STORYMOJA

A Professor in Literature once cited the Vampire Cult in Los Angeles as an example of this effect to his students. Born from the Vampire legends in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, stories of the mythological beings…

So if you want to write for the young adults, in other words teenagers, you’ll have to compete with what they know and love.

Books fascinated me. The colourful pictures as much the words. From the Legend of Sleepy Hollow to Puss in Boots. I also had a thing for the fairy tale series. I am still as confused about the girl who slept for eons until some prince rescued her as I was when I was four.

With some observation and a little research, the creative mind has the ability to create worlds that so strongly mirror the real world that the reader is left breathless and completely entertained in fictional stories.

Readers of mysteries seek a particular experience: they want the intellectual challenge of solving the crime before the detective does, and the pleasure of knowing that everything will come together in the end.

And now my ancient rhythm calls me,

Out of ashes and fraternal death…

I try to sit down and actually write something. I have the ideas in my head, but the words don’t come out on paper. I can’t seem to get a running start. How do I get past the feeling?

Writers, especially those starting enthusiastically with publishing their work, are likely to pat my shoulder (virtually) if I endorse their feelings about the general apathy and hubris of editors.

I figure that I might as well hit them below the belt. I have the cure for AIDS, I shout. I do indeed. The only response I get is from…

A synopsis can help you market your book. It can help the agent and the editor to decide to read the book, if it conveys the meaning in an intriguing manner.