#this is now strictly a John and Arthur page

[fablexdreams]

"We ain't kids no more."

"We never really was."

Oh, do you guys hear that? That's the sound of my heart breaking into a million pieces every single time I hear that fucking line.

[emmctt-blog]

      「  dacre montgomery.  cismale.  he/him.  」 —  is that EMMETT CULLEN i just saw in forks? i swear i heard WORK SONG by HOZIER blasting from their headphones, but i could be mistaken. they’re pretty RESILIENT from what i know, but i’ve heard a rumour that they can be FACETIOUS too. they kinda remind me of THE THUNDEROUS ROAR OF AN ENRAGED GRIZZLY BEAR, ENTHUSIASTIC CHEERING DURING A SPORTS GAME, BOYISH CHARM AMPLIFIED BY A ROGUISH SMIRK.

“ ’bout time somebody scored around here ! ” introducing : emmett mccarty cullen. 104. vampire. bonafide bear hunter. ludicrous strongman.

ok so uhhh emmett was born in 1915, the youngest of several brothers but also had one younger sister, and he grew up in a small town in tennesse. when he was old enough, em worked as a hunter and a woodsman with his brothers, and also got into his overly fair share of trouble. his parents considered him to be wild bc he liked to drink, gamble, and flirt with all the ladies, but he was just enjoying life; an impulsive, carefree spirit.

his impulsive, carefree spirit got him into a little trouble, though, resulting in his tragic near-death experience. out hunting on his own one day, as he did quite regularly to bring home the bacon ((so to speak)), emmett came face to face with a black bear and her cubs. the hunter turned into the hunted. obviously, there was no way he could defuse the situation and mama bear attacked, savagely mauling him. it would have resulted in his death, had rosalie not miraculously stumbled upon the scene.

an angel. his angel. his family hadn’t been strictly religious, but it was in their household, and emmett truly believes rosalie was a guardian of some sort, sent from above to give him a second chance. he claims to have fallen in love with her at first sight, she was like a dream during his daze from blood loss and on the verge of death. if she hadn’t carried him over a hundred miles and if carlisle hadn’t turned emmett, he would have undoubtedly been in the ground, and for that, he basically worshipped the two, comparing them to an angel and god.

although his transformation was painful and it was explained to him that he could never return to the life he knew, emmett wasn’t upset over being turned into a vampire. of course, he still cared deeply for his human family, and arranged to deliver a large sum of money to their doorstep in hopes of easing their pain over losing him. it wasn’t difficult for him to accept his new family, the cullens, but after tasting human blood, it did initially prove to be difficult for him to adjust to the vegetarian lifestyle the cullens strictly followed. they had to move around quite a bit because of his slip-ups, but he was able to control himself overtime fortunately.

reasonably so, he has this wildly passionate hate towards bears bc of what the one black bear did to him. thus one of his favourite hobbies is hunting them, and wrestling them around before the kill like a cat plays with a mouse. hc: he keeps a small notebook with pages and pages of tallies representing how many times he’s fought a bear and just one lonely mark on the very first page for the bear that almost killed him sdafhgk

oK wow enough abt what everyone already knows.  for verses, i’m obviously 120% down to write classic og twilight (( especially bc i just binged the movies again on netflix lmao )), but i’m also super interested in:  harry potter bc who doesn’t love harry potter (( emmett’s a gryffindor don’t @ me )).  i’d also love to do some sort of old western verse ? mostly bc of red dead redemption and my love for arthur & sadie & john but also bc the idea of emmett as an outlaw / cowpoke has me dead.  possibly dare i say .... an apocalypse verse ; i love zombies / infected freaks and i’ll always love them ft. Angsty Drama.  i would LOVE to write some kind of slasher film verse ? like inspired by scream or friday the 13th (( or until dawn for u video game players )) idk i think that’d be pretty fun & fresh. and that’s all i can come up with right now bc i’m Tired™, but i’m definitely open to other verses that y’all might want to write !!

[cupidford]

denofgeek com/uk/tv/sherlock/46250/sherlock-33-nerdy-spots-in-the-six-thatchers

Oh cool! Although I’m pretty sure fandom caught most. (oh, and I was even cited in this one! as was finalproblem! how swanky!)

THIS IS INTERESTING THO:

10. The bus/flower scene was inspired by the same thing happening in real life to a friend of Mark Gatiss called, aptly enough, Edmund Moriarty: “His daughter was very young and he’d been up all night with her and he got on the tube to White City and this very beautiful girl started smiling at him and he thought ‘Still got it!’ and he got all the way there and got to work, looked in the mirror and he had a flower in his hair and that’s what she’d been looking at” Gatiss told the audience at a December screening of the episode.

Here’s the article, under the cut!

After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village in Somerset whence came S.T. Coleridge’s famed interrupting ‘person from Porlock’) was the alias of an agent working for Moriarty in Conan Doyle novel The Valley Of Fear. Langdale Pike was a character in The Adventure Of The Three Gables. But Antarctica? Perhaps that’s a fittingly chilly name for “never been very good with [humans]” Mycroft?2. It looks as though the opening credits have been updated for series four. They now feature a post-swimming-pool-fight Sherlock, Watson standing in what looks like a well and a lump of something odd in one of Sherlock’s posh Ali Miller teacups.

3. It’s hardly hidden, but there seemed to be plenty of focus on 221B’s skull décor in the episode, which was all about the impossibility of outrunning death. Symbolism! Additionally, the black fish mobile in Rosie’s nursery could either be foreshadowing the location of her mother’s death, or, you know, just some fish.

4. This is what John was typing in his “221Back” blog entry:

And we’re back! Sorry I haven’t updated the blog for such a long time but things really have been very busy. You’ll have seen on the news about how Sherlock recovered the Mona Lisa. He described it as “an utterly dreary affair” and was much more interested in the the case of a missing horseshoe and how it was connected to a bright blue deckchair on Brighton beach.

I’ll try to write everything up when I get a chance but it’s not been missing portraits and horseshoes that have taken up my time.

I’m going to be a dad.

I mean, I thought I’d spent the last few years being a Dad to Sherlock, but it really doesn’t compare. The baby runs all of our lives. Maybe not THAT different to [….] I’ve fought in two wars, my best friend once faked his own death but none of that [….] terrifying and amazing and the biggest adventure I’ve been on.”

5. There's a teensy error here, apparently. Look closely at the screenshot of John Watson writing his blog and the filename revealing him to be ‘typing’ into a static JPG image file is on display. Source: Daily Edge

6. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story A Scandal In Bohemia, Sherlock Holmes tells John Watson “You see, but you do not observe.” In The Six Thatchers, he makes the same complaint to baby Rosie Watson.

7. The number 626 bus, which John takes to work, is a real bus line running from Finchley to Potter’s Bar.

8. The advert on the side of John’s bus is for ‘Strawb Fizz’, sweets with ‘explosive flavour’. That’s not a real product as far as know, so must have been custom-made, but why? Could there be an explosion in Sherlock’s future? Or some strawberries...

9. As John gets off the bus with the flower behind his ear, a passenger can be spotted carrying a newspaper with a headline ending “…be in two places at once?” a possible reference to the case of The Duplicate Man that flashed up earlier on screen asking: “How could Derek Parkinson be in two places at the same time? And murdered in one of them?”. It’s never twins, remember.

10. The bus/flower scene was inspired by the same thing happening in real life to a friend of Mark Gatiss called, aptly enough, Edmund Moriarty: “His daughter was very young and he’d been up all night with her and he got on the tube to White City and this very beautiful girl started smiling at him and he thought ‘Still got it!’ and he got all the way there and got to work, looked in the mirror and he had a flower in his hair and that’s what she’d been looking at” Gatiss told the audience at a December screening of the episode.

11. The big hint for episode two, The Lying Detective, is spotted behind John’s texting partner ‘E’ at the bus stop. It’s a poster featuring Toby Jones in character as Culverton Smith, advertising either a new film, TV series or book featuring the character titled something containing the words ‘business’ and ‘murder’.  The words ‘coming soon’ and ‘he’s back’ are also clearly visible… (Watson also walks past a poster for The Book Of Mormon, but not sure that's strictly relevant here.)

12. ‘E’, the woman John meets on the bus, appears in the credits as Elizabeth and is played by Sian Brooke, who played Ophelia to Benedict Cumberbatch’s much-publicised Hamlet at the Barbican in 2015. Look away now if you don’t want a potential spoiler revealed: Brooke was also spotted filming scenes for episode two The Lying Detective, and is referred to by setlockers as “The Lady In Red”.

13. A tenuous one this, but here goes: when John is texting ‘E’ late and asks if she’s a night owl, she replies “vampire”. The Adventure Of The Sussex Vampire is a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story about a dysfunctional family and a jealous, abusive brother attempting to do away with his younger sibling. Could her jokey answer be a clue to Elizabeth’s back story?

14. There may be a long list of things Sherlock Holmes doesn’t know about (former prime ministers?), but William Shakespeare isn’t on it (Conan Doyle’s “the game is afoot” catchphrase comes from Henry V, incidentally). In The Six Thatchers, Sherlock quotes “by the pricking of my thumbs” from Macbeth. Unless of course, he’s quoting from that other classic British detective writer, Agatha Christie…

15. The Power Ranger strapped to the front of Charlie Welsborough’s Ford was the Blue Ranger. Not sure if that’s relevant, but just being thorough.

16. The continued references to the Black Pearl of the Borgias are a connection to The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons. Said pearl was the treasure hidden inside one of six plaster busts of Napoleon in the original story.

17. Writer Mark Gatiss didn’t only borrow the premise of The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons from Conan Doyle for this modern update but also some names. Thatcher bust distributors Gelder and Co. were also the distributors of the Napoleon busts in the original story. Barnicot, Harker and Sandeford, bust owners, are also repeated between the two.

18. Toby the bloodhound proved a difficult co-star, as Steven Moffat told the Q&A audience in December: “It didn’t move! That was an immobile dog! You know that scene where they’re talking about the dog that won’t move, me and Mark [Gatiss] wrote that on the street to account for the fact the dog wouldn’t move. It just sat there like an ornament!”

19. Toby lives with Craig the hacker. In Craig’s room is a street sign for Pinchin Lane, which is where the original Toby the dog lived (with a Mr Sherman) according to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Sign Of Four. Source: Vanity Fair

20. This isn’t the first time Ajay actor Sacha Dhawan has appeared in a Mark Gatiss-written script. He played Waris Hussein in 2013 Doctor Who docudrama An Adventure In Space And Time and then the lead in that year’s The Tractate Middoth.

21. According to this website, there’s a real-life hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia called The Sherlock. Now you know.

22. Mary-in-disguise’s fellow plane passenger was played by James Holmes. No relation.

23. A close-up of one of Mary’s fake IDs reveals one of her aliases to be Gabrielle Ashdown. ‘Gabrielle’ was the fake name used by spy Ilse von Hoffmanstal in 1970 Billy Wilder film The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, and ‘Ashdown’ was the alias she used when pretending to be married to Holmes, then later alone in Japan. Source: Vanity Fair

24. The name painted on the boat Mary walks past in Norway, Flekkete Band, means Speckled Band, another Conan Doyle story title. Source: @ingridebs

25. Apparently the name on the boat behind, Løvens Manke, means Lion’s Mane, yet another original Holmes adventure reference, as spotted by Tumblr user Cupidford here.

26. We won't repeat them all here, but this terrific Tumblr page is full of links between Sherlock’s flurry of cases at the beginning of the episode and the original Conan Doyle stories. Find out how the man with the Japanese girlfriend tattoo relates to The Adventure Of The Red Headed League and many more.

27. Throughout the harrowing London Aquarium scenes, filmed in a single day, the team kept themselves amused by inventing facts about sharks, as relevant to their location. “Sharks like beans”, “sharks cannot spell” and so on…

28. Unlike that popular myth, sharks do sleep. In fact, the ones at London Aquarium have to be in bed by 2am, which made filming there difficult and is perhaps why it looks very much as though some scenes are set against a video screen of fish swimming rather than the real thing. “One of the things we did find hard was the aquarium,” said producer Sue Vertue, “which we tried for ages to work out if we could film everything in the aquarium and then we realised that sharks sleep at night. So we had to find another way around doing that.”

29. Mark Gatiss said at the Q&A in December that they had always planned for Mary to die sacrificing herself: “It was always going to be saving Sherlock.”

30. When Sherlock asks Mrs Hudson at the end to say the word ‘Norbury’ to him if she ever thinks he’s becoming “cocky or overconfident” he’s paraphrasing his literary counterpart, who asked John Watson in The Adventure Of The Yellow Face “Watson, if it should ever strike you that I am getting a little overconfident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be infinitely obliged to you." Source: Metro

31. When Mycroft arrives home and sees the “13th” note on his fridge, it’s hidden underneath a menu for a Reigate Square takeaway restaurant. The Adventure Of The Reigate Squire is an 1893 Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

32. Prompted by the note on his fridge, Mycroft makes a phone call and asks to be put through to “Sherrinford”. First introduced by Holmes scholar William S. Baring-Gould, Sherrinford is a hypothetical older brother to Mycroft and Sherlock. “I’m not given to outbursts of brotherly compassion. You know what happened to the other one” hinted Mycroft in His Last Vow. At this year's SDCC, Mark Gatiss, Amanda Abbington and Benedict Cumberbatch were photographed holding up signs saying "Thatcher", "Smith" and "Sherrinford". So we can expect to have the Sherrinford mystery solved by The Final Problem?

33. The therapist Sherlock sees at the end of the episode is Ella Thompson (played by Tanya Moodie), who formerly appeared as John’s therapist in A Study In Pink and The Reichenbach Fall. Who better to tell him what to do about John than the doctor who treated him for PTSD and grief?

[richardkhaynes]

Book Project Idea

Worried about having a solid book project idea worth writing? Does your book need to be the only one on the subject? This article will help you navigate the myriad of possibilities you have right now—some of which you may not even be aware you have right in front of you. Just remember this:

“Every book is like a snowflake; each one fascinatingly unique because of the wonder, beauty and creativity that comes from the soul, of which there is only one of its kind.”—Robert Nahas

The Right Book Project Idea

How can you know whether you have a good book project idea or a dud? So many people are inspired to create a book but have insecurities about the interest level of their audience. “Is it as important to others as I think it is?” “Will people see this as valuable?” In other words, will people want to buy and read your book?

How do we decide or discover what to write about? Do we write for ourselves or is there some larger scheme of things? What’s the best way to come up with a book project idea? In this article, we’ll explore how to narrow down numerous book ideas to reach the one to go with on your book writing journey.

We’ll look at different types of books that might stir your imagination.

We’ll review some book plot ideas to start picturing the world where the action of your story takes place.

Brainstorming is a sort of “book idea generator” that gets concepts flowing from your mind and onto the page. So we’ll look at this as well.

As important as plot is the book character idea, which usually starts with a protagonist (the person you want to root for) with whom the reader will be spending much time.

Finally, we’ll explore some ebook ideas, looking at some of the bestselling genres in this important format.

It’s important to remember that your idea for a book project can come from many sources. Usually, the concept you settle on for your book comes out of developing and writing ideas from several different places. If you’ve read my article on creative writing prompts, you already know that your inspiration can come from things like books, music and other art, places, experiences….

Also, there’s the rule of thumb from one of the most successful writers in history, Stephen King: When you begin your second draft, that’s when you’ll know what your book is about.

Ultimately, your book ideas, though inspired from different sources, will come from the place inside you where insight and intuition live. In other words, where you feel your ideas resonate. Sometimes that may be from your heart, other times your mind, and so on. The sources that resonate strongest within you will stir and awaken some part of you where you can facilitate your most organic writing. And your most compelling stories will be unique to you, coming from your imagination, perspective and feelings.

Like I’ve been known to say often, “Every book is like a snowflake; each one fascinatingly unique because of the wonder, beauty and creativity that comes from the soul of which there is only one of its kind.”

This reveals how there can be countless books on the same topic, and yet people continue to read more than one of them. So take your inspiration from others and make your book a reflection of you.

Video Transcript:

The world of the novelist or non-fiction author can be thrillingly creative. There are endless genres and hybrid genres into which you can place your story. Gaining ideas and inspiration is half the fun. Start your author journey today.

Type of Books

When considering the type of books you might want to write, it’s good to look at these three categories to see which resonates with you and you generally feel strongest writing in:

EXPERIENCE

1. Autobiography

This is the genre for the long format, relatively unabridged story of your life.

2. Memoir

Akin to the autobiography, this genre is based on your own experiences. But it usually focuses on a specific time in your life. It can be about days or decades, but it’s not as comprehensive as an autobiography.

 3. Biography

Biographies can be written through research and/or personal experience with the person about whom the book is written. They are the life stories of people other than yourself.

KNOWLEDGE

 1. Non-Fiction

Art:

The art world is rich with potential sources of inspiration for your non-fiction book. Maybe you already have a favorite painter, film director, style of music, and so on, which you can expound upon at length. If so, a book of collected works and/or insights might be the choice for you.

Criticism:

Art books and books of criticism differ in that the latter usually take a more academic form. Criticism looks at art in depth, offering quantitative and qualitative assessments of the subject art and artist(s). In criticism, the reader expects detailed analysis and contextual information on the topic at hand.

Education:

Best practices, scientific surveys, and emerging methods are just three of hundreds of approaches one might take in writing a book for students, teachers or established professors.

History:

This genre has gained popularity in recent years, especially with the publication of biographies of Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton. Of course books can take any number of approaches; they don’t need need to be biographies. There can be a period of history that interests you, such as the Civil War or one of the world wars. The American Industrial Revolution and the dawn of the Information Age or peacetime, among many others, are options for writing history.

Non-Fiction for Children:

This is another genre that often crosses over into biography, since children generally enjoy stories with real people “just like them.”

Politics:

Suffice to say that this genre has never been more popular!

Science:

Some say science is out of fashion, but you wouldn’t know it looking at non-fiction book sales. Books about the human brain and biology in general are popular, as are anthropological stories.

Sports:        

Avid sports fans number in the many millions, and sports authors have been venerated for a hundred years or more.

2. How-To

Are you an expert in a certain field or do you have a specific skill you can teach others? If so, then the how-to book might be the choice for you.

3. Memoir or Biography

These genres are included here in the “Knowledge” category as well as in the “Experience” category, because memoirs and biographies sometimes begin as documents of what the authors know about a topic. Later, perhaps in the second draft, the writer gains an understanding that the story is more personal.

CREATIVITY

1. Fiction

Within the very broad category of fiction, perhaps more than in any other, you’ll find authors who combine two or more of the genres listed below. Inexperienced writers sometimes feel locked into only one narrow style, and that can be at the detriment of good storytelling.

Take for example the wildly successful “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling. In her books, you’ll find elements of adventure, children’s fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, psychological thriller, sci-fi, young adult, and more. Her particular concoctions will not likely be the same as yours; you’ll create your own. Whether you strictly stick to one genre or mix together 10 or more is up to you. If you find yourself working with an editor from a publishing house, they will likely have a say in it as well, but that’s a good “problem” to have because they have data about what books sell. 

Here are some common genres of fiction:

            Adventure:

            This genre usually sees the main character setting out on a physical or mental test.

            Children’s Fiction:

            Children’s books are very popular, and their topics can be as tiny or grand you like.

            Crime:

We’re all familiar with the detective books of the old days: the “noir” novels with a tough-talking, gumshoe private dick (private detective) who stays one step ahead of the criminal. Of course, there are thousands of variations on the crime novel.

            Fantasy:

The fantasy novel has long been a favorite of imaginative authors who realty want to let their creativity roam free and soar. We see examples of this genre in stories featuring hobbits, dragons, wizardry, and more.

Historical Fiction:

This genre has grown in popularity in recent years, as more readers become interested in novels set in some iteration of a storied past.

It’s nice to know that you can combine fact with fiction in what’s known as Historical Fiction. You write the facts and also have the creative license to tell a story of how things may have plausibly happened over the things we don’t know about events in history.

There are limitless possibilities you can write about, from how two people might have fallen in love to what the fallout was like for a family or neighborhood from some major event.

Literary Fiction:

These novels can be regarded as the equivalent of “serious” drama films. The literary author is as concerned with the craft of writing as they are with the plot of any given story.

Mystery/Suspense:

Here we have the famous territory of the Agatha Christies and Arthur Conan Doyles of the world. Here we also see examples of the blurred lines between and among the genres of fiction. After all, mystery and suspense novels almost always include a crime or a series of crimes.

Psychological Thriller:

This genre is often a hybrid, too. Elements of mystery, suspense, crime, and other types of stories are often blended together with some form of (known or unknown) psychological disturbance in one or more characters.

Romance:

These novels don’t have to be the stereotypical, flowery, saccharine love stories. Again, romance can be just one element of just about any genre. Anne Rice famously made romances out of her vampire stories — or vampire stories out of her romances!

Sci-Fi:

Science fiction is a tremendous genre within the realm of fiction. Hundreds of classics hold places in the pantheon of sci-fi authors, and more books are being added every year. You probably know some of these stories set in the future, about space travel, about science here on Earth, and much more.

Western:

The American West is a classic setting for stories of all kinds — even sci-fi, if you consider the recent mashup book Cowboys & Aliens. The familiar, transportive feel of westerns contribute to their popularity.

Young Adult:

Authors and publishers alike have been chasing after the next Twilight, The Hunger Games, or “Harry Potter” ever since they got over the shock of how many books each series sold. Even outside of those blockbuster titles, the young adult market is a big one, offering many types of stories for readers 12-18 years old.

Experimental:

As with any art form, writing invites experimentation. The genres listed above are meant as starting points for ideas and structure. We’ve looked at examples of books where the author has combined elements of several genres. The experimental author might take it a step further. They might combine fiction and non-fiction into a hybrid form. The possibilities are endless. The major categories, genres, and any combination thereof exist to serve your writing craft and storytelling.

Book Plot Ideas

Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, you’ll want to examine how your story develops and the action within. As I emphasized earlier, books are inextricably tied to stories. Even if your book is non-fiction, you need to tell good stories in it — in this case, true ones. Let’s look at some conflicts that can be used as “pressure points” that move your stories along.

An unforeseen event up-ends the life of the protagonist.

You were privy to an important negotiation, and the real story hasn’t been told.

Three people (a “triangle”) vie for love or power where there is only room for two.

A U.S. president struggled with poverty as a young man.

Book Idea Generator

You can develop many more book plot ideas on your own through the process of brainstorming.

Start with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper.

Let your ideas flow freely onto the page.

Now is not the time for fully crafted sentences and extensive editing.

Use symbols, draw pictures, and whatever else moves your ideas from your mind to the paper.

You can create your own book idea generator, and here’s how:

Take the following 5 aspects to a story: PROTAGONIST, ANTAGONIST, SETTING, CONFLICT and THEME.

Work through each aspect, making up a scenario for each.

Rework the aspects as you wish.

Create more 5 aspects as you need until you get inspired to write about what you’ve come up with.

EXAMPLE

Here’s an example of your own Book Idea Generator for a fictional story:

PROTAGONIST: Sara—a homeless single mom in her mid 30s.

ANTAGONIST: Calvin—ex-husband is a crooked politician who cheated on her and verbally abused her.

SETTING: Present day, New York City

CONFLICT: Sara wants to figure out how to make a better life for her son. Ex wants to make sure she never sees a day of happiness and has the connections to make it happen.

THEME: A hero’s story about overcoming impossible odds.

Creating your own book idea generator is just about being methodical.

NON-FICTION EXAMPLE

For non-fiction, “how to,” use these aspects: PROBLEM, DESIRE, CONFLICT, SOLUTION and GOAL.

PROBLEM: People are not able to pay their bills.

DESIRE: People want to have a life of success and happiness.

CONFLICT: People don’t know what to do during this pandemic in finding work.

SOLUTION: Show others how to create their own careers working from home as book authors and thought leaders.

GOAL: Readers able to startup their own home-based businesses within 30 days.

You can see how the non-fiction how-to book idea generator enables you to come up with a valuable and practical book concept.

You can do this for any genre in any type of book. Simply put, you are preplanning your book!

Book Main Idea

What is the main idea of your book? Don’t underestimate the power of questions. Ask yourself:

What is the moral of my story?

What are the main events in my story?

Why does the plot of my story unfold the way it does?

Think of this as the takeaway of your book; what readers will tell their friends they got out of it.

Book Character Idea

Developing a book character can also benefit from the process of brainstorming.

What is the character’s history?

What are their motivations?

What do they look like?

What is their temperament?

Do they live with internal conflicts of any kind?

It’s rare to find a character, in any book, who doesn’t fit an archetype (a very typical example of a person). One reason for this is because for readers to root for the protagonist, they have to be able to relate to him or her. So archetypes are well worth studying. Which archetypes do you want to include in your book?

Video Transcript:

So, you want to be an author. Most authors don’t just start writing and end up with a completed book in a few weeks. Building a book is a process, and there are infinite ways of approaching it.

Ebook Ideas

Ebook ideas are the same as print book ideas. Obviously, if you’re going to have a print book, you might as well have an e-book, and vise versa. There is no extra work involved. It’s just a matter of technology and format.

One caveat you will absolutely run into is the incompatibility of your document in being accepted to Amazon’s KDP system. You will find this process extremely frustrating. But there is a fast and simple way to avoid the countless hours and raised blood pressure.

My developers here at Writer Services will turn your book into the necessary formats like Kindle, Nook and Sony e-reader formats quickly and at low cost. Just contact us when you’re ready to publish your book and we’ll take care of this for you.

Finally, let’s consider the increased speed that books are now written and published. With the availability of e-book technologies, the manufacture of physical books is now almost a luxury. This has created great opportunities for authors.

Increasingly, writers are creating “universes” that provide characters and stories for a series—or multiple series—of books. Could you produce multiple books in, say, a three-year span? If so, what would the universe you create be like?

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Book Project Idea

Worried about having a solid book project idea worth writing? Does your book need to be the only one on the subject? This article will help you navigate the myriad of possibilities you have right now—some of which you may not even be aware you have right in front of you. Just remember this:

“Every book is like a snowflake; each one fascinatingly unique because of the wonder, beauty and creativity that comes from the soul, of which there is only one of its kind.”—Robert Nahas

The Right Book Project Idea

How can you know whether you have a good book project idea or a dud? So many people are inspired to create a book but have insecurities about the interest level of their audience. “Is it as important to others as I think it is?” “Will people see this as valuable?” In other words, will people want to buy and read your book?

How do we decide or discover what to write about? Do we write for ourselves or is there some larger scheme of things? What’s the best way to come up with a book project idea? In this article, we’ll explore how to narrow down numerous book ideas to reach the one to go with on your book writing journey.

We’ll look at different types of books that might stir your imagination.

We’ll review some book plot ideas to start picturing the world where the action of your story takes place.

Brainstorming is a sort of “book idea generator” that gets concepts flowing from your mind and onto the page. So we’ll look at this as well.

As important as plot is the book character idea, which usually starts with a protagonist (the person you want to root for) with whom the reader will be spending much time.

Finally, we’ll explore some ebook ideas, looking at some of the bestselling genres in this important format.

It’s important to remember that your idea for a book project can come from many sources. Usually, the concept you settle on for your book comes out of developing and writing ideas from several different places. If you’ve read my article on creative writing prompts, you already know that your inspiration can come from things like books, music and other art, places, experiences….

Also, there’s the rule of thumb from one of the most successful writers in history, Stephen King: When you begin your second draft, that’s when you’ll know what your book is about.

Ultimately, your book ideas, though inspired from different sources, will come from the place inside you where insight and intuition live. In other words, where you feel your ideas resonate. Sometimes that may be from your heart, other times your mind, and so on. The sources that resonate strongest within you will stir and awaken some part of you where you can facilitate your most organic writing. And your most compelling stories will be unique to you, coming from your imagination, perspective and feelings.

Like I’ve been known to say often, “Every book is like a snowflake; each one fascinatingly unique because of the wonder, beauty and creativity that comes from the soul of which there is only one of its kind.”

This reveals how there can be countless books on the same topic, and yet people continue to read more than one of them. So take your inspiration from others and make your book a reflection of you.

Video Transcript:

The world of the novelist or non-fiction author can be thrillingly creative. There are endless genres and hybrid genres into which you can place your story. Gaining ideas and inspiration is half the fun. Start your author journey today.

Type of Books

When considering the type of books you might want to write, it’s good to look at these three categories to see which resonates with you and you generally feel strongest writing in:

EXPERIENCE

1. Autobiography

This is the genre for the long format, relatively unabridged story of your life.

2. Memoir

Akin to the autobiography, this genre is based on your own experiences. But it usually focuses on a specific time in your life. It can be about days or decades, but it’s not as comprehensive as an autobiography.

 3. Biography

Biographies can be written through research and/or personal experience with the person about whom the book is written. They are the life stories of people other than yourself.

KNOWLEDGE

 1. Non-Fiction

Art:

The art world is rich with potential sources of inspiration for your non-fiction book. Maybe you already have a favorite painter, film director, style of music, and so on, which you can expound upon at length. If so, a book of collected works and/or insights might be the choice for you.

Criticism:

Art books and books of criticism differ in that the latter usually take a more academic form. Criticism looks at art in depth, offering quantitative and qualitative assessments of the subject art and artist(s). In criticism, the reader expects detailed analysis and contextual information on the topic at hand.

Education:

Best practices, scientific surveys, and emerging methods are just three of hundreds of approaches one might take in writing a book for students, teachers or established professors.

History:

This genre has gained popularity in recent years, especially with the publication of biographies of Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton. Of course books can take any number of approaches; they don’t need need to be biographies. There can be a period of history that interests you, such as the Civil War or one of the world wars. The American Industrial Revolution and the dawn of the Information Age or peacetime, among many others, are options for writing history.

Non-Fiction for Children:

This is another genre that often crosses over into biography, since children generally enjoy stories with real people “just like them.”

Politics:

Suffice to say that this genre has never been more popular!

Science:

Some say science is out of fashion, but you wouldn’t know it looking at non-fiction book sales. Books about the human brain and biology in general are popular, as are anthropological stories.

Sports:        

Avid sports fans number in the many millions, and sports authors have been venerated for a hundred years or more.

2. How-To

Are you an expert in a certain field or do you have a specific skill you can teach others? If so, then the how-to book might be the choice for you.

3. Memoir or Biography

These genres are included here in the “Knowledge” category as well as in the “Experience” category, because memoirs and biographies sometimes begin as documents of what the authors know about a topic. Later, perhaps in the second draft, the writer gains an understanding that the story is more personal.

CREATIVITY

1. Fiction

Within the very broad category of fiction, perhaps more than in any other, you’ll find authors who combine two or more of the genres listed below. Inexperienced writers sometimes feel locked into only one narrow style, and that can be at the detriment of good storytelling.

Take for example the wildly successful “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling. In her books, you’ll find elements of adventure, children’s fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, psychological thriller, sci-fi, young adult, and more. Her particular concoctions will not likely be the same as yours; you’ll create your own. Whether you strictly stick to one genre or mix together 10 or more is up to you. If you find yourself working with an editor from a publishing house, they will likely have a say in it as well, but that’s a good “problem” to have because they have data about what books sell. 

Here are some common genres of fiction:

            Adventure:

            This genre usually sees the main character setting out on a physical or mental test.

            Children’s Fiction:

            Children’s books are very popular, and their topics can be as tiny or grand you like.

            Crime:

We’re all familiar with the detective books of the old days: the “noir” novels with a tough-talking, gumshoe private dick (private detective) who stays one step ahead of the criminal. Of course, there are thousands of variations on the crime novel.

            Fantasy:

The fantasy novel has long been a favorite of imaginative authors who realty want to let their creativity roam free and soar. We see examples of this genre in stories featuring hobbits, dragons, wizardry, and more.

Historical Fiction:

This genre has grown in popularity in recent years, as more readers become interested in novels set in some iteration of a storied past.

It’s nice to know that you can combine fact with fiction in what’s known as Historical Fiction. You write the facts and also have the creative license to tell a story of how things may have plausibly happened over the things we don’t know about events in history.

There are limitless possibilities you can write about, from how two people might have fallen in love to what the fallout was like for a family or neighborhood from some major event.

Literary Fiction:

These novels can be regarded as the equivalent of “serious” drama films. The literary author is as concerned with the craft of writing as they are with the plot of any given story.

Mystery/Suspense:

Here we have the famous territory of the Agatha Christies and Arthur Conan Doyles of the world. Here we also see examples of the blurred lines between and among the genres of fiction. After all, mystery and suspense novels almost always include a crime or a series of crimes.

Psychological Thriller:

This genre is often a hybrid, too. Elements of mystery, suspense, crime, and other types of stories are often blended together with some form of (known or unknown) psychological disturbance in one or more characters.

Romance:

These novels don’t have to be the stereotypical, flowery, saccharine love stories. Again, romance can be just one element of just about any genre. Anne Rice famously made romances out of her vampire stories — or vampire stories out of her romances!

Sci-Fi:

Science fiction is a tremendous genre within the realm of fiction. Hundreds of classics hold places in the pantheon of sci-fi authors, and more books are being added every year. You probably know some of these stories set in the future, about space travel, about science here on Earth, and much more.

Western:

The American West is a classic setting for stories of all kinds — even sci-fi, if you consider the recent mashup book Cowboys & Aliens. The familiar, transportive feel of westerns contribute to their popularity.

Young Adult:

Authors and publishers alike have been chasing after the next Twilight, The Hunger Games, or “Harry Potter” ever since they got over the shock of how many books each series sold. Even outside of those blockbuster titles, the young adult market is a big one, offering many types of stories for readers 12-18 years old.

Experimental:

As with any art form, writing invites experimentation. The genres listed above are meant as starting points for ideas and structure. We’ve looked at examples of books where the author has combined elements of several genres. The experimental author might take it a step further. They might combine fiction and non-fiction into a hybrid form. The possibilities are endless. The major categories, genres, and any combination thereof exist to serve your writing craft and storytelling.

Book Plot Ideas

Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, you’ll want to examine how your story develops and the action within. As I emphasized earlier, books are inextricably tied to stories. Even if your book is non-fiction, you need to tell good stories in it — in this case, true ones. Let’s look at some conflicts that can be used as “pressure points” that move your stories along.

An unforeseen event up-ends the life of the protagonist.

You were privy to an important negotiation, and the real story hasn’t been told.

Three people (a “triangle”) vie for love or power where there is only room for two.

A U.S. president struggled with poverty as a young man.

Book Idea Generator

You can develop many more book plot ideas on your own through the process of brainstorming.

Start with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper.

Let your ideas flow freely onto the page.

Now is not the time for fully crafted sentences and extensive editing.

Use symbols, draw pictures, and whatever else moves your ideas from your mind to the paper.

You can create your own book idea generator, and here’s how:

Take the following 5 aspects to a story: PROTAGONIST, ANTAGONIST, SETTING, CONFLICT and THEME.

Work through each aspect, making up a scenario for each.

Rework the aspects as you wish.

Create more 5 aspects as you need until you get inspired to write about what you’ve come up with.

EXAMPLE

Here’s an example of your own Book Idea Generator for a fictional story:

PROTAGONIST: Sara—a homeless single mom in her mid 30s.

ANTAGONIST: Calvin—ex-husband is a crooked politician who cheated on her and verbally abused her.

SETTING: Present day, New York City

CONFLICT: Sara wants to figure out how to make a better life for her son. Ex wants to make sure she never sees a day of happiness and has the connections to make it happen.

THEME: A hero’s story about overcoming impossible odds.

Creating your own book idea generator is just about being methodical.

NON-FICTION EXAMPLE

For non-fiction, “how to,” use these aspects: PROBLEM, DESIRE, CONFLICT, SOLUTION and GOAL.

PROBLEM: People are not able to pay their bills.

DESIRE: People want to have a life of success and happiness.

CONFLICT: People don’t know what to do during this pandemic in finding work.

SOLUTION: Show others how to create their own careers working from home as book authors and thought leaders.

GOAL: Readers able to startup their own home-based businesses within 30 days.

You can see how the non-fiction how-to book idea generator enables you to come up with a valuable and practical book concept.

You can do this for any genre in any type of book. Simply put, you are preplanning your book!

Book Main Idea

What is the main idea of your book? Don’t underestimate the power of questions. Ask yourself:

What is the moral of my story?

What are the main events in my story?

Why does the plot of my story unfold the way it does?

Think of this as the takeaway of your book; what readers will tell their friends they got out of it.

Book Character Idea

Developing a book character can also benefit from the process of brainstorming.

What is the character’s history?

What are their motivations?

What do they look like?

What is their temperament?

Do they live with internal conflicts of any kind?

It’s rare to find a character, in any book, who doesn’t fit an archetype (a very typical example of a person). One reason for this is because for readers to root for the protagonist, they have to be able to relate to him or her. So archetypes are well worth studying. Which archetypes do you want to include in your book?

Video Transcript:

So, you want to be an author. Most authors don’t just start writing and end up with a completed book in a few weeks. Building a book is a process, and there are infinite ways of approaching it.

Ebook Ideas

Ebook ideas are the same as print book ideas. Obviously, if you’re going to have a print book, you might as well have an e-book, and vise versa. There is no extra work involved. It’s just a matter of technology and format.

One caveat you will absolutely run into is the incompatibility of your document in being accepted to Amazon’s KDP system. You will find this process extremely frustrating. But there is a fast and simple way to avoid the countless hours and raised blood pressure.

My developers here at Writer Services will turn your book into the necessary formats like Kindle, Nook and Sony e-reader formats quickly and at low cost. Just contact us when you’re ready to publish your book and we’ll take care of this for you.

Finally, let’s consider the increased speed that books are now written and published. With the availability of e-book technologies, the manufacture of physical books is now almost a luxury. This has created great opportunities for authors.

Increasingly, writers are creating “universes” that provide characters and stories for a series—or multiple series—of books. Could you produce multiple books in, say, a three-year span? If so, what would the universe you create be like?

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Book Project Idea

Worried about having a solid book project idea worth writing? Does your book need to be the only one on the subject? This article will help you navigate the myriad of possibilities you have right now—some of which you may not even be aware you have right in front of you. Just remember this:

“Every book is like a snowflake; each one fascinatingly unique because of the wonder, beauty and creativity that comes from the soul, of which there is only one of its kind.”—Robert Nahas

The Right Book Project Idea

How can you know whether you have a good book project idea or a dud? So many people are inspired to create a book but have insecurities about the interest level of their audience. “Is it as important to others as I think it is?” “Will people see this as valuable?” In other words, will people want to buy and read your book?

How do we decide or discover what to write about? Do we write for ourselves or is there some larger scheme of things? What’s the best way to come up with a book project idea? In this article, we’ll explore how to narrow down numerous book ideas to reach the one to go with on your book writing journey.

We’ll look at different types of books that might stir your imagination.

We’ll review some book plot ideas to start picturing the world where the action of your story takes place.

Brainstorming is a sort of “book idea generator” that gets concepts flowing from your mind and onto the page. So we’ll look at this as well.

As important as plot is the book character idea, which usually starts with a protagonist (the person you want to root for) with whom the reader will be spending much time.

Finally, we’ll explore some ebook ideas, looking at some of the bestselling genres in this important format.

It’s important to remember that your idea for a book project can come from many sources. Usually, the concept you settle on for your book comes out of developing and writing ideas from several different places. If you’ve read my article on creative writing prompts, you already know that your inspiration can come from things like books, music and other art, places, experiences….

Also, there’s the rule of thumb from one of the most successful writers in history, Stephen King: When you begin your second draft, that’s when you’ll know what your book is about.

Ultimately, your book ideas, though inspired from different sources, will come from the place inside you where insight and intuition live. In other words, where you feel your ideas resonate. Sometimes that may be from your heart, other times your mind, and so on. The sources that resonate strongest within you will stir and awaken some part of you where you can facilitate your most organic writing. And your most compelling stories will be unique to you, coming from your imagination, perspective and feelings.

Like I’ve been known to say often, “Every book is like a snowflake; each one fascinatingly unique because of the wonder, beauty and creativity that comes from the soul of which there is only one of its kind.”

This reveals how there can be countless books on the same topic, and yet people continue to read more than one of them. So take your inspiration from others and make your book a reflection of you.

Video Transcript:

The world of the novelist or non-fiction author can be thrillingly creative. There are endless genres and hybrid genres into which you can place your story. Gaining ideas and inspiration is half the fun. Start your author journey today.

Type of Books

When considering the type of books you might want to write, it’s good to look at these three categories to see which resonates with you and you generally feel strongest writing in:

EXPERIENCE

1. Autobiography

This is the genre for the long format, relatively unabridged story of your life.

2. Memoir

Akin to the autobiography, this genre is based on your own experiences. But it usually focuses on a specific time in your life. It can be about days or decades, but it’s not as comprehensive as an autobiography.

 3. Biography

Biographies can be written through research and/or personal experience with the person about whom the book is written. They are the life stories of people other than yourself.

KNOWLEDGE

 1. Non-Fiction

Art:

The art world is rich with potential sources of inspiration for your non-fiction book. Maybe you already have a favorite painter, film director, style of music, and so on, which you can expound upon at length. If so, a book of collected works and/or insights might be the choice for you.

Criticism:

Art books and books of criticism differ in that the latter usually take a more academic form. Criticism looks at art in depth, offering quantitative and qualitative assessments of the subject art and artist(s). In criticism, the reader expects detailed analysis and contextual information on the topic at hand.

Education:

Best practices, scientific surveys, and emerging methods are just three of hundreds of approaches one might take in writing a book for students, teachers or established professors.

History:

This genre has gained popularity in recent years, especially with the publication of biographies of Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton. Of course books can take any number of approaches; they don’t need need to be biographies. There can be a period of history that interests you, such as the Civil War or one of the world wars. The American Industrial Revolution and the dawn of the Information Age or peacetime, among many others, are options for writing history.

Non-Fiction for Children:

This is another genre that often crosses over into biography, since children generally enjoy stories with real people “just like them.”

Politics:

Suffice to say that this genre has never been more popular!

Science:

Some say science is out of fashion, but you wouldn’t know it looking at non-fiction book sales. Books about the human brain and biology in general are popular, as are anthropological stories.

Sports:        

Avid sports fans number in the many millions, and sports authors have been venerated for a hundred years or more.

2. How-To

Are you an expert in a certain field or do you have a specific skill you can teach others? If so, then the how-to book might be the choice for you.

3. Memoir or Biography

These genres are included here in the “Knowledge” category as well as in the “Experience” category, because memoirs and biographies sometimes begin as documents of what the authors know about a topic. Later, perhaps in the second draft, the writer gains an understanding that the story is more personal.

CREATIVITY

1. Fiction

Within the very broad category of fiction, perhaps more than in any other, you’ll find authors who combine two or more of the genres listed below. Inexperienced writers sometimes feel locked into only one narrow style, and that can be at the detriment of good storytelling.

Take for example the wildly successful “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling. In her books, you’ll find elements of adventure, children’s fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, psychological thriller, sci-fi, young adult, and more. Her particular concoctions will not likely be the same as yours; you’ll create your own. Whether you strictly stick to one genre or mix together 10 or more is up to you. If you find yourself working with an editor from a publishing house, they will likely have a say in it as well, but that’s a good “problem” to have because they have data about what books sell. 

Here are some common genres of fiction:

            Adventure:

            This genre usually sees the main character setting out on a physical or mental test.

            Children’s Fiction:

            Children’s books are very popular, and their topics can be as tiny or grand you like.

            Crime:

We’re all familiar with the detective books of the old days: the “noir” novels with a tough-talking, gumshoe private dick (private detective) who stays one step ahead of the criminal. Of course, there are thousands of variations on the crime novel.

            Fantasy:

The fantasy novel has long been a favorite of imaginative authors who realty want to let their creativity roam free and soar. We see examples of this genre in stories featuring hobbits, dragons, wizardry, and more.

Historical Fiction:

This genre has grown in popularity in recent years, as more readers become interested in novels set in some iteration of a storied past.

It’s nice to know that you can combine fact with fiction in what’s known as Historical Fiction. You write the facts and also have the creative license to tell a story of how things may have plausibly happened over the things we don’t know about events in history.

There are limitless possibilities you can write about, from how two people might have fallen in love to what the fallout was like for a family or neighborhood from some major event.

Literary Fiction:

These novels can be regarded as the equivalent of “serious” drama films. The literary author is as concerned with the craft of writing as they are with the plot of any given story.

Mystery/Suspense:

Here we have the famous territory of the Agatha Christies and Arthur Conan Doyles of the world. Here we also see examples of the blurred lines between and among the genres of fiction. After all, mystery and suspense novels almost always include a crime or a series of crimes.

Psychological Thriller:

This genre is often a hybrid, too. Elements of mystery, suspense, crime, and other types of stories are often blended together with some form of (known or unknown) psychological disturbance in one or more characters.

Romance:

These novels don’t have to be the stereotypical, flowery, saccharine love stories. Again, romance can be just one element of just about any genre. Anne Rice famously made romances out of her vampire stories — or vampire stories out of her romances!

Sci-Fi:

Science fiction is a tremendous genre within the realm of fiction. Hundreds of classics hold places in the pantheon of sci-fi authors, and more books are being added every year. You probably know some of these stories set in the future, about space travel, about science here on Earth, and much more.

Western:

The American West is a classic setting for stories of all kinds — even sci-fi, if you consider the recent mashup book Cowboys & Aliens. The familiar, transportive feel of westerns contribute to their popularity.

Young Adult:

Authors and publishers alike have been chasing after the next Twilight, The Hunger Games, or “Harry Potter” ever since they got over the shock of how many books each series sold. Even outside of those blockbuster titles, the young adult market is a big one, offering many types of stories for readers 12-18 years old.

Experimental:

As with any art form, writing invites experimentation. The genres listed above are meant as starting points for ideas and structure. We’ve looked at examples of books where the author has combined elements of several genres. The experimental author might take it a step further. They might combine fiction and non-fiction into a hybrid form. The possibilities are endless. The major categories, genres, and any combination thereof exist to serve your writing craft and storytelling.

Book Plot Ideas

Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, you’ll want to examine how your story develops and the action within. As I emphasized earlier, books are inextricably tied to stories. Even if your book is non-fiction, you need to tell good stories in it — in this case, true ones. Let’s look at some conflicts that can be used as “pressure points” that move your stories along.

An unforeseen event up-ends the life of the protagonist.

You were privy to an important negotiation, and the real story hasn’t been told.

Three people (a “triangle”) vie for love or power where there is only room for two.

A U.S. president struggled with poverty as a young man.

Book Idea Generator

You can develop many more book plot ideas on your own through the process of brainstorming.

Start with a pencil and a blank sheet of paper.

Let your ideas flow freely onto the page.

Now is not the time for fully crafted sentences and extensive editing.

Use symbols, draw pictures, and whatever else moves your ideas from your mind to the paper.

You can create your own book idea generator, and here’s how:

Take the following 5 aspects to a story: PROTAGONIST, ANTAGONIST, SETTING, CONFLICT and THEME.

Work through each aspect, making up a scenario for each.

Rework the aspects as you wish.

Create more 5 aspects as you need until you get inspired to write about what you’ve come up with.

EXAMPLE

Here’s an example of your own Book Idea Generator for a fictional story:

PROTAGONIST: Sara—a homeless single mom in her mid 30s.

ANTAGONIST: Calvin—ex-husband is a crooked politician who cheated on her and verbally abused her.

SETTING: Present day, New York City

CONFLICT: Sara wants to figure out how to make a better life for her son. Ex wants to make sure she never sees a day of happiness and has the connections to make it happen.

THEME: A hero’s story about overcoming impossible odds.

Creating your own book idea generator is just about being methodical.

NON-FICTION EXAMPLE

For non-fiction, “how to,” use these aspects: PROBLEM, DESIRE, CONFLICT, SOLUTION and GOAL.

PROBLEM: People are not able to pay their bills.

DESIRE: People want to have a life of success and happiness.

CONFLICT: People don’t know what to do during this pandemic in finding work.

SOLUTION: Show others how to create their own careers working from home as book authors and thought leaders.

GOAL: Readers able to startup their own home-based businesses within 30 days.

You can see how the non-fiction how-to book idea generator enables you to come up with a valuable and practical book concept.

You can do this for any genre in any type of book. Simply put, you are preplanning your book!

Book Main Idea

What is the main idea of your book? Don’t underestimate the power of questions. Ask yourself:

What is the moral of my story?

What are the main events in my story?

Why does the plot of my story unfold the way it does?

Think of this as the takeaway of your book; what readers will tell their friends they got out of it.

Book Character Idea

Developing a book character can also benefit from the process of brainstorming.

What is the character’s history?

What are their motivations?

What do they look like?

What is their temperament?

Do they live with internal conflicts of any kind?

It’s rare to find a character, in any book, who doesn’t fit an archetype (a very typical example of a person). One reason for this is because for readers to root for the protagonist, they have to be able to relate to him or her. So archetypes are well worth studying. Which archetypes do you want to include in your book?

Video Transcript:

So, you want to be an author. Most authors don’t just start writing and end up with a completed book in a few weeks. Building a book is a process, and there are infinite ways of approaching it.

Ebook Ideas

Ebook ideas are the same as print book ideas. Obviously, if you’re going to have a print book, you might as well have an e-book, and vise versa. There is no extra work involved. It’s just a matter of technology and format.

One caveat you will absolutely run into is the incompatibility of your document in being accepted to Amazon’s KDP system. You will find this process extremely frustrating. But there is a fast and simple way to avoid the countless hours and raised blood pressure.

My developers here at Writer Services will turn your book into the necessary formats like Kindle, Nook and Sony e-reader formats quickly and at low cost. Just contact us when you’re ready to publish your book and we’ll take care of this for you.

Finally, let’s consider the increased speed that books are now written and published. With the availability of e-book technologies, the manufacture of physical books is now almost a luxury. This has created great opportunities for authors.

Increasingly, writers are creating “universes” that provide characters and stories for a series—or multiple series—of books. Could you produce multiple books in, say, a three-year span? If so, what would the universe you create be like?

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David Copperfield (1935) starring Freddie Bartholomew and Madge Evans

“So relentlessly pursued over air and housetop, and vice versa, I have thwarted the malevolent machinations of our scurrilous enemies . . . in short, I have arrived.”—Micawber

To film historians and those movie fans with a broad viewing experience, 1935 represents the beginning of the crescendo that continued through the next three years and climaxed at the pinnacle, 1939 and its still unmatched concentration of great Hollywood films.  For, after all, 1935, in a seeming creative surge after 1934, produced Mutiny on the Bounty, The Informer, Les Misérables, A Tale of Two Cities, The Lives of the Bengal Lancers, Captain Blood, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Top Hat.

And David Copperfield.  For a year, producer David O. Selznick had pestered his then boss Louis B. Mayer, head of M-G-M, to allow him to film Charles Dickens’ novel.  Mayer believed Dickens scholars would condemn any deviations from the original and viewers unfamiliar with the novel would be bored.  Even when Mayer finally granted permission for the film, he wanted to cut it after it was made.

As for the mogul’s objections to any changes, he should not have worried: Selznick was known for his fanatical fidelity to literary classics.  Six months after David Copperfield, Selznick would release another Dickens film, A Tale of Two Cities, recycling at least six of Copperfield’s stars.

Brilliantly directed by George Cukor, but inexplicably not Oscar-nominated, David Copperfield was the first American film for young, ten-year-old Londoner Freddie Bartholomew, who is endearing in the film without being cloyingly sweet.  All the stars, especially Basil Rathbone, Jessie Ralph and Roland Young, represent the exquisite, ideal casting throughout the movie.  Edna May Oliver, with her comic eccentricity, could have easily stolen the show if awarded a larger part.

It’s W.C. Fields, however, who gives the most memorable performance.  Charles Laughton, originally assigned the role of Micawber, bowed out, feeling he wasn’t doing it justice and recommended Fields.  Unable to do an English accent, Fields was at least compelled to adhere strictly to the script and eliminate, for the first and only time in his films, his notorious ad-libbing.  He proved ideal for the part, though he retained his unhurried, protracted delivery, with those rolling tones out of the side of his mouth.

Beyond this already amazing, diversified cast, there are other favorite old actors who enliven the screen with their sometimes eccentric, yet always flexible performances, acquiring, in the process, the quirky names Dickens often assigned his characters: Herbert Mundin as Barkis a vicar, Una O’Connor as Mrs. Gummidge, Elsa Lanchester as Clickett, Ivan Simpson as Littimer, E.E. Clive as a sheriff’s assistant and Arthur Treacher, regarded as the “perfect butler” and frequent guest on The Merv Griffin Show in the 1960s.

None of these actors appear in the following synopsis of the film:

Much to the annoyance of an aunt-to-be, Betsey Trotwood (Oliver) is indignant when the recently widowed Clara Copperfield (Elizabeth Allan) gives birth to a boy after Betsey had insisted the baby would be a girl.  She storms from the house, although she will later be David’s guardian.  The young David (Bartholomew), for the moment at least, will be raised by his mother and the kind nurse Peggotty (Ralph).

Later, Clara is courted by the domineering Mr. Murdstone (Rathbone, his character reminiscent of the overbearing husband to Anna in Anna Karenina, 1935).  Peggotty, who dislikes Murdstone from the start, takes David to visit her family.  The boy learns how the nurse’s brother, Dan Peggotty (Lionel Barrymore), had adopted both the orphan Little Em’ly (Fay Chaldecott) and her cousin Ham (John Buckler).

When David returns home, he discovers that Murdstone has married his mother, discharged the nurse and replaced her with his sister, Jane (Violet Kemble Cooper).  Murdstone admonishes Clara for complaining about Jane and strikes David for not knowing his school lesson, even locking him in his room.

Clara dies in childbirth and Murdstone packs David off to London where he lives and works for a while under the kindhearted Wilkins Micawber (Fields), who is always in financial straits.  He is later arrested and placed in debtors’ prison, its horrors a frequent theme of Dickens.

David soon makes the dangerous journey to Dover where, once again, he has to adjust to a new environment and another person of authority.  Now it’s Aunt Betsey and yet another relative, her cousin, the simple-minded Mr. Dick (Lennox Pawle).  He soon finds that he likes Betsey.

Next, David goes to live with the wealthy Wickfields.  The alcoholic Mr. Wickfield (Lewis Stone) shares his home with his clerk, Uriah Heep (Young), and Wickfield’s young daughter, Agnes (Marilyn Knowlden).  By the time David returns from his studies in Canterbury, now a young man (Frank Lawton), a grown Agnes (Madge Evans) clearly loves him, but he ignores her.

In his absence Heep has gained a position of authority, and Micawber, now out of prison, has become his reluctant employee.

Having moved to London, where many a Dickens youth (Pip in Great Expectations, Oliver in Oliver Twist) grows up and makes his fortune, David attends a ballet performance with his friend Steerforth (Hugh Williams).  In an adjacent balcony, he meets and falls in loves with the empty-headed Dora (Maureen O’Sullivan), whom he later marries.

In the meantime, Steerforth elopes with Em’ly, who had been engaged to Ham.  When Steerforth later abandons her in Italy, Ham searches for her, only to drown while trying to rescue her from a sinking yacht.

Uriah Heep, one of Dickens’ wickedest villains, has gained enormous power through his double-dealings, but Micawber exposes his crimes to Aunt Betsey and Mr. Dick.  By the time of Dora’s death, David realizes Agnes is his one true love.

Although this film synopsis omits many of the characters/actors—even with the ones included it’s a challenge to keep family relations and friends straight—far more characters in the novel have been excluded from the movie.

The film is reminiscent of today’s melodramatic soap operas, reflective of the novel’s seemingly endless series of misfortunes, tragedies, deaths and the inevitable Dickensian coincidences.  This tone is partly due to the manner of the novel’s first appearance—not as a ready-to-read, self-contained novel, but published in a serial form of nineteen one-shilling installments from May 1849 to November 1850.  In each episode of thirty-two pages, Dickens had to create a climax and, at the same time, leave the reader hanging at the end, craving the resolution in the next issue.  Following its serial appearance, the complete novel was published in 1850 by Bradbury and Evans, London.

Dickens said David Copperfield was his favorite among his novels, probably because it is the most autobiographical of all his works.  It was the novel Sigmund Freud, a life-long Anglophile, gave to his fiancée and which David O. Selznick’s father, an emigrant from Lithuania, used to learn English.

In the film version of Gone With the Wind, to assuage the fears of the nervous ladies, Melanie Hamilton reads David Copperfield’s opening line: “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”  The ladies’ husbands were away in the night, in Shanty Town, settling scores with the offenders of Southern womanhood.  In Margaret Mitchell’s novel, however, the book is Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.

In London’s The Guardian, in his list of the one hundred best novels in the English language, Robert McCrum ranks David Copperfield No. 15.  First is John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678).  Not surprising perhaps from a British scholar and a British publication, British writers prevail until No. 10 and an American, Edgar Allan Poe and his The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838).

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