Is your opening just a floating voice? While you may not want to (and probably shouldn’t) bog down the narrative with nitty-gritty details of where your main character is standing at any given moment, you do want to give your reader some idea where he is. The opening pages of a novel are probably the most important pages you'll write. They need to strike a balance between information and intrigue. Author R.L. Herron By that I mean, you certainly don’t describe every flower … [Read more...]
Author’s Corner: Questions to Ask your Characters
March 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The most important part of your novel is the part that will never be seen by the reader. The part’s just for you … the part that only you know. Well, you and your characters. The Character Study There are so many ways to do a character study – a letter your character writes to a friend, a confession your character makes to his therapist, or a list of things you want to know about him. However, you cannot write a good novel without knowing who your characters are, inside out. Author … [Read more...]
