https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher en-us N/A nina@ninadavies.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:15:48 CST 20 https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/151/1/Plot-Twists/Page1.html
I love your column and hope you'll find time to answer one of my questions. :)

I've been told my story needs more "plot twists" and the ones I do have are very weak and need to be strengthened. I was wondering if you could explain in detail what a plot twist is and also give some examples from a few of your books. I've read almost all of them and am a huge fan of your humor.

]]> no@spam.com (Barbara Dunlop) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/151/1/Plot-Twists/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/144/1/Plotter-or-Pantser-The-Best-of-Both-Worlds/Page1.html Are you a plotter or a pantser? Do you outline before you sit down to write your novel, or do you sit down at the computer each day, waiting to be surprised, writing your book literally by the seat of your pants? Or are you a combination of the two?]]> no@spam.com (Cindi Myers) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/144/1/Plotter-or-Pantser-The-Best-of-Both-Worlds/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/134/1/Prep-That-Book/Page1.html Before you start writing your novel, it is my firm opinion that you need to have at least a general idea of what the story is (plot), who’s in it (characters), and the world in which it takes place (world-building).]]> no@spam.com (Gaelen Foley) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/134/1/Prep-That-Book/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/119/1/The-Four-Basic-Elements-Of-Any-Novel/Page1.html no@spam.com (Nicholas Sparks) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/119/1/The-Four-Basic-Elements-Of-Any-Novel/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/118/1/How-The-Four-Elements-Are-Related/Page1.html
Also, it's important to note that genres tend to "weight" those four factors differently. In literary fiction, the weighting generally goes something like this:]]> no@spam.com (Nicholas Sparks) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/118/1/How-The-Four-Elements-Are-Related/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/35/1/Plot-Holes-What-They-Are-And-How-To-Avoid-Them/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Tracey Culleton) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/35/1/Plot-Holes-What-They-Are-And-How-To-Avoid-Them/Page1.html