First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
For this week’s first-page examination, we’re going to dive into my favorite book that I listened to last year—The Ocean…
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How to Break Up Your Novel into Definable Sections
Last week I started diving into the three-act structure and explained that such structure is random and arbitrary. While many…
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First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: All the Light We Cannot See
This week we’re going to look at the first page of the highly acclaimed novel All the Light We Cannot…
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The Burden on Novelists to Craft a Great Ending
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
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First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Closer to the Heart
I couldn’t resist including one of my favorite fantasy author’s novels. I’ve read most of Mercedes Lackey’s books, as have…
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Story Endings That Are Just Right
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
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First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Adventuress
Today, for our first-page analysis, we’re going to look at The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander. This novel is the tenth installment in…
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Grand Finales: Tips for Writing Great Endings of Novels
Today’s post is reprinted by permission from editor Alan Rinzler. Alan worked for years at the top publishing houses with…
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First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
In this post we’re continuing our look at best-seller first pages. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto By Mitch Albom is in the…
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