Monthly Archives: August 2013

How to write a successful Dan Brown novel in 10 easy steps

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

Choose a popular subject. Research it with great care (or get your research assistant/wife to do all the legwork) and then carefully reproduce huge tracts of your research in your novel. Be extra-careful to have large info-dumps at strategic points … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged Dan Brown, editing, exclamation marks, getting published, google, how to write, Inferno, literature, narrative function, novels, present tense, school essay, strategic points, successful publishing, successful writing, The Da Vinci Code, writing, writing tips | 4 Comments

What is the difference between a short story, a long short story, a very long short story and a novella?

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

A matter of opinion, it seems. Short stories are – apparently – 2000 to 15 000 words long, while novellas come in below 70 000. This means that half the most famous novels ever written are actually novellas and my … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged amazon, book cover, book store, Exodus Sequence, fiction, Fleet quintet, kindle, long short stories, novellas, Reflected, short stories, short story, Spooked, Substantials, Walked, Wired, word count, word length, writer, young adult books | 2 Comments

Monthly Archives: August 2013

How to write a successful Dan Brown novel in 10 easy steps

What is the difference between a short story, a long short story, a very long short story and a novella?

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