We are all writing tropes and cliches. We can only try to write it in our own way.
Tag: writing tips
The 30K Block
You tend to hit a wall at 30K words, or about half the length of your book, for a reason.
Prose You Love to Hate
You throw out a book , then later realize you have to learn from it.
Perversity in Fiction
In recent fiction, perversity rarely takes center stage, but it was not always this way.
Hook, Line, and Sinker (2)
Every chapter should have at least three "beats". Each beat must be connected with either "therefore" or "but".
10 Kinds of Plot Twists
A plot twist works best when a lot of emotional investment is made by the time it happens.
Write Your Own Story
What sense is there to make the effort to write if you know that the novel will give you nothing but trouble ?
The Hook, Line, and Sinker
The opening of a book is the hook, the line, and the sinker. "The hook" provides the catch, "the line" provides the tension, and "the sinker" provides the direction.
How to be a Teenage Author
The more you obsess over the age of your debut, the later your debut is going to be. So don't get stuck on the idea of getting published early.
Analyzing the Opening Line
If there is one part of the novel that is open to analytical dissection, it is the first few sentences.
Samurai Novelist 