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  Literary Fiction What is it?   Literary Fiction is usually filled with political and social issues along with psychological friction or conflict. The characters are dealing with some form of conflict associated with the above and lead the reader to a conclusion of revolution or a level of nuance that made the writer do some serious research to come up with a conclusion that helps the reader understand the issues at hand. Basically, this form of writing is Character driven – like them or not. As a writer, you must think seriously about how you will write this type of prose and remember that reading world issues can have real-world consequences. Since I have never written Literary Fiction, I turned to a writer friend of mine and asked them to give me a sample idea for me to reference in this piece and they suggested I use The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The main characters in the books are Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Primrose Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Ab...

  Should you copyright your work? Yes or No? If you’ve written a book, a movie script or even a song, created an artistic drawing, painting, or produced a photograph you need to copyright your work immediately. Whether you produced fiction nonfiction poetry, a reference book or a textbook, you need to copyright your work. This would also include any photographs to which you plan to sell, you’ve created coding for a computer program, produced material for a website or online store, your artwork, technical drawings, you’ve recorded a song or created a sound recording, what about you’ve written a song, a screenplay or a script, feature film, documentary, animated film, television show, or video, you need to copyright your work. It’s pretty simple how to copywrite your work, go to the copyright office website using this link U.S. Copyright Office | U.S. Copyright Office ,   click on the tab that says registration and fill out the form. Pay your fee, it will tell you how to pay...

  Publishing Trends in 2024 The publishing industry is not wise nor is it important enough to consider trends that emerge each year. However. it does reshape the way books are sold and consumed by the public.    Now that we’re in 2024 let’s look at how publishing trends are going to redefine the new journey for authors this year.   The publishing industry is currently undergoing a transformation, embracing a more inclusive and diverse approach to voice and storytelling. Authors no longer have sole control over how their stories are presented; instead, publishers are taking the lead in determining the narrative direction. For instance, publishers now insist on incorporating gay sexual interactions for any depiction of intimacy, requiring main characters to be of black or interracial backgrounds regardless of the story's context. This shift aims to create a literary landscape that reflects the diverse tapestry of human experiences, even if it challenges an aut...

 So you want to write a Sci-Fi Book? I’ve never been able to create a world where aliens lived, so I will never be able to write a Science Fiction Book worthy of publishing. Now give me a murder mystery or political drama and I’ll run circles around you, but sci-fi no way. However, I do know how to write a book, after all I’ve written five of them already and am working on a new series now. So, I can tell you how to write a book, so let’s get started with Sci-Fi fun. Let’s start by asking ourselves a few questions: Does your world have a believable structure that your audience will expect? Don’t neglect your characters by not giving your readers their background story. Have you read enough science fiction novels to understand the realm of what science fiction could be? Science fiction followers are meticulous in what they expect in a storyline. So be sure to know your audience and what they will expect from you as a writer. Also know your subgenres so you plug your work...

  So you want to write a Self-Help Book! Every day an aspiring writer decides to write a self-help book because they had a problem or struggle that they overcame and learned some valuable lessons from and want to share those lessons learned with the world. Are you one of those aspiring writers who overcame struggles and obstacles due to a marriage break-up, medical issue problem, or how about a simple relationship with a boyfriend or girlfriend, or even a work-related issue and you want to share those experiences with the world? It’s not that easy to just sit down and write a self-help book, in fact, it’s harder than writing a mystery novel. You see you need to have serious facts behind your idea concept, let’s go through the possible steps you’ll need to consider: 1)       Specific Problem that your book will be about. 2)       Do you have the background to substantiate the remedy to the problem that will help your readers believe ...

  You’ve always wanted to write a book but don’t know how to start. Well, it’s quite simple to start a book, it’s another thing to come up with a concept that hasn’t been heard of before.   You’ve got 7 different concepts to consider when writing a book. Will your book be one of the following plots: Rags to Riches story – your character manages to fulfill his potential because he dreamed big and got there. Think Maid in Manhatten A quest or journey? – Your hero goes on a journey to find him or herself or even a lost item and must overcome obstacles along the way. Think Indiana Jones Overcoming a monster - that is destroying the landscape or city? Your character must venture into the monster’s hidden lair which is both frightening and dangerous, but he does it to regain what is stolen by the monster and the city needs to want it back. Again, think of Indiana Jones movies. Comedy - Think of Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire. The dialogue in a comedy must be funny with...

Fiction  is any type of creative work that is based on imaginary characters, places, and narratives that are made up from your imagination. However, you can use actual historical facts that you can twist such as making it a sci-fi story, or a Twilight Zone-style story. So, let’s delve into the research you might need to conduct. As always start with a plan of action: A plan of action will help save you time and repeated trips to your research location. So let’s begin, What type of story do you want to write? What type of historical research would you like to conduct? If you don’t have a plan of action in mind then you will potentially miss out on some cool facts that you could twist up and add to your story. When you put together a research activity, I find making a list of topics to research is the first key, maybe a specific timeline or event that I can manipulate into my story, what about creating a new political genre, or daily life (mixture of medieval, ancient lifes...