Backsliding
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009by Al Philipson
Authors who sell their first book usually do it because they have:
- Spent a long time learning to write compelling prose
- Learned their craft through practice and feedback (workshops)
- Finally produced a work that was both compelling and obeyed the “rules” (fast start, attention to point of view, minimum or no “info dumps”, story lines that are interesting, characterization, etc.)
After a couple of successful novels, authors begin to think they “have it made” and start to get sloppy. (more…)
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