Janice craves a simple cup of coffee while an earth-shattering email looms. But her wait is disrupted by an alien spaceship landing in the Australian outback.
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5 Essential Tips for Creating Good Pacing in Your Novel
Aaron Lamb explains pacing for authors Pacing is crucial in keeping readers engaged throughout your novel. Here are five tips to help you master this essential aspect of storytelling: Vary sentence and paragraph lengthMix short, punchy sentences with longer, more descriptive ones. Use brief paragraphs for tension and longer ones for slower, more reflective moments. …
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Sub Plots pros and cons:
Let's chat about subplots – those juicy side stories that run alongside your novel's main course. When you throw them in just right, they can turn your book from a simple meal into a full-on feast. In my new novel, Cults Coffee and Close Encounters, there’s a great side plot involving a meth head and …
Show don’t tell top tips
As writers, we're often told to "show, don't tell." But what does this actually mean, and how can we implement it in our work? I had to keep an eye out in my new novel, Cults, Coffee and Close Encounters as it's EASY to fall into this trap. This powerful technique can transform your writing …
In the immortal words of David Bowie…
"Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange." That's what it's like writing a book. My fifth book, Cults, Coffee and Close Encounters was no different. Here's an example of a first draft vs a second draft for the opening of the book.
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