FDF #40: Creating a Bestseller Using Marlowe
Our guest, best-selling author James Rosone, discusses how to use your Marlowe report to engineer a bestseller and develop effective audience targeting for your marketing campaign. You won’t want to miss this FREE live chat! In this First Draft Friday video chat, Audrey will answer your questions and share her experience.
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Knowing the feel of your genre
Book editor Stephenie Magister explores the feel and goal of literary genres in this First Draft Friday author chat.
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Picking or switching your genre
Ryan Schow, an author of post-apocalyptic fiction and urban fantasy, discusses the ins and outs of switching genres and choosing a subgenre in this First Draft Friday author chat.
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Robert Dugoni on creating page-turning plots
What’s more important, plot or character? I can easily jump into either side of this discussion, but the answer is often: both. One author who does a stellar job of weaving together page-turning plots with strong characters is Robert Dugoni, the critically acclaimed bestselling suspense and literary fiction author. Robert joined our First Draft Friday […]
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Giving your characters a personality
Authors Greta Boris and Alessandra Torre chat about using the Enneagram typing system to develop your characters' personality.
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How to write a gripping first page
Authors Joan Dempsey and Alessandra Torre chat about opening scenes in novels and how to create a gripping first page.
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Secrets of writing in different voices
Authors Jeff Wheeler and Alessandra Torre chat about writing in different voices and character point of views.
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Building a magic system from scratch
Authors C.R. Rowenson and Alessandra Torre chat about using magic systems in fiction and their creation and implementation.
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How to create lovable characters
Romance authors Tamie Dearen and Alessandra Torre discuss the elements needed to create a lovable character, and the do’s and don’ts of this important piece of the novel puzzle.
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What makes a great horror story?
Horror author Jack Pierce chat and suspense author Alessandra Torre discuss what elements set horror apart from other fiction genres.
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What are the origins of story?
Stefan Edmunds, author of “The Eight Crafts of Writing,” discusses the original origins of story and how modern storytellers have adapted stories to appeal to today's readers.
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Do you need a writing coach?
I’ll be honest, I’ve never been sure what exactly a writing coach does. I’ve always sort of shelved them into the stack of things that I’d rather not think about. The idea of someone hounding me to “write, write, write” sounds like a special kind of torture. But hey – I can’t judge what I […]
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