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A plot hole is an absence in the narrative that spoils the story. Usually plot holes are the absence of a ‘how’: a character suddenly knows something with no explanation, or the cast makes a seemingly impossible journey between chapters. Of course the absence of a great deal of explanation is necessary in any story, it’s only when that absence of explanation negates the reader’s suspension of …
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You sat down and wrote your novel, spent months slaving over the editing and then either found a publisher or self-published. After all that work your worries should be over, but instead you are faced with the question: Why is my book not selling? There are a lot of reasons books don’t sell but the good news is that most of them are under your control. Anything that’s putting off potential …
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A great plot twist guarantees your story will never really leave its readers. Decades after they finish your book they’ll still look back on that moment the truth was revealed and feel a shiver of satisfaction. Of course when they go wrong, twists can do exactly the opposite, leaving your reader feeling disappointed and betrayed. So what separates an amazing plot twist from a terrible one? In …
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In this article I’ll be listing 5 extras you need to include in the back of your book, and exactly what they can do for you. Authors have more control over their marketing than they’ve ever had before, and just because the reader has already purchased your book doesn’t mean the marketing opportunities have ended. Remember that as an author your name is a brand. It’s great that someone has …
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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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