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“The text only needs to be about 150 to 200 words, and should entice the reader without being an overloaded sales pitch.”
― 30 Days To A Better Novel: Unlock Your Writing Potential
― 30 Days To A Better Novel: Unlock Your Writing Potential
“Dr. Gustav Freytag, in his book "Technique of the Drama", labels the three acts as the introduction, the climax and the catastrophe. Between the three points are the rising and falling actions. These five parts are sometimes referred to as Freytag's Pyramid because of how the plot progression can be graphed as an ascent to a peak, and after the climax, a descent to a conclusion. There is plenty of analysis online about the pyramid, and the text of the book can be downloaded from Project Gutenberg, though it is in German. An English version can be found by searching Google books. Day”
― 30 Days To A Better Novel: Unlock Your Writing Potential
― 30 Days To A Better Novel: Unlock Your Writing Potential
“Clear and concise language should be the aim of most fiction authors with few exceptions. The main way to achieve this is to use simple language, as it will be more effective and communicate your meaning more easily. Using long words is not going to make you seem smarter or a better writer. Know your readers. If the novel is aimed at a tech savvy audience, then some amount of technical jargon will have to be used, but even then, simple language should be the basis for the book with the computer terms sprinkled in only as required. Keep sentences short. Nothing makes a text more difficult to read than long run-on sentences with multiple independent clauses. Also, avoid the comma splice, which is when you put together two independent clauses with the use of a comma between them. This technique is one of which I am guilty of using all too frequently. There is the Flesch-Kincaid grading system that was developed in the 1970s to evaluate the readability of text. It is widely used and gives a score based on a US grade level of reading ability. Most successful novels will have a score of no more than grade 8, which is the average person’s reading level. There are free online web pages that can evaluate text using the Flesch-Kincaid system.”
― 30 Days To A Better Novel: Unlock Your Writing Potential
― 30 Days To A Better Novel: Unlock Your Writing Potential
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