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Although there's no secret formula that will transform your prose into something your favorite authors would envy, I believe that often repeated saying: knowledge is power. The sorts of stories I focus on in the following pages are often called genre stories. They’re stories filled with suspense, the kind that keep decent hardworking folk up till indecent hours, unable to put their book down until they find out what happened, whether the hero found the treasure and saved the day or lost everything in a fiery inferno of regret. Given this, it will come as no surprise that I believe the key to writing good genre fiction is to create complex, compelling characters, put them in an interesting yet hostile setting, introduce believable opposition with clear stakes and wrap it all up in a well thought-out plot. In other words, the key to writing great genre fiction is to write a great story. While there isn't a set of rules that, if followed, will produce a bestselling story there are rules of thumb. That said, just as most humans have an internal skeleton that consists of two arms, two legs, a spinal column and so on, so most stories have a structure that can be described as consisting o

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Author

Karen Woodward

Published

2017

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction