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The Nature of the Crisis
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I'm brainstorming ideas for a new novel, thinking a lot about the crisis my lead must face, and the nature of that crisis in overall story structure. According to the Marshall Plan, the crisis disrup…
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Wow. This was really insightful. And helpful, too. Thanks for your detailed reply.
In the first example, it seems to me that the detective's story goal doesn't change: he still needs to find out who killed the victim. "Prove husband is cheating" doesn't change the primary story goal, it's just part of an unfolding subplot that the…
Define "wasn't that good."
Hammett was the first mystery writer to bring some realism to crime and detection in fiction. A private detective himself, he drew on that knowledge to fundementally change the commercial fiction landscape. And much of ma…
As an aside to this, when looking at your chosen genre and trying to figure on a word count, amazon.com now offers "Text Stats" for a number of books. This includes the word count. Find some books like the kind you write on there and check their wor…
Rob...
If, or should I be optimistic and say when it gets published, let me know and I'll definitely look for it.
Curt
Cool. If I can find a publisher for it, hopefully you'll find it in a bookstore near you someday. :)
Rob...
The example you provided (Suppose a single father of two teens learns his daughter's been murdered and his son is the prime suspect.) sounds like the kind of stories I often find myself reading.
Curt
I'm brainstorming ideas for a new novel, thinking a lot about the crisis my lead must face, and the nature of that crisis in overall story structure. According to the Marshall Plan, the crisis disrupts the lead's life in the first scene/section. In…
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- What kind of fiction do you write or would you like to write?
- Crime Thrillers
- Publishing credits?
- Some online publications (fiction and non-fiction) and a story in an anthology put out by Columbia College Chicago during Chicago's "Story Week Festival of Writers."
- Are you working on something now?
- Kicking around ideas for the next novel.
- Do you have any writing goals/dreams?
- Really, just to make a comfortable living from my writing. Maybe back it up with some part-time teaching at a local college.
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- At 10:58am on October 6, 2009,
Evan Marshall said…
- Hi Rob! Welcome to the Planet! You are our 100th member.
All the best,
Evan
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