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I definitely agree with your initial post, I'm just not able to offer advice on how to write a good book as I may, or may not, know how :) In the writing group
by zhubert 10y ago
I definitely agree with your initial post, I'm just not able to offer advice on how to write a good book as I may, or may not, know how :)
In the writing groups I've participated in, there seem to be a number of authors that are scared off by the process of getting their work out there. I'm hopeful that this post will help them overcome the technical hurdles in doing so.
- joeax 10y agoThere is a book out there called "Writing the Breakout Novel" by Donald Maass. The book was a tremendously help for me in deconstructing my plot and characters. I rewrote and even rearranged entire chapters. I had subplots that had no closure that I rewrote to provide an ending. I invite you to check out my novel's Amazon page and read some of the reviews. Even the negative reviews praise the story itself, while slamming my writing style :)
- mkaziz 10y agoWould you mind answering a few questions? I'm curious how you published your novel (self vs traditional), how you marketed, what your sales were like, etc.
- joeax 10y agoYeah no problem. Find my contact info at timecrossers.com
- zhubert 10y agoAwesome, thanks! For my major edit, I went through The Story Grid approach by Coyne. Very helpful and appealed to my techie brain.
- joeax 10y agoThanks, signed up. I used the info from Maass's novel to create a plot diagram for my story. In the end that's what we are - story engineers.