How to Write a Compelling Novel, Plan |

Compelling writing is emotional and engaging with many obstacles.  The protagonist is selfless in bravery and there for the benefit of others.  An almost impossible urgent mission is another element of an excellent thriller.  Dialogue for each character should be unique for their identity, driving their actions consistently.  Each character should have purpose and pursue something.  Provide interesting relevant details, evidence and subtle differences in the level of importance.  Develop the story with clear points readers may have experienced and bring your story to life.  Show the audience through clear description with action and conflict, so they can see the purpose and become involved.  Connect with the audience in a path through obstacles with focus to an outstanding outcome and change.  Readers participate in the decisions and action for what could happen next.  Resolve questions or conflicts.

Compelling novel examples:

Albert Camus’ The Plague, It may be a human instinct to search for meaning in every tragedy.  As Dr. Rieux says, of the plague's survivors, "For some time, anyhow, they would be happy. They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it is human love."

Caleb Carr’ The Alienist, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler's intellect and Moore's knowledge of New York's vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department.  - amassing a psychological profile of the man they're looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before. and will kill again before the hunt is over."

John le Carré’ The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Setting a standard that has never been surpassed, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a devastating tale of duplicity and espionage.

Cormac McCarthy’ The Road, is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.