Originally posted on WILDsound Writing Festival:
by Ryan Lanz It’s been said that the difference between a good novel and a great novel is only 1%. When I first read that, it used to drive me nuts. What is that 1%? If you asked 100 people, you would probably get 100 different answers. What I’m…
Month: March 2020
The Puzzling Prologue Problem — A Writer’s Path
Originally posted on WILDsound Writing Festival:
Go ahead, Google something along the lines of prologues in novels. I’ll wait. Done? If so, you’ll have found links like 7 Deadly Sins of Prologues, The Worst Ways to Begin Your Novel: Advice from Literary Agents, The Dreaded Prologue, Question: the oft-maligned prologue, and so on. Read these…
