Every now and then, you find a book that really sticks with you. It connects with who you are. It resonates. But why? And how do you make your book do that for your readers? Today I want to discuss resonance and how to capture it with your story. Resonance Read more…
We’ve covered Consumer Genres and Content Genres, and now I want to look at Story Genres. This is the last helpful list of genre types I’ve found, and it was created by Blake Snyder in his Cave The Save! books. I am presenting Jessica Brody’s version of it, which is Read more…
Last week we went over Consumer Genres and how readers are drawn to certain ones, and now I want to look at Content Genres. These twelve Content Genre categories divide stories into types based on what the protagonist wants in the story. Since readers follow the protagonist and live the Read more…
One of the first posts I did when I started my website was on book genres, but back then I thought they were as simple as a section in a bookstore or library. I have since learned they are more complex than that. The next few weeks I want to Read more…
You will have several misconceptions about being an author when you start out. My biggest one was that I could publish books in multiple genres. While it’s possible, it’s not easy. The book world is very categorical. Agents, editors, and publishers want to put your books in a nice square Read more…