I watch a good amount of reality television when I have the time and I’m a big fan of some of the fabricated drama. Yes, I know it’s all created for the show and it isn’t as ‘real’ as the producers want me to believe. And yet, I curl up on my couch ready to be sucked into it all each season.
Why?
It’s all about the ‘tea’, if you ask me!
I’m currently reading an urban fantasy tale. It’s all part of developing a stronger understanding of the expected Tropes in that genre so I can write stronger stories.
Anyway, the book is super fast-paced. WOW! As in if a story is supposed to have peaks and valleys, this one is all peaks. There’s very little time to breathe. I know authors are told to pace their stories and the action in their stories but something tells me breakneck tales are beloved by a large number of readers.
Continue reading “Improve a scene: Urban Fantasy story”
When you look at a lot of blurbs, you usually see a bolded or italicized first sentence that goes something like this:
Winning what you want may cost you everything you love
- Winner’s Curse, Marie Rutkowski
She is the greatest assassin her world has ever known.
But does she have the heart of a killer?
- Crown of Midnight, Sarah J. Maas
Such sentences are the hook. Continue reading “What’s Your Story’s Hook?”
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