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What if books had more than one ending? How could you create enough characters to sustain that kind of plot?
If you are looking for ways to make an interactive book--online or on paper--you can learn a lot from novelist Heather McElhatton. Her book, Pretty Little Mistakes scored a big hit last year.
Instead of writing a single narrative, her book let readers decide what sort of choices the character made. In an exclusive interview on The Publishing Spot, she explained how she created a rainbow of characters: "I go out and look at living people. I take pictures of people with my camera phone, just because I like their nose, and want to describe it. I cruise people's vacation blogs and online Flickr accounts, just to pirate, kidnap and liberate single details."
In addition, she also told us how to:
How To Support Your Book Online
and How To Revise Your Novel
and How To Survive Long Enough To Write Your First Book
and How To Write for Radio
In this episode:
Greg McClure shares a powerful experience regarding what could happen when we look critically at why we do what we do, the position from which we speak when we engage in what we are doing, and how we position ourselves and others in the process.
Thanks so much to Greg and his [...]