What Makes a Best Seller? - WritersLife.org

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We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for   now be sure to give us the thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more I'm Peter and I'll see you next time bye for now