These 10 “Rules for Novelists” ENRAGED the Writing Community
COACHING: Join my coaching program for writers, BOOKFOX LAB: https://thejohnfox.com/bookfox-lab/ COURSES: Write your novel with 10 courses in Bookfox Academy (230+ videos): https://thejohnfox.com/writing-courses/ MY BOOK: Buy my book, "The Linchpin Writer": https://amzn.to/3U5ul14 EMAILS: Get emails about writing from me: https://thejohnfox.com/subscribe/ Timeline 0:00 Intro 1:12 #1 Reader is a Friend, not Adversary 2:34 #2 Fiction Should be Adventure into the Unknown 4:34 #3 Don’t Use the Word “Then” 6:32 #4 Write in 3rd Person, Not 1st 7:35 #5 Novel Research is Devalued 8:48 #6 Autobiographical Fiction requires invention 10:35 #7 Writers Should Sit Still 12:36 #8 Nobody with Internet is a Good Writer 14:33 #9 Don’t Use Interesting Verbs 16:18 #10 Love before being Relentless
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