[by John Robert Marlow]
Is your book a movie? Should it be? How do you get from here to there—and what’s in it for you? Fasten your seatbelt, and let’s rip through this…
Let’s face it: being an author is a noble profession, but reaching the financial pinnacle of our chosen profession requires more […]
[by Peter Gelfan]
Often we like to imagine the (probably imaginary) good old days when editors searched for traces of gold in the rough ore of a first draft and worked with the writer to refine it. Recently, an editor at a major publisher offered a less romantic glimpse […]
They want their made-up stories to be as close to truth as possible—sort of like vegetarian meat. If they have to pick between two gritty detective novels, one by an ex-cop and the other by an MFA who has always lived in the nice part of town, you know which […]
Romance novels get a bad rap. They’re not taken seriously. Some of it (okay, most of it) has to do with the formula.
*This is not a real book.
The formulaic covers, titles, and premises. Covers featuring busty heroines embraced by bulgingly-muscled […]
[by Shannon Roberts]
George R.R.Martin’s A Game of Thrones turns 20 this month! In honor of twenty years in print, and a hugely successful twenty years at that, here’s a breakdown of the first 50 pages of the book that started it all.
Aside from the prologue, the first 50 pages of ‘A Game of Thrones’ […]
[by John Robert Marlow]
This blog is part of a series. To see Part 1 and find out what Hollywood wants your story to have, please click here.
