by Lindsay Flanagan | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Fiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles When you talk about a novel’s setting, place usually comes to mind first. But there’s a lot more to a setting than just where it happens. Review this list to see if any of these setting elements need more work in your story (and need to have...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to
Part 1: Seven Tips by Emilee Newman Bowles Your plot and characters are vital parts of your story, but they need a place to inhabit: the setting. Even fast-paced action novels need setting details so readers can imagine where the characters are. Here a few tips to...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog, Book Promotion/Platforms, Fiction How-to
by Lindsay Flanagan It may seem like the majority of recent films are based on books. While it’s true that some of the biggest blockbusters in recent years are adapted from books, the ratio of all published books to those made into films is a much smaller number—it’s...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog, Fiction How-to, The First Page: Hooking Your Reader
by Amy Maida Wadsworth Forget the old adages you’ve heard: In a real race between a tortoise and a hare, the hare would win every time. It’s biology. And what applies to biology applies to writing as well: no one wants to write at tortoise speed or produce a book that...
