How to Write A Real-Page Turner, Part 2: Five Things to Avoid

By Laurisa White Reyes, @lwreyes

Part of the How They Do It Series 

JH: Laurisa White Reyes continues her How to Write a Page-Turner series today with five things that will make readers not want to turn the page.

The sub-title of this post is “5 Sure Fire Fun-Suckers.” This is what my son calls books that are too boring to read all the way through. You know what I’m talking about—those books you started with good intentions only to lose interest part way and consign them to the abyss of novels unfinished.

As authors, we don’t want our books to be boring. We want readers to feel excited about our stories, to keep turning those pages. So, what can we do to make our books real page-turners? Well, first we should know what NOT to do.

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