Posts by Stig Hemmer
You either write a biography, as accurate as you can, as respectfully as you can, or you write a clearly fictional story that is as different from its inspiration as you can make it. Do not try to...
The readers must not be surprised by it. The marketing for the second book must make it clear what is going on. If you just say "The long-awaited sequel to Book 1", people will buy Book 2, but fe...
(As @ChrisSunami said, the author should know more than the reader does. I am writing about what to include in the text) The question is reversed. The proper question is "What information about ...
You have already identified the plot as your main problem. As long as the plot remains unfixed, you feel no motivation for fixing the rest. As you have discovered, you can NOT fix the plot just b...
Guerrilla warfare The key to winning an rebellion is surprise. The rebels must appear out of nowhere, attack before the defenders can get organized and leave before reinforcements arrive. This i...
Does your story have a character who starts out as a loyal supporter of the protagonist, but later realizes what a monster she is, and then turns against her? If so, that character is an ideal nar...
