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