Guest Blogger Linda Lee Kane
Finding the Idea Written by: Linda Kane First, don’t feel intimidated by having to come up with a big idea. It’s not the ‘what’ of the novels that makes them appealing, it’s the ‘how.’ Ian Fleming’s books are basically iterations of the same story you’ve read over and over. So how does James Bond tackle each new quest? What colorful characters will he meet next? What new and unusual forms of violence will he encounter? Any idea you come up with has already been done before. It’s the ‘how” of your novel that will make it unique to you, and this will be the real appeal to your reader. Maybe you’ve already come up with some big ideas, and they all seem appealing to you. In that case, start writing. Begin each story with a prologue (I know they say publishers don’t like you to begin with a prologue ) or a first chapter and see which one feels best. Alternately, pretend the books are already published and write a marketing synopsis or book jacket cop...
