Tag: Plot
How to tread the fine line between making your story dramatic and slipping into melodrama.
Several years ago, I invented the Killogator logline formula. It’s been incredibly popular because, well, it works. But people who’re trying to use the formula often ask me…
Do you want to write a spy novel? Do you have a great high concept idea? Awesome! We are 0.1% of the way to fame and fortune! What?…
What are you working on? I’m currently proofreading my novel A Kill in the Morning. It’s very exciting because it’s my last chance to make sure the novel is 100% right…
Thinking of great high concept is hard – otherwise everyone would do it! Even though it’s difficult, it’s not impossible, and I’ve got some tricks to help you…
A great story ending is a paradox: it has to be the inevitable consequence of everything that has gone before and at the same time it can’t be…
When you’re writing spy fiction, you have one overriding goal: to keep the reader turning the pages. There’s no greater compliment to the spy thriller author than for…