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All Chapters of The Author's Handbook: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

11 Chapters

Prologue

The handbook will continuously update as GoodNovel evolves and user demands change. If you have any comments or suggestions about our work, please send an email to writers@goodnovel.com, or contact your editor directly. The following text is divided into 11 sections. Section 1-5 will guide you to clear your mind and make decisive choices before you start writing. Section 6-7 are some suggestions on writing skills. We recommend that authors take these 7 sections as a reference before and during writing. Section 8 – 9 describes how the author can reach relevant readers through tags and introduction to the work. Section 10-11 would be an introduction to the most exciting part of submission.

Last Updated : 2020-07-27

Chapter 001 Write what y*u believe in

What is it that you believe in?Storytelling, is an outburst of our thoughts and passion. In the famous philosopher, Edmund Husserl’s words, it’s an objective association between the emotions and ideas that you are trying to deliver. Storytelling is not just an expression of yourself, but a conquer of the reader’s minds. You are pulling them into a world that you created, instead of politely forwarding an invitation. This, is storytelling.

Last Updated : 2020-07-28

Chapter 002 Theme

You need a theme for you story. A theme, is the groundwork of any story. Stories will fall without it.How could you find the right theme for you?Creation is a process that can start at anytime and anywhere. Maybe your groundwork is something inspires you; maybe it’s just an idea you get in a shower, or a bizarre fantasy you have bearing with the boring life; or it’s a “what if” discussion you have with yourself when you watch the news. Don’t rush into building your groundwork. Take you time before you start your story and make sure

Last Updated : 2020-07-29

Chapter 003 Genre and Feature

Now you have a clear idea on your theme, you can start to define your targeted readers. Of course you would want more readers for your story, the more the better, to understand the theme you are trying to discuss in your work, but you have to choose: trying to appeal every readers, is the same as aiming at no target.Like when you join a Halloween party, no matter how hard you try, or how good your costume is, you can never get everyone to like you, right?You need to make a clear dec

Last Updated : 2020-07-30

Chapter 004 Initiative Incident

Start your story with an initiative incident. It’s an initial cause for all the plots following. Initiative incident pushes all the four main factors of your story moving, and the four main factors being struggle, crisis, climax, and denouement. Without an initiative incident, your story will not be able to move forward on its own.An initiative incident breaks the balance of all the forces in the protagonist’s life.

Last Updated : 2020-08-03

Chapter 005 Characters

No matter it’s a fiction or a movie, it’s the characters in the story that people get attached to, not the plot itself.Stories winning the reader with its fantastic design and wild imagination are rare because with more and more stories in the market, the readers are reading more different plots and therefore harder to be impressed with surprises, because their standard for surprises increases with experience. Do not spend too much time on building the structure, because you can always rebuilt the whole thing and replace the incidents, but it’s the soul of your work that counts. So, you need to put time and effort into charact

Last Updated : 2020-08-03

Chapter 006 The Title

Give your story a simple title. A title is the main concept of the plot that attracts audiences who are interested.. For example, “The Postman Always Rings Twice” is better than “The Postman”.If you think too plain a title would give out too much of the surprises, create one with multiple meanings or interpretations. For example, Fifty Shades of Grey suggests the protagonist has a lot of facets of his personality.

Last Updated : 2020-08-07

Chapter 007 A Good Opening

Now that you’ve got a theme, some characters, and a framework, you can start to build the opening of your story.This is an age of E-books. Readers don’t pick their books like how they used to in a book shop where they could go through whichever part they like before they make a decision. In this age, the decision is made after only the opening. It’s just a click away if the reader doesn’t like what they are reading. So an intriguing opening is your only change to get the reader to start on your book.

Last Updated : 2020-08-08

Chapter 008 Tags

Marketing is important to put some thoughts in once your book is ready to meet readers. The tags and synopsis are two of the important buoys that attract readers.On GoodNovel, tags can help readers to get a better idea of the theme and genre of your book faster, also, it helps them to be introduced to books similar to what they like by linking your book to books alike.You can choose tags for your books after you set a genre for your book. Tags are an explanation of your story. They

Last Updated : 2020-08-10

Chapter 009 Synopsis

Before you submit your book, you get a chance to write a little piece of synopsis, to introduce your work.Imagine you are in a bookstore, what of a book attracts you the most? The cover and the name. But what shines a bit light on the value of the book and pushes the

Last Updated : 2020-08-10

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