Posts by M.A
I think the wikipedia definition gets quite close to the essence. Additionally, you might think about the type of fiction meant to have an aesthetic value/quality, that is what literary fiction hop...
The recent Pulitzer winner A Visit from the Goon Squad is another example of a book like that. It is a sweeping look at the lives of inter-related characters over time. Are books like these a tur...
In my opinion, if you are feeling that a reader might get bored, then the readers might actually get bored. Consider the following: Start the novel with the central conflict. Give a teaser, then ...
Recently, a few snippets of my fiction have received critiques along the lines of 'Does not give a sense of space'. Or 'needs more description, sights and sounds'. I think where I am going wrong ...
