Xlibris Writing Tips| 3 Tips for Writing Opening Lines

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris Writing Tips| Tips and Examples of Opening Lines

It has been this writer’s experience, that when it comes to novels, fiction, or books of any stripe or subject-matter, the first sentence, the opening lines can be one of the most difficult yet natural things in world. There is a certain, unquantifiable importance so many writers place upon the Opening Lines. The writer’s capacity […]

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Xlibris Writing Tips| The Space Opera Genre Pt 3

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris Writing Tips| The Space Opera Genre

Xlibris Publishing concludes with Part 3 of Xlibris Writing Tips- The Space Opera Genre.   Impact Building on the elements of People and Politics brought up in the prior entry, is the spectrum of Impact. This refers to the depth and breadth which events and actions in your narrative affect your setting and the people […]

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Xlibris Writing Tips| The Space Opera Genre Pt 2

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris Writing Tips| The Space Opera Genre

Xlibris Publishing returns with Part 2 of The Space Opera Genre.   The People and the Politics To one degree or another, the narrative of a Space Opera tends to focus anywhere between individual characters- the people- and society at large- the politics- within the setting. In a Space Opera both elements have roles, though […]

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Xlibris Writing Tips| The Space Opera Genre

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris Writing Tips| The Space Opera Genre

With the recent release of Season 3 of the hit science-fiction series The Expanse, Xlibris has decided to share tips and suggestions for writing your own story within The Space Opera Genre.     A sub-genre of science-fiction, Space Opera consists of a combination of space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary conflict, and risk-taking. Stories within […]

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