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R.C. Hancock
Kvothe's. Patrick Rothfuss's world is AWESOME. Despite my bad review of his 2nd book. https://storysurgeongeneral.blogspot....
R.C. Hancock
Sandra! Thanks so much for the question. I remember your great review and appreciate your interest. Short answer is that book 2 is written and will get published one way or another. Lol. My current publisher is waiting on sales for book 1 to reach about 2500 before they invest in the sequel. Not sure how close (or far) I am from that number, but I'm working on a new series and trying to get an agent. So, I promise you will get it eventually (if I have to self publish) or maybe cedar fort will contact me soon and ask for #2) either way, I thank you for reading and caring. :)
R.C. Hancock
Play video games.
R.C. Hancock
I think the three most important things you can do to quickly improve your writing are (in this order):
1. WRITE. The more you do it, the better you'll get. (Your first few novels won't be your best work. Just keep pumping them out until they are.)
2. READ. Both books you like and especially books on how to write. Some of my favorite craft books are Story by Robert McKee, Self-editing for Fiction Writers by Rene Brown, Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, and Character & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card.
3. Make it a point to AVOID CLICHES. The first idea that comes into your head is the same thing that comes into everybody elses. Whenever you're chosing a setting, describing a protagonist, outlining a plot, don't just go with your first idea. Make a list of increasingly original and more outlandish options, then look back at it and pick the freshest, most interesting. I'm willing to bet it won't be the first one you wrote down. Do this with everything you write. If it's been done before, give it a twist no one's ever seen. Write the unexpected. It's a lot of hard mental work, but your writing will stand out like a diamond in a sea of sequins.
1. WRITE. The more you do it, the better you'll get. (Your first few novels won't be your best work. Just keep pumping them out until they are.)
2. READ. Both books you like and especially books on how to write. Some of my favorite craft books are Story by Robert McKee, Self-editing for Fiction Writers by Rene Brown, Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, and Character & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card.
3. Make it a point to AVOID CLICHES. The first idea that comes into your head is the same thing that comes into everybody elses. Whenever you're chosing a setting, describing a protagonist, outlining a plot, don't just go with your first idea. Make a list of increasingly original and more outlandish options, then look back at it and pick the freshest, most interesting. I'm willing to bet it won't be the first one you wrote down. Do this with everything you write. If it's been done before, give it a twist no one's ever seen. Write the unexpected. It's a lot of hard mental work, but your writing will stand out like a diamond in a sea of sequins.
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