| Article 1 - Plotting and Genre | | | | characters. Avoid too many coincidences. |
| Plotting | | | | Flashbacks have been overused. A book is |
| Plotting and characterization carry the other | | | | stronger when it runs chronologically. |
| elements of the book. The plotting must be | | | | Genre |
| believable, plausible, and interesting. It is a | | | | Genre is the main category into which a book fits. |
| sequence of events connected in a | | | | Most stories meet the criteria for multiple genres, |
| cause-and-effect manner. Generally the plot | | | | but you should have some focus, identifying a |
| consists of a series of increasingly more intense | | | | market before you begin writing fiction. |
| conflicts, a climax (the most intense part of the | | | | Beginning authors often miss one critical fact |
| book), and a final resolution. The plot must | | | | about writing fiction. It is up to the author to |
| advance as the book unfolds. Usually the closer to | | | | please the reader, not the other way around. |
| the end of the book the climax is placed the | | | | Patrick Dent, author of the new covert ops |
| better. | | | | thriller, Execution of Justice, at |
| Long works like novels can have many subplots | | | | Action Adventure Book |
| and secondary climaxes and resolutions. Avoid | | | | The online resource to help new authors refine |
| using subplots in order to have cliché | | | | their writing skills. |