Calling Vicki, Writing The Page Turner
The secrets to writing what is called a page turner is not that many.
The first thing that you need to do is learn who to write reasonably well. You will do this by first reading a lot. You learn how to form proper sentences by seeing how others have done it. Secondly you will write a great deal. Write everyday.
Look at it as if it was any other exercise. You are building your writing muscles rather than arm or leg muscles. Do not worry about how good or bad it is as long as you are writing every single day. Now let’s get to the page turner. Look at the most popular writers that write what are referred to as page turners and they all have one thing in common. They all write short and sweet chapter. From Dean Koontz to James Patterson they keep it short. Under eight pages would be a start. Most of the chapters in my novel calling Vicki are under six pages long. That length is natural to me. I populate my novel with characters who have strong points of view and I live to see the story move along through their eyes.
I believe that this way of writing will only grow in popularity over time due to the fact that we live in the information age. With texting and twitter we are growing accustom to getting information in short quick burst. Consider this when writing and or rewriting your novel.
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The secrets to writing what is called a page turner is not that many.
The first thing that you need to do is learn who to write reasonably well. You will do this by first reading a lot. You learn how to form proper sentences by seeing how others have done it. Secondly you will write a great deal. Write everyday.
Look at it as if it was any other exercise. You are building your writing muscles rather than arm or leg muscles. Do not worry about how good or bad it is as long as you are writing every single day. Now let’s get to the page turner. Look at the most popular writers that write what are referred to as page turners and they all have one thing in common. They all write short and sweet chapter. From Dean Koontz to James Patterson they keep it short. Under eight pages would be a start. Most of the chapters in my novel calling Vicki are under six pages long. That length is natural to me. I populate my novel with characters who have strong points of view and I live to see the story move along through their eyes.
I believe that this way of writing will only grow in popularity over time due to the fact that we live in the information age. With texting and twitter we are growing accustom to getting information in short quick burst. Consider this when writing and or rewriting your novel.
Thank you for visiting my blog and please take a moment to add me to your google plus and to share this post with a friend.
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