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Writing Fiction Tip: Make Everything Worse For Your Hero

My theory is that a truly nasty antagonist is essential for successful fiction. Indeed, he’s your most important fictional character.

Before I began focusing on the antagonist as the primary fictional character in any novel, novella, or short story, I dropped headlong into a huge pitfall. In several of my early novels, my antagonist wasn’t any major threat to the hero. Not only were those novels a challenge to write (because it was a struggle to create real conflict), sales were woeful.

Avoid that pitfall. When you’re creating a fictional character, focus on your bad guy. He needs to be truly mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Then make your protagonist someone who has no chance against this overwhelming enemy.

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Writing Fiction: Use The Magic Of Suspense To Sell More - Copywriter Angela Booth

When writing fiction, write books packed with suspense

Here’s a short excerpt from the Introduction to Sell More Books Today: The Simple Secret To Successful Fiction.

What’s “suspense”?

According to Google, suspense can be defined as: “a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.”

Synonyms for suspense include: tension, uncertainty, excitement—and my favorite: anticipation.

Suspense is essential if you want to write successful fiction. If readers stop caring about what happens next, they’ll put your novel down. They may never go back to it.

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Freelance Services: A Simple Fix To Improve Website Sales Today

If you sell services, chances are good that today you rely on your website to win clients. Unfortunately, for many service businesses, responses are slow. Advertising isn’t helping.

Freelance services: make more sales with this fix

Want a simple fix to help you to make sales?

Here you go. Call up your home page and read it, as a prospective client would. I know this is challenging, but do your best.

Next, answer this question: Is your current home page focused on your clients, or on your business?

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