No one can teach you the precise formula for an irresistible book. There are simply too many variables. So learn the controls, find the readers who love what you do, and keep writing.
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I’ve edited a lot of fiction. Read a lot of it, too. I can nearly always spot the newer writers, because their control of point-of-view slips frequently. They drop into the dreaded telling, instead of showing, often without realizing it. And their narrative voice sometimes doesn’t match the character’s voice. There’s usually more evidence: Setting
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I wince every time I see this structure in fiction. Do you use it? The structure goes like this: Walking to the window, he watched the seagulls soar over a silvered sea. An innocuous sentence? Actually, it’s a howling clunker of sentence, and I’ll explain why in a minute. For now, I want to draw
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