Friday Book Share: Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

Ciao, SEers. It's time for a Friday book share. Today, I'm going to talk about a book from the psychological thriller genre, Stillhouse Lake by Rachael Caine. (If you read my personal blog, you already saw my review of this plus the rest of the series. If you don't follow me but are interested in …

Writing Your Novel’s Blurb

Ciao, amici. We're wrapping up the Story Bible series of posts today. If you missed one or more of the posts, you can find them, in order of post date, by clicking the following links: Story Bible Overview Series Premise Character Sheets Setting Descriptions Outlining Today, we're discussing how to write the back-of-book blurb. You're …

Friday Writing Question: Hooks

Ciao, SEers. It's my turn for the Friday Writing Question, and I think I have an interesting one for you. It's interesting to me, anyway, since I agonize over my novel openings. Hooks. More specifically, do you think they need to be the very first sentence? First paragraph? First page? Is the end of the …

Planning for Multiple POVs

Ciao, amici. We've been discussing story bibles. So far, in addition to the overview, we've covered the series premise, character sheets, and setting descriptions. Today, I'll be discussing outlines, specifically outlining for multiple POVs. If you only have one POV character, the information still (mostly) applies. You can just eliminate the additional columns. This is …

Setting Descriptions

Ciao, amici. Today's post is a continuation of the Story Bible series. So far, we've had an overview and discussed the series premise and character sheets. Today, we'll cover settings. If you thought the character sheet was easy, you'll love this one. It's even simpler. And, if you aren't creating brand new worlds (like a …