The Key to Compelling Fiction

The Key to Compelling Fiction

Many writers come to literary consultants with manuscripts that are already beautifully written and well edited but simply don’t have that gripping quality, and even the most ‘literary’ fiction should compel you to turn pages. When editors talk about...
How to Write an Unlikable Protagonist

How to Write an Unlikable Protagonist

At BPA we love characters who are flawed and complex (or even evil), and there’s no reason you shouldn’t write an unlikable person as the central character of your novel. That said, antiheroes are hard to pull off and we often see good novels let down by...

Literary Fiction – June 24

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Voice & Prose – March 25

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