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Nicholas Sparks

Did you know. . .

He is a black-belt in Tae Kwon Do?

He still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame?

After selling The Notebook, the first thing he bought was a new wedding ring for his wife?

Nicholas Sparks and J.K. Rowling (of Harry Potter fame) are the only contemporary authors to have a novel spend more than a year on both the New York Times hardcover and paperback best-seller lists?

In a poll of Entertainment Weekly readers, he was selected as the favorite author?

He was selected by People Magazine as the "Sexiest Author?"

He is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame?

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How To Learn The Craft

Learning to write is like learning anything else and can be broken down into three general parts.

The Four Basic Elements Of Any Novel

It's critical to understand these elements and how they are related.

How The Four Elements Are Related

Plot, Style, Character Development, and Length are always related. Any good novel has exactly the right balance of each, one that is appropriate to the genre and story.

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:

The Business Side Of Publishing

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. Keep that in mind.

I say this because of the volume of mail I receive from unpublished writers who believe that "having a good story," is enough to guarantee success.

It's not.

Three Steps To Becoming A Successful Author

Success can be defined any number of ways. For the purposes of this section, let success be whatever "your" version of it is, with one caveat: you want to be able to write novels and earn enough to make a living.

Advice For Finding An Agent

There are only three steps to this:

* Write a great novel
* Research literary agents
* Write a great query letter

Read on for more of Nicholas Sparks' advice.

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