Whether it’s a picture book or novel, to succeed narratively your manuscript needs an interesting main character who faces a challenge, bumps into at least one obstacle, solves an age-appropriate problem, is somehow changed by the experience, and brings it all home to ‘THE END’ in a satisfying way.
Category: Quotes
Conflict is the engine that drives plot forward. You should be creating tension on the page at all times, no matter what else is going on.
Conflict is the engine that
All of us need to be teachable if we’re going to improve.
All of us need to
You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.
You don’t start out writing
Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.