There is one more week left in The Irresistible Novel Giveaway and one more chapter after today to examine before the blog closes its 6 month journey through creating an irresistible novel. What are some things you’ve learned from walking through the pages of this book with me? I’ll be summarizing some of my favoriteContinue reading “Archetypes: The Irresistible Novel”
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The Monomyth: The Irresistible Novel
Before I get started reviewing chapter 26 from The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke I wanted to give you another opportunity to enter my book giveaway. With permission from Jeff Gerke I am giving away a FREE copy of The Irresistible Novel to a lucky reader as a way of thanking you for sticking withContinue reading “The Monomyth: The Irresistible Novel”
What’s It All About, Alfie? And a Give Away
As promised, this week is your first chance to enter to win your very own FREE copy of The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. Over the course of the past twenty-four weekends I have reviewed and summarized chapters from this book about writing your own novel. I have received permission from the author to offerContinue reading “What’s It All About, Alfie? And a Give Away”
A Brain Chemistry Story Map: The Irresistible Novel
Thanks for staying with me, readers, for the past 23 Saturdays as I’ve read and reviewed each chapter of The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. We started out the first part of the book reviewing grammar and writing practices. Now in the second part of the book we are taking a look at the humanContinue reading “A Brain Chemistry Story Map: The Irresistible Novel”
Character-Brain, Plot-Brain: The Irresistible Novel
Venturing into week 22 of The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke requires a couple of short lessons on brain chemistry. In order to write a novel that is irresistible for readers one must understand the basic way a reader’s brain functions. In order to write this portion of his book, Gerke enlisted the advice andContinue reading “Character-Brain, Plot-Brain: The Irresistible Novel”
Read Everything: The Irresistible Novel
Here we are eighteen weeks into examining The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. So far, we have examined rules for fiction writing from various perspectives in order to help each of us to develop our fiction voice. This week, Gerke is stepping away from traditional writing rules to investigate a reading rule. The focus of thisContinue reading “Read Everything: The Irresistible Novel”
Outlining: The Irresistible Novel
Chapter eleven of Gerke’s book, The Irresistible Novel, is a little different than the previous ten. Up to this point each chapter has focused on a principle of writing (like POV, setting, characters, etc.) but chapter eleven is centered more on the discipline of writing. The main statement of debate being, “You must always outlineContinue reading “Outlining: The Irresistible Novel”
Show Versus Tell: The Irresistible Novel
I’m seven weeks into my journey through the book The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. Thus far, we have examined some major principles of writing under the microscope of what works with your individual writing voice and what publishers and agents look for in a manuscript. Today’s topic seems like a no brainer for manyContinue reading “Show Versus Tell: The Irresistible Novel”
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