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Check out the video version of this essay! Yes, there are a million exceptions, but there’s an overall truth: literary fiction often lacks humor. Fun and funny doesn’t often win National Book Awards. As…
Romance novels often get a bad rap in some writing circles. The criticism is fair in some ways, and unfair in many others. While Harlequin’s latest category romance is unlikely to win a Man Booker…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! This mini-essay will be a little different. I wanted to…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! The first paragraph is pretty great. The author gracefully communicates…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! I’m interested in the two adjectives in the tag line…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! I love that the second sentence establishes BIG STAKES for…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! I selected Julie L. Spencer’s RUNNING TO YOU because I…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! First of all, it bears mentioning that Ms. McLinn really…
Writing a novel is hard. Writing a book description is even harder. Let’s take a look at an example and see what we can learn! Here’s the first paragraph: I’ll be honest; even though I’ve…
1) I love that the authors employ the rule of three straightaway and do so in a manner that adds characterization of Camy. She seems to be a little bit of a Type-A young woman…
