"The small boys came early to the hanging." Where's the author going to go with this?
I'm Ken Follett and I've been writing popular fiction for the last 50 years.
And what I'd like to do is to share with you some of the things I've learned along the way.
When we write a novel we create an imaginary world.
And once you've created that world you have to draw the reader into it.
That's the miracle of literature when that happens.
I always start with a dramatic question.
If there's a nuclear war, how will it begin?
There should be a story turn every four to six pages.
You just cleverly raise the tension another notch.
