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\"Gargoyle_cover_Barany-Keppler-Simpson_1400x2256\"<\/a>Welcome to the next installment of craft posts by monthly guest columnist,\u00a0Kay Keppler<\/a>, on novel writing.\u00a0Today she\u2019ll help you with how to write a blockbuster.<\/p>\n

You can contact\u00a0Kay<\/a>\u00a0through the\u00a0Writer\u2019s Fun Zone<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or at\u00a0kaykeppler AT yahoo DOT com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or tell her she\u2019s off her rocker. (She let me say that!)<\/p>\n

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Many people have said it, but you can never hear it too often: the way to write a book that readers will find irresistible is to answer the basic questions of who, what, why, and why not. In short: character, goal, motivation, and conflict.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Who are these people, anyway?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s start with character. The main difference between writing commercial fiction and writing literary fiction is that readers expect action<\/i> from commercial fiction. They expect the characters to do things. Lots of things. Often. Their bodies must be in motion. In literary fiction, the expectations are different. In literary fiction, the bodies can cogitate, and they can cogitate in elegant prose for multiple pages, across space and time until hearts beat as one. In commercial fiction, not so much.<\/p>\n

The actions that your characters take is usually called plot, and writers have lots of mechanical ways to figure plot out. You can use charts and graphs, sticky notes, white boards with dry erase, software programs, and even breadcrumbs. Plotting isn\u2019t easy, as any reader who has thrown a book across the room will tell you.<\/p>\n

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Know character to build plot<\/b><\/h2>\n

Wrestling your plot into shape is helped in direct proportion by how well you know your characters. The better you know them, the more likely you are to know what they\u2019ll do next\u2014and after that\u2014and after that. And when your protagonist and antagonist have conflicting goals (which they most certainly do, right?) the fact that you know what each person will do\u2014well, I won\u2019t say that the book plots itself, but it sure helps.<\/p>\n

Who is your book about? Know everyone<\/i>\u2014even your minor characters, even the unnamed walk-ons\u2014in more detail than you\u2019ll ever put on the page. Know them better than you know your mother, your spouse, or your baby sister.<\/p>\n

Use any means to gain that knowledge. Some writers fill out questionnaires with specific questions about family, schools, backgrounds, and hobbies. Some writers develop character sketches or biographies. Some writers assume the role of the character and ask a critique partner to interview that character, asking both detailed questions (what\u2019s your favorite birthday meal?) and philosophical assumptions (what\u2019s your greatest joy?). Tape your answers. Absorb the details.<\/p>\n

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An inevitable outcome<\/b><\/h2>\n

Of course, you also need to know your characters\u2019 goals and motivations (more on that later). But first, know who you\u2019re dealing with. When you understand who these people are and what drives them, then their decisions\u2014and their actions\u2014will be not just natural, but inevitable.<\/p>\n

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\"Kay<\/a>Kay Keppler\u00a0(www.kaykeppler.com<\/a>) is an author (Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>) and editor of fiction and nonfiction (Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a>, Outsource It!<\/em>) who lives in northern California. Contact her here or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n

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