Go from reader to writer with the help of Ken Follett | BBC Maestro Official Trailer

the small boys came early to the hanging where's the author gonna go with this I'm Ken Follett and I've been writing popular fiction for the last 50 years and what I 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 if there's a battle make it the turning point of the war if somebody falls in love make it the love of his life don't rob a bank rob Fort Knox so with the first draft on this side and a list of the changes I need to make on that side the middle is what I'm writing which is the second draft if you want to write a bestseller you need drama you've got to invent more story wow what a great first line that immediately creates a situation of suspense this is not a moment to hold back somebody once said to me there are a thousand people out there with an idea for a novel and the difference between them and you is that you've written it I'm Ken Follett and this is my BBC Maestro course on writing best-selling fiction

Channel: BBC Maestro

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Keywords: bbcmaestro, bbc mastro, maestro, bbc meastro, ken follett, creative writing, fiction writing, novel writing, write a bestseller, pillars of the earth

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Length: 1min 52sec (112 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 13 2023