If you walk into the nearest bookstore for a work of fiction, you’ll have to specify to find something that caters to your personal interests. If you’re into genre fiction, you’ll peruse aisles marked with headings that denote the overarching theme of the book; fantasy, sci-fi, romance, mystery, horror, and historical fiction all represent wildly popular and substantial areas of […]
February 7, 2010 by 43 Comments Plotting Your NovelPlot vs. Character: Which Is More Important?
Authors debate plot vs. character, as if the two were gladiators, waging war on the sands of the Coliseum in some winner-take-all death battle. Both sides of the debate claim a definitive superiority for their chosen gladiator, and for the most part, the battle splits nicely down the lines of literary and commercial fiction, the […]
