Not Your Basic Love Story by Lindsay Maple

In today’s Books with Hooks segment, Carly and Cece each critique two submissions, discussing pitching literary vs upmarket fiction naming non-POV characters in a query letter head-hopping, interiority and emotionality mentioning sensitivity/authenticity readers writing about cultures that are not your own world building in historical fiction, world building and specificity in a fantasy query letter having surprise in the opening pages, quiet novels, upmarket fiction, and line-level writing and Carly suggests a prologue! Give online therapy a try at /WRITING and get on your way to being your best self. © 2022 The Shit No One Tells You About WritingThis episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. and advice for emerging authors about community and indie publishing.įind us on our is on on is on on Inquiries: Topics covered include genre blending the hook in a query letter skipping over the mundane turning a trope around to surprise the reader misfired meet-cutes surprise in the opening chapters mentioning character names in opening pages having the protagonist alone in the opening pages how to figure out the central conflict how to keep raising the stakes carrying conflict into act II starting out as an indie author and then getting an agent a shoutout to Rising Action Publishing Co.

They also share their successful query letters with our Kofi monthly supporters! In between, they discuss their own work and advice for writers. In today’s Books With Hooks segment, we try something different! Bianca critiques query letters while guests Maggie Giles, author of The Things We Lost, and Lindsay Maple, author of Not Your Basic Love Story, critique opening pages of romcoms which are the genres they write in. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.

Not Your Basic Love Story by Lindsay Maple