Novel Renaissance: 7 Ways to Hook Readers with Your Novel's Premise -- by Rachel

Monday, January 29, 2018

7 Ways to Hook Readers with Your Novel's Premise -- by Rachel

For more on this topic, see A Premise that Sells.

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2016 At A Glance

JANUARY--So You Want to Write a Novel

· Intro to Renaissance—Unveiling Your Soul

· Premises that Sell

· Step by Step to Creating Your Premise

· Getting to Know Your Story

FEBRUARY—GETTING A PLAN IN PLACE

· Outlining for the Messy Brain

· Planning for Pansters

· Treasure Trove of Research

· Writing Goals—There’s the Ideals and Then There’s Reality

MARCH—BUILDING THE CREATIVE LIFE

· The Artistic Side of You

· Taking Care of Your Muse

· Taking Care of Yourself

· Wells of Inspiration

APRIL—LANGUAGE THAT SINGS

· What Makes Language Sing?

· Poetic Phrasing—when to use. When not to use.

· Writing Concise and Powerful

· Language of Description

· Digging Deep for Writing that Sings

MAY—SETTING AS CHARACTER

· Settings that have a Temperament.

· The Scent of a Setting

· Different Cultures, Historical Settings

· Settings that influence Characters or Vice Versa

JUNE—MARKETING (YUCK!!!!)

· Beware of Burning Yourself Out

· Best Marketing—Consistent, well done, marketable stories

· FB, Twitter, Pinterest, Newsletters

· Book Launch Marketing

JULY--STORY ARCS WITH BIG HEARTS

· 12 Qualities of a Big Story

· Find your Heroes and Your Villains Within Yourself

· Sacrifice and Redemption

· How to Kill Your Favorite Characters

· Searching Out Your Reader’s Heart

AUGUST—CRITIQUING AND SELF EDITING

· Intro to Critiquing

· Checklist for Self-Editing

· Self-Editing, the Bottomless Well

· Critique to Encourage

SEPTEMBER—MAJOR CHARACTERS

· Character’s Back Story

· Characters with layers and Complexity

· The Flawed Character

· Characters who Engage with Readers

· Characters on the Path to Sainthood

OCTOBER—DIALOGUE AND VOICE

· My Voice—Maybe it's the One I was Born With?

· Where Voice Diverges from the Writer

· Subtexting

· Inner Dialogue

NOVEMBER—SPIRITUAL STORY ARCS

· Keys to a Spiritual Story

· Spiritual Undertones (Unspoken Truths)

· The Spiritual Journey

· Metaphors to Show not Preach

DECEMBER—THE GIFT OF WRITING

· Celebrating the Gift of Writing

· The Gift God and I Open Together

· The rest of December is a time to rest

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Monday, January 29, 2018

7 Ways to Hook Readers with Your Novel's Premise -- by Rachel

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