"I first heard the term "meta-novel" at a writer's conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The idea is that even though each book in a series stands alone, when read collectively they form one big ongoing novel about the main character. Each book represents its own arc: in book one of the series we meet the character and establish a meta-goal that will carry him through further books, in book two that meta-goal is tested, in book three - you get the picture."

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Source : Carolyn Wheat (2011). “How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense”, p.41, SCB Distributors

Carolyn Wheat

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Corporations wield enormous power in society.In order to see lasting social change, leaders in the private sector must begin to think of their own business plans as plans for good as well as profit. That's not such a big leap.”
“The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.”
“I think maybe I was numb to it last year.. but you know I feel it now more than ever”
“The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations should be valued as manifestations of the richness of our shared creativity.”
“There are conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity.”

Source : Paul Bourget (1893). “Cosmopolis”, p.152, Library of Alexandria
“Since the soul in me is dead, Better save the skin.”
“The soul is the weariest part of the body.”

Source : Paul Bowles (2002). “The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House”
“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”

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