Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft

About this book

Several years ago after many years of writing nonfiction I decided to write a novel-a medical thriller in the mold of Robin Cook Michael Crichton and Michael Palmer. The problem was that although I knew how to write and had received a number of awards for nonfiction works I didnt know the how to write fiction. So before putting fingers to keyboard I did a thorough search of the literature which included reading numerous books and hundreds of website articles. What I discovered was that there simply wasnt one good source from which to learn the craft of writing genre fiction. "Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft" is the book I was looking for when I set out on my quest to learn how to write fiction. It is an attempt to share what I learned from my research. It covers the six key elements of genre fiction; the various genres and subgenres; a large number of genre-fiction writing techniques; plot subplots and parallel plots; structure; scene and sequel; characterization; dialogue; emotions; and body language. It also covers additional information about copyrighting and plagiarism where to get ideas manuscript formatting and revision and query letters and synopses. In addition an appendix covers a large number of grammar tips.