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Roller Coaster Writing

June 2, 2015 by Christopher Gronlund 4 Comments

Roller coasterThe advice usually goes something like this:

Hook your readers with action right from the start, and then…every single word, sentence, paragraph, and page must drive them through more action — until the end, when readers can barely handle any more excitement!

I understand wanting to write (and read) something that feels like this:

Carnival at night But the roller coaster novel advice totally ignores those who want to write (and read) something that feels like this:

Boulders in a riverAnd that’s the kind of novel I prefer writing…

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  2. August Progress says:
    September 1, 2018 at 5:01 am

    […] I might have even jotted down word counts, a thing I rarely do. (Because much of what I’m doing is reworking already-written content and filling in places where I skipped research in earlier drafts, word count would not have been a good indicator of what I accomplished. Also, I believe when people shoot for quantity over quality, you get shitty books…or, at best, this!) […]

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