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Few of us who were children in the nineties made it through childhood without consuming at least one of Anthony Horowitz’s action-packed YA spy thrillers. His Alex Rider series was (and remains) incredibly popular, but that’s not to forget his The Gatekeepers series, his Sherlock Holmes novels, his …
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Any author worth their salt will tell you that to be a great writer you must also be a varied and voracious reader. In fact, here’s one doing exactly that. If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King It’s great advice, but it’s …
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We’ve written before about making sure your protagonist is interesting enough – that they have goals, a personality, and compelling flaws. They’re all essential steps to putting your reader in the company of someone they want to spend time with. Unfortunately, writing a great protagonist is one of …
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Rejection refines us. Those who fall prey to its enervating soul-sucking tentacles are doomed. Those who persist past it are survivors. Best ask yourself the question: what kind of writer are you? The kind who survives? Or the kind who gets asphyxiated by the tentacles of woe? – Chuck Wendig, ‘25 …
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Writing a thriller is a dangerous game. Why? Because success is a binary process. Other genres allow for compelling ideas to stand out against lackluster writing, or for amazing characters to charm readers through the boring bits of the plot, but a thriller reader is either thrilled or they aren’t, …
[Read more...] about Avoid A Boring Thriller With This One Simple Trick
Sitting down to knock out a 140,000 word novel can be a daunting task. That blank page stares back at you, the emptiness only emphasized by the impatient flashing of the type tool. But, once you get stuck in, the words usually start to flow easily, and that word counter gets higher and higher, …
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