Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Best Tips For Writing A Good Novel

By Patty Goff


Are you burning with passion to write a novel but do not know where to start? Well, you need not worry any more. We will look at a few tips for writing a good novel. The most important thing about coming up with a good novel is to have an interesting story line. What this means is that you must have an idea about what you want to write about before finally deciding to put it down in words.

Whether you are writing a work of fiction or factual one, you have to do adequate research. This may mean that you do some reading beforehand. You may also need to visit some of the places or characters you intend to include in your work. When you work is well researched, it gives credibility to the story easily wins the confidence of your audience.

Make sure that your story has a captivating plot. It should be something that your readers will remember and narrate to other people easily. When your events are chronologically linked the reader will be interested in trying to find out what follows next and will keep reading the book to the end. If you have several stories in your novel, there should be a general storyline.

A good writer has the ability to submerge the reader into the story. The reader should be made to use all their senses. Let them hear the rattling of leaves and the drops of water falling onto the dry, thirsty ground of the desert. Let them see the characters and the events as if they are witnesses. Let them feel, smell and taste. Capturing their imagination should be your aim.

Make use of humor as much as possible but be cautious not to overdo it. With a good sense of humor, virtually anything is readable. Ensure that you use a bit of wit so that the jokes are not so obvious; let the reader use their intelligence to pick out the fun. It is even more interesting when you catch the reader off-guard such that the fun comes in the least expected areas.

Emotions are an invaluable ingredient. The kind of emotion depicted in your story will undoubtedly be dictated by the type of story you are telling. The nature of human beings is such that most memories are intertwined with emotions. Consequently, the best way to make sure that your story continues to linger in the minds of your readers is to make them cry, laugh and fall in love and so on; create emotional suspense in your stories.

Do not be afraid to get out of your comfort zone. Even for issues that are frowned upon by society, confront them head-on. We all have peculiarities that come out in our characters and to make your story have some credibility, try to have you characters show some of these irrational behaviors. This serves to give a human element to your work.

A good writer is one that is unpredictable in their work. There is no point of reading a story whose outcome is expected. While many readers prefer stories in which good triumphs over evil, it should not be too obvious. Rather, let it appear as though evil is winning. You can introduce a few twists and turns in the story to make it difficult for the reader to know how things will turn out in the end.




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