The One Thing Your Novel Absolutely Must Do

Susan DeFcraft, fiction, Writing resourcesLeave a Comment

girl under the covers looking at a box with a light coming out of it

Start in the middle. Get all the important characters on the page in the first chapter. Reveal what the protagonist wants. Reveal the protagonist’s vulnerabilities. Establish what’s at stake. There are a whole lot of books on the craft of fiction out there, and it can feel like every one of them makes the case for one thing your book must do … Read More