Bookfox Writer
John Matthew FoxI'm an editor who helps novelists through courses and coaching.
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Don’t Let Movies Sabotage Your Writing
If you eat a diet filled with movies and television and only nibble a few books, your storytelling will suffer.
I’m making this because I talked with a bunch of novelists on social media who didn’t think they needed to read books. This is...
If Your Prologue Does Any of These 7 Things, Cut It
A lot of prologues are bad, and a lot of them shouldn’t even exist.
But the truly great ones do something that no first chapter could ever do.
By the end of this, you’re going to know the prologue traps you need to avoid, the 7 ways to pu...
This Montenegro Island Teaches Writers One Essential Lesson
Bay of Kotor in Montenegro
There’s an island in the Bay of Kotor that has a lot to teach writers.
Let me explain.
Once, back in the 1400s, there was no island at all in the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro. But two brothers, returning home fro...
Everyone Laughed At His "Slow" Opening -- Until The Hook Hit
Hi Bookfoxers,
There is never a shortage of experts who will tell you exactly what to do in the beginning of your novel.
The advice usually goes something like this:
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Start with a bang
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First sentence should knock ‘em off their fe...
This is what writers really need
Last year I did a survey on my Youtube channel asking writers, “What do you need?”
3,200 writers responded.
I thought the clear winner would be one-on-one coaching, or weekly feedback on their writing.
What writer wouldn’t love that...
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