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How To Write A Novel - Crafting Your Premise by Robert Flores
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How To Write A Novel - Crafting Your Premise |
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Writing a novel is easy. All you have to do is sit down at the computer and write. Writing a good novel? Well, that's a bit harder. I've been writing professionally for seven years and I've sold nine novels in five different countries. My work has appeared on the bestseller list in Germany and has generated enough income for me to do it full-time to support my family. Since other writers helped me as I started out, I'm going to do the same thing here for anyone inclined to listen. A good novel starts with a good idea. What we call a premise. A premise is the basic, underlying story. In essence, it is what the book is about. It is the central idea that makes people want to read the book. The premise for my Templar Chronicles series (Heretic, A Scream of Angels, and A Tear in the Sky) is that modern Templar Knights are acting as a secret combat squad for the Vatican and protecting mankind from the supernatural threats and enemies that surround us. The premise for my forthcoming novel, The Book of Coming Sorrows, started with a simple question - what if? What if the apostle John wrote another book after he wrote the book of Revelation? What if that book brought about the cataclysmic events in Revelation when it was read aloud? What if that long, lost manuscript was discovered suddenly in New York City and someone began reading it? You should be able to define the premise of your book in a single sentence. Yes, I said one. One sentence only. If you can't, you really don't know what your book is about. (Some people will argue with that statement, believing that a novel is too complex to be reduce to a single sentence, but I've always felt that it needed to be broken down to its smallest denominator.) So, step one in writing a novel - come up with a premise. Make it interesting. Make it exciting. And make it a single sentence. Some hints: * Shorter is definitely better. Try for under twenty words. * No character names. Be generic. Say "Templar Commander" rather than "KNight Commander Cade Williams," for instance. * Reads book summaries from places like the New York Times bestseller list for examples. * Figure out what character has the most to lose in the story - and then tell what he or she wants to gain. Start with a strong premise and your book will find the legs it needs to stand on its own. dissertation service
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