Category Archives: Be A Novelist

The Absolute, Ultimate, Wondrous, Magic Secret of Novel Writing

Search for a Shortcut Human nature being what it is, someone somewhere is always searching for a shortcut.  An easier, quicker, simpler way to complete a task or accomplish a goal.  Never has it been more true than in our … Continue reading

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Author as Puppeteer – Author Intrusion

An Easy Trap In a previous Be A Novelist blog post entitled Story or Message, I alluded to the plotting problem of author intrusion. Author intrusion is an easy trap for the beginning novelist to slip into. In that blog … Continue reading

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