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Steven W. White

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I'm a teacher, stargazer, and indie author! I also blog about the mastery of fiction writing at Novel Dog.

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The Promised Confrontation

[This is another snip from my talk on "suspense" at Write on the Sound in 2012.]

It was a powerful moment for me when I realized that we don’t read fiction to find out what will happen.

We read to find out if what we expect will happen actually does. A key to suspense is to create expectation in the reader – preferably the expectation of “something good.” Readers love upheaval, reversal, conflict...

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Steven W. White's Books

Average rating: 3.50 · 102 ratings · 32 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	Read No Evil 3.12 of 5 stars 3.12 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New World: a Frontier Fantasy Novel 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outrageous Fortunes: a Novel of Alternate Histories 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Against the Goddess 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turing's Revenge and Other Stories 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Promised Confrontation

[This is another snip from my talk on "suspense" at Write on the Sound in 2012.]
It was a powerful moment for me when I realized that we don’t read... Read more of this blog post »

Apr 01, 2013 08:37pm · like

Steven White liked Loretta's review of Read No Evil:

" Jawoll, eBooks sind garstig, böse und überhaupt der Anfang vom Ende... Ich schau mal, wo ich für meinen Kindle 'nen digitalen Maulkorb herkrieg!
Davon abgesehen ist diese Story ein überraschend fieser Pageturner, den ich in einem Rutsch durchgelese... " Read more of this review »

Feb 25, 2013 10:28pm · see review

Steven White took the Never-Ending Book Quiz

questions answered:	26
correct:	23 (88.5%)
skipped:	9
best streak:	8
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Dec 17, 2012 07:29pm · like · beat his score

Steven White and 1 other person liked Simon Goodson's review of Read No Evil:

" Picked this up for free from Amazon along with a few others. Of those free books, two I couldn't read much as the writing was too poor and another was not bad but turned out to be a short story. I was wondering if it was worth downloading free boo... " Read more of this review »

Dec 06, 2012 08:27pm · see review

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Nov 09, 2012 07:51am · like

Steven White rated a book 5 of 5 stars

House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 09, 2012 07:50am

Steven White rated a book 2 of 5 stars

Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 08, 2012 06:45pm

Steven White liked Stig's review of Outrageous Fortunes: a Novel of Alternate Histories:

" I'm a sucker for alternate worlds stories, and I wasn't disappointed by this one. A good fast read, some interesting alternate worlds (some of which I should have liked to have known more about) and intelligent reflections on the nature of the mul " Read more of this review »

Jul 21, 2012 10:46am · see review

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Crime Against the Goddess
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