3 Surprising Reasons I DNF Books, and How Writers Can Avoid Them
Have you ever been in a reading slump? You know the kind I mean, where you’re dying to disappear into the pages of a great novel, but everything you pick up leaves you feeling like, “Huh, I wonder if I should check Twitter.” As I’ve gotten older and free time has gotten tighter, I’ve become pretty Machiavellian about not finishing any books that I don’t love. Recently, I’ve loved so few that I decided to take a really close look at what was failing to hook me. Not what I think is good or bad writing technique in general, but just selfishly what works for me. After a lot of list-making and brainstorming, it all kept circling back to three main things. Or, actually, just one main thing. Turns out, there are some very specific reasons what makes fiction feel... Read More
