By:
Larry Brooks, @storyfix
Three Things You Must “Get” Before You
Really Get It
Writing
a great story can be so easy to mess up. Take one thing for granted, miss one
step or fail to nail one necessary dramatic essence, and the story will likely
to be stillborn.
Sure,
it looks easy enough when you sit down with the latest Baldacci or Rowling or
Grisham – but when you sit down to turn your Big Idea into a crackling good
novel, things don’t always turn out as planned.
Maybe
there’s something about this writing thing you’re not getting.
It’s
even worse when you have no idea it hasn’t turned out as well as you thought.
Which means those rejection slips will confuse and anger you… “what do they
know, anyhow?”
Answer:
“they” know something you don’t. And it has zero to
do with your narrative prose talent.
Some
writers get it. Some take years, even decades, to get it. Some never do.
But
it doesn’t need to be that way.
.
. .
Read the full article HERE!
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