A newbie’s guide to writing genre fiction: over 350 terms and techniques, explained.
Learn the craft of writing fiction with this award-winning how-to book. Genre fiction is different than anything you’ve ever done before. Sure, you can read and write. You may have had a successful career writing reports, papers, summaries and theses, arguments, opinions…but you have not written fiction. That’s a story to be read by a total stranger looking to escape into your invented world.
Ernest Hemingway once said, “You are an apprentice in a craft you will never master.” Daunting but true. Even Pulitzer Prize winners will groan about their first drafts. NYT Best Sellers will vow to take their writing “to the next level”. Improvement, upgrading, is constant. You didn’t learn to ski or do the tango in one pass; writing is no different. A constant, focused, deliberate effort – Malcolm Gladwell’s ten-thousand hours – is the hallmark of a successful writer. You can do it!
You might need a bit of help. For the newbie, it’s often difficult to find the entry point that works for you. Most how-to-write books are either written for people familiar with the basics of the craft, or the books promise you impossible results. You will not write a best seller your first pass. Nor will you write 10,000 words a week, let alone a day. You will not make six figures overnight. But you can, with dedication and practice, write a readable piece of genre fiction writing.
WRITING YOUR FIRST FICTION TELLS YOU HOW. Available in e-book from all e-retailers, or in paperback through Amazon. Here’s the paperback link: https://www.amazon.com/WRITING-YOUR-FIRST-FICTION-Writers-ebook/dp/B082WQDXWQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1624064162&refinements=p_27%3AShayla+McBride&s=books&sr=1-1