Tag Archives: Ken Follett

Breaking Through

Posted on December 6, 2017 by karinwritesdangerously

“I knew what I wanted to achieve. I wanted to give readers the kind of excitement thatI had felt when I read James Bond Thrillers. I wanted to give readers that kind of excitement which was so vivid to me.”   … Continue reading →

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Pace Makers

Posted on December 23, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

Pacing is tricky: Finding the right rhythm and speed to unspool a story can sometimes be more challenging than plotting it. While we’re constantly cautioned about the dangers of sluggish pacing, stories that race along like runaway trains run the … Continue reading →

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Fat Books

Posted on September 17, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

OK, I confess! I’m supposed to be poring over Dubliners by James Joyce for my reading group, which is getting together — egad! — in less than a week. But instead, I’ve been slowly plowing through that door stopper of … Continue reading →

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Breaking Free

Posted on August 27, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

One of the joys of garage sale browsing: coming across a book that you’ve been wanting to read or thinking about reading and picking it up for a song. That’s exactly what how I came to have a door stopper … Continue reading →

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Story Turns

Posted on October 7, 2013 by karinwritesdangerously

Some rules of the road in writing are worth paying attention to and one of them related to plotting says that in order to keep a reader’s interest from flagging, a story should “turn” every four to six pages. A … Continue reading →

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Story Secrets

Posted on June 1, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

Here’s a comment from my wonderful friend and mentor, Rob Gilbert: “My stories tell me how to tell them better. When you tell a story over and over again, it’s almost like the story tells you, ‘No, no, this way!’ … Continue reading →

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Breaking Through

Posted on April 11, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

Studying the writing trajectory of successful writers can be fun and also profitable from a lessons learned point of view. Some writers, like Dickens, score a major success early on in their careers and keep flying high, like a shooting … Continue reading →

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Discovering Anew

Posted on April 10, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

It was a beautiful spring day today, made even more pleasant by a catch-up literary lunch I was treated to by my lovely friend Chris. We hadn’t chatted for a while because we would usually catch up on our daily … Continue reading →

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Helping Hand

Posted on January 13, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

My head is spinning! Little wonder, since I just spent about five hours with Linda, my dear friend and eagle-eyed reader. We went over her notations on my YA novel page by page and boy am I glad we did. … Continue reading →

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Slow Down

Posted on December 30, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

“All my life I have got tremendous pleasure out of good story telling, good yarns that have taken me to places I have never been and shown me life styles and periods that I have never known. When I started … Continue reading →

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