by Joe Massucci | Articles
An outline is the foundation of your story, a framework on which to build a solid, cohesive tale. Outlining first may make the difference between a powerful story with depth, or a mediocre tale. When I bring up the notion of outlining in writing workshops, most...
by Joe Massucci | Articles
Let’s explore some of those ubiquitous rejection letters that even internationally published novelists see frequently. A senior editor from a prestigious publishing house in London said this about an early draft of my manuscript, THE SABBATH EXPERIMENT. “This has a...
by Joe Massucci | Articles
Maybe you’re not as good a writer as you think you are. It’s true. We tend to fall in love with our own writing, blinded to our imperfect technique. How do you know? Join a writing group and get feedback – lots of it. Writers at every stage of their careers from...
by Joe Massucci | Articles
An avid thriller reader who is working on a first novel asked, “Isn’t it difficult working deep characterization and good romance into thrillers?” Difficult, maybe. Impossible, no. Essential, absolutely! Interesting relationships among characters are a fundamental...
by Joe Massucci | Articles
Thriller and mystery plots are all around us. Imagine what a good mystery writer could do with something I heard this morning. The grandmother of a friend died recently and was buried in a family plot in a Mississippi graveyard that was quite old. During the...
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