What Makes a Best Seller? - WritersLife.org

What Makes a Best Seller? - WritersLife.org

 

 

 

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Hello there is Peter here again from

WritersLife.org and today what makes a

best-seller

is there really a key to writing a

best-selling book well the answer is

both yes and no while of course there

are no guarantees there's been a lot of

research done around this idea and in

fact there's plenty of evidence out

there that suggests that by employing

certain formulas structuring your story

in a particular way and using language

cleverly you can increase your chances

of writing a best-selling novel by a

huge amount a group of computer

scientists studying at Stony Brook

University New York City came up with a

theory known as style ama tree which can

determine whether a book will become

successful when used it can predict with

84 percent accuracy whether a book will

sell well using style ama tree it was

found that work with the heavy use of

verbs and adverbs were less successful

than those using large numbers of nouns

and adjectives other ratings included

interestingness and writing style

allowing your characters freedom to move

develop and connect with the reader is

imperative not all characters will

appeal to everyone of course so

understanding your target audience and

writing characters that you know they

will react to is also very important

keep a dialogue short and succinct and

use it to drive the story forward use he

said rather than a descriptive word use

an active voice avoid an omni sense

narrator and keep dialogue natural these

are all techniques which have proven

more popular than their alternatives and

will certainly make your book more

readable and attractive to a wider range

people your language should engage the

reader while it's important to show and

not tell you also need to include

descriptive language to build up a

picture in the readers head let them

look around a place and see what the

character sees when they meet a new

person you should describe their

appearance try to use imaginative and

unusual ways to describe people and

things for example a man with crumpled

skin and gooseberry eyes is better than

a man with wrinkles and green eyes you

need to stimulate your reader senses so

use all of them not only what a

character sees but the sounds smells

tastes and touches that accompany this a

good plot should always involve the

protagonist on a journey overcoming

obstacles and learning about themselves

as they go the world you create needs to

be interesting but believable the

characters you introduced to us should

make us react whether we are excited

enamoured or repulsed all great books

include some sorts of crises something

that somehow deeply affects the

protagonist and motivates them to act

the story should escalate from this

point building intention until the

dramatic climax where the protagonist

makes a choice or a discovery that will

change their life forever of course no

matter how well you write your book

needs to be picked up and taken on by a

publisher or agent in order to stand the

best chance of success the bigger the

publishing house their bigger their

marketing budget and marketing your book

in the correct way is also hugely

important and will have a significant

impact on whether your book becomes a

best-seller or not getting it to the top

of must read lists and having it

displayed at the front of the window

bookshops are all going to push your

novel into the public eye and increase

its sales potential of course you can't

deny that there's an element of look

when it comes to writing a best-selling

novel and you must be careful that you

don't get so weighed down with

strategies and formulas that you then

make the writing process tedious and

difficult one of the best tips is to

write something you would want to read

yourself if you do that not only will

you enjoy the process of writing but

you'll also come across as passionate

and excited about your work when trying

to sell yourself to publishers and

agents and once completed you can be

proud of what you've written regardless

of whether it goes on to be a

best-selling novel or not okay and don't

forget if you're struggling to write or

finish your book our free writers

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