When I started on my journey to discover the secrets to great stories, my first stop was Joseph Campbell’s book “The Hero With a Thousand Faces.” In it, Campbell dissects the elements of the great mythical stories from antiquity to today and from around the globe. He observes that the same patterns emerge. A hero starts out in their ordinary […]
What is a novel? I have a lot of people coming to Agile Writers not knowing what makes a book a novel (and not a short story or an essay or some other form). At Agile Writers we believe these things define a novel: The Agile Novel is Fiction The Agile Novel is Genre Fiction The Agile Novel is Hero-based […]
How to attract thousands of readers in weeks. There is nothing more disheartening then seeing your book sales stagnate with low volumes or zero salesonce you have published your book. In a previous postdiscussed marketing your book, which is one way to get sales going. In this post, I will discuss creating anauthor platform, a long-term marketing technique with the aim to build a fan base. […]