Without a doubt, everyone has a story in them, even if it is the story of their own life.
But, if you want your readers to read past the opening sentences, you’ll need to give them a really good reason to read more of your novel or short story.
Building your reputation is naturally vitally important for authors and your reader must want to remember your name so they can return to read more of your short stories, novels or novellas later.
All this is tough, challenging but rewarding, when you get it right and your readership grows.
Here are some ideas to help you write the perfect story.
Golden age for writers and writing is about writing online.
The article describes how search engine algorithms have become so sophisticated that they can now identify, by one means or another, good writing from the rest.
This means that authors can concentrate on improving writing rather than formal marketing and the search engines with the help of the online communities will do the rest.
Of course, some would argue that creativity is the hardest thing 
Rob
Painting pictures of the mind is a stream of consciousness creative short story by Rob Hopcott which examines living paintings and the stories they contain which bring art to life for artists and viewers.The reader is drawn into a tangled web of creativity hosted by a series of interconnected characters presenting different realities from different vantage points.
The perceived world undergoes rapid changes throughout this short story and readers may find this unsettling until the story is over, tensions are resolved and the final picture is painted.
Painting pictures of the mind is copyright Rob Hopcott 1999 - 2008, all rights reserved. All characters are fictitious in the story and no reference is intended to any person living or otherwise.
Like all authors of short stories and other fiction, I love creating exciting relationships between my important characters.
In Smart Touch of Spice, housewife Alice is cross with her husband because he claimed Alice was less adventurous than his secretary who had told him how she had spiced up her relationship with her boyfriend.
Alice is a character who is always up for a challenge and, in preparing a spicy surprise for her husband when he gets home, she takes time out to deal with some minor criminal matters.
I hope you like it 
Rob
This short crime and relationship story is copyright Rob Hopcott 1999 - 2008, All rights reserved. All characters are fictitious and no reference is intended to any person living or otherwise.
To read more free stories by popular online fiction author Rob Hopcott, check out Rob’s Hopcott fiction blog.
