that? In this article, I’ll be suggesting 5 incentives you can offer fans to get them to join your email list. It’s always a good idea to associate your name …
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‘Suspension of disbelief’ refers to the ability of a reader to accept the ludicrous events of fiction enough to be immersed in them. By rights we should laugh when confronted by the nonsense that comprises most fiction, whether it be fantastical worlds or an impossibly unlikely series of events, and yet somehow we can set that response aside and have a real emotional connection to the …
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Your book’s opening is a strange hybrid, being both the last threshold of the sale and the beginning of the story. It can be difficult to strike a balance between writing something that gets a book bought and also works as the start of a novel. The key in both cases is to write your opening as a ‘hook’: a passage which grabs the reader’s attention and makes them want to read more. Of course …
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There’s never been a time where authors had more control of their own work than they do now. The popularity and ease-of-use afforded by digital and social media mean that authors can tackle as much of the publishing and marketing of their work as they feel they can handle. Whether you’re a self-published author or working with a traditional publisher, you’ll always be able to take a hand in …
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