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I'll be brief as the other answers are thorough and valuable. 1) Novels succeed because they are good stories. Three-act stories are consistently successful, but many books become bestsellers with...
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System
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2019-12-08T05:02:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Stu W
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2019-12-08T05:02:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'll be brief as the other answers are thorough and valuable. 1) Novels succeed because they are good stories. Three-act stories are consistently successful, but many books become bestsellers with alternatives. A good story envelops the reader in your built world and makes them care about the outcome. The characters leap off the page. 2) Eventually, a plotter needs to take some risks by unleashing imagination. You can hold to an outline, but between your "data points" the material needs to be fresh, and it should flow with smooth transitions. 3) There is NO replacing just sitting down and writing. Plotting is great, but one must get ideas down on paper as they pop into your head because one will forget later.
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System
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2016-02-16T19:15:57Z (almost 9 years ago)
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