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By formulating a cultural heritage and background, your fictional characters will have a realistic aspect tied with their natural tendencies and typical habits.

Four essential elements of fiction - plot, theme, characterization and voice - are discussed by editor Arthur A. Levine.

A plot-driven novel focuses on action while a character-driven book places the emphasis on emotion and reflection.

Authenticity of detail establishes credibility in a novel and enthrals the reader. Novel writers must use these valuable information resources in the research stage.

The world is on the brink of catastrophe, but Sigma Force is on the case. Another impossible to put down thriller from the author of Ice Hunt and Excavation.

The boss character archetype is the person who wants to run the show. When writing fiction, this is the character who tells everyone else what to do.

People have always told stories, and the most memorable ones have a strong plot. What is a story plot, and how can a writer come up with a good one when writing a novel?

Learn how to pick character names for a novel or fictional short story. It's best to pick names for characters based on personality, background and meaning of the name.

While some argue that a plot outline is essential to writing a novel, too often that approach leads to plot-driven stories populated by flat characters.

Once they understand how to raise the stakes in a novel, authors will please both readers and editors - and be much more likely to get a contract from a publisher.

Stephanie Plum and her off-beat friends and family are back for another improbable, yet fun romp around South Jersey.

Character is one of the structural components of a novel, and is best revised before the finer points of line editing. Here are common problems, solutions and examples.

How a basic understanding of the human psyche and self-reflection can create realistic characters for novel writing.

What makes a good character name? It helps to know not only what readers like, but what to avoid. There are a few tricks that will make naming characters an easier task.

Creating believable characters from the imagination is a skill that takes practice, but it can be simpified if some of the more common mistakes are avoided.

Naming a baby after a famous figure from a favorite movie or book is a fun way to give the baby's name meaning and character.

Writing a novel synopsis is commonly viewed with dread by many writers, but by applying similar attention to scenes can help writers reach 'the end' of story.

Author Selene Castrovilla shares her experience and advice on writing YA novels, creating characters, developing voice, and using profanity in young adult literature.

Jane Austen weaves second chances through several of her novels, but two in particular allow for second opportunities, although circumstances vary.

Rip-roaring winds, two killers on the loose, and all the useless facts and landmarks that anyone could ever dream of knowing about Florida. Tim Dorsey, at it again.

The novels of 19th century novelist Jane Austen share a piercing satire, eloquent wit, and wonderful characterization. The novels, however, vary in several ways.

When creating characters it never hurts the author to be inspired by their lives. In doing this, it makes the characters more relatable and the novel easier to write.

Dialogue is one of the hardest aspects of writing, but it doesn't have to be. With the right tools and an open mind, you can avoid all of the mistakes other writers make.

The religious and spiritual aspect lets it down slightly, but otherwise this is another triumphant novel from the British master of historical fiction

Jen's debut novel, Typical American, portrays a Chinese immigrant, Ralph, who struggles with keeping his Chinese culture while adjusting to American ways of living.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians has become a great literary success. Below are novels that flow well with the Percy Jackson series once it has been read.

If you're ready to pitch your novel to an agent or editor at a conference or want to write an attention-grabbing query letter, a gripping, tight "hook" is a must.

With 200 chick lit novels being published annually, the genre has obviously managed to reach women worldwide. So, what is it all about?

The latest Stephanie Plum adventure finds the Jersey girl and bounty hunter running security for an aging diva, tracking stolen loot, and babysitting a perp's 14-year-old

Well-developed characters play an integral role in both character-driven and plot-driven novels.

A review of Sara Gruen's "Flying Changes", the story of a famly of equestrian women in New Hampshire who are stronger than they imagine.

P.G. Wodehouse's early school stories provide a fascinating contrast to his later work.

In the latest crime thriller by Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates several murders that hint at voodoo and wicca.

This article is a review of the first of Thomas Emson's vampire trinity novels Skarlet.

"Round Robin" continues the story of the lives of several women in a quilting circle in a small Pennsylvania town.

The Watchmen is one of the most anticipated comic films in recent memory. So could it challenge The Dark Knight in terms of box office glory? Warner Bros. execs hope so.

Middlemarch is a novel realistically portraying life. The fictional characters live within a provincial community linked by professional, social and family ties.

The novel Persuasion, written later in Jane Austen's life, after the loss of her father and the onset of her own illness, is a complex mixture of sadness and joy.

Dan Brown's newest thriller combines mystical wisdom, Masonic history and esoteric science in a harrowing tale of mystery and intrigue.

In her first novel, author and artist Audrey Niffenegger writes a story about a love that has to, by necessity, transcend time.

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Author Trisha Ashley shares the secrets of her approach to writing, from idea to execution.

Writing a novel requires an idea, the right words, and something extra. Writer Maryann Miller shares the secrets of her approach to writing, from idea to execution.

In the tradition of early realist writers such as Balzac and Zola, the French novelist Gustave Flaubert sought to write a novel rooted in reality and verisimilitude.

Eleanor Hodgman Porter's novel, Pollyana isn't about blind optimism but about the ability to see that God wants his children to rejoice and how to find ways to rejoice.

Edward P. Jones is a master storyteller. The profound realism of his settings and the ingenuity of his symbolisms conflate to make reading his works a joy to behold.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer conveys a number of complex themes, ranging from choice to good vs evil, alienation to obsession.