Fantastic post by Lynne Griffin on a few common problems with novels and what to do about it. I really like the friend-novel analogy. Click through to see the common problems with novels and get in on the comments!
[Via: The Writers’ Group]Like any relationship, readers can have problems with novels too. And for the writer, to know them in advance is to solve them. Turning the other way, thinking you can avoid facing the fact that something doesn’t work is as unwise a thing to do with your story, as it is to look the other way when a friend is upset with you.