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Before you even begin writing your novel, you need to know who your characters will be. Minimally, you would want two major characters, the hero and the heroine. They will interact mostly with each o…
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Nyphron Rising: The Riyria Revelations (Volume 3) by Michael J. Sullivan With the third book in the Riyria Revelations series, Nyphron Rising, Michael J. Sullivan has done it again. He has managed to write a story with a momentum that keeps the pages turning and the heart racing, keeping you itching to know what happens
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Storm Prey by John Sandford Dr. Weather Karkinnen, wife of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Chief Lucas Davenport, is one of the surgical team diligently working to separate twins co-joined at the head. As they begin the complex series of operations, four men rush into the hospital’s pharmacy, taking millions in drugs. The surgery is
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To create characters for your fantasy novel you must consider your market and create characters that your readers are able to relate to, and care for. This does not mean that you reveal all there is about your characters in the first few lines, your characters a best revealed a little as the plot unfolds, a little intrigue goes a long way. But your characters should be developed before you put your pen to paper.
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The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting Violet has the strange ability to sense an “echo” from people (and animals) that have been killed. The echo is unique for each killing although it matches the echo given off by the killer. Usually, this “talent” is a nuisance – Violet can’t even go near her cat because
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There’s an essential step to writing a really good novel that many new writers overlook. Once you understand this idea, your writing will be much more dynamic and powerful and you will be able to hook your readers into your story so they won’t want to put down your book until the last page. Here’s how to write a good novel that your readers will love: make sure you introduce a major crisis at the beginning of your story.
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Horns by Joe Hill Have you ever read a book and after the first 15 pages say to yourself, “Well, he’s pretty much done everything I can think you can do with this idea. What’s he gonna do now?” and then you read and read and you’re not sure if anything else is really going
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Broken by Travis Thrasher As a teenager Laila was wild and in spite of a wealthy loving family, she goes down a dark road that leads to gang rape. Despondent she leaves her small Texas hometown for Chicago where she becomes a high priced escort. One night her client gets too violent and Laila shoots
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Memory by Donald E. Westlake Memory is a noir novel, centered very much on its now-loner protagonist. Paul thinks he has a mystery to investigate — to figure out who he is — and he goes through the detective-motions. But the pieces, even as they add up, don’t help him. What he really has to
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If you are interested in becoming an author and are interested in learning how to write a good novel, begin by reading good novels in the genre that you are interested in writing about. Reading novels from great authors within the same genre that you are interested in will give you ideas on how to structure the plot of your novel, how to develop a theme, setting scenes, writing dialogues and how to write good characters.
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker