writing advice
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Massive amounts of novels starting their book in some sort of hectic battle scene in which the reader is trying to understand what is happening. Classically, this is not what in medias res means.
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Tropes. This evil word used in writing circles describes all the types of stories that are old and overdone. I honestly think that we need to stop worrying about tropes for the most part.
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This week like many on social media, I saw another author quit their dream. This one stated that the spent $4,000 with nothing to show for it. Unfortunately, that isn’t unusual.
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I have read a few writing books, and I think this is one of the better books out there. It is optimistic and encouraging. Rather than telling you all the things you shouldn’t do when writing fiction, Jack Smith focuses on all the options of what you can do.
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When I decided to become an author and actually claim that title as my new identity, I also took on a scope of challenges I never expected.
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I have been reading a large variety of books, and I find the most poignant difference between classics and self-published books is the use of cliff-hangers, open ending, and series hooks. I have read at least three of these kinds of endings this year alone. To be honest, I hate a book that doesn’t end.
