Recipe For a Book

Recipe for a Book

By Gayle C. Krause

You want to write a tasty book?

You’ll need one scoop of tempting hook.

1 teaspoon of a set-up scene

2 characters – one good, one mean

1 heaping problem to be solved

1 block of tension, soon evolved

1 tablespoon of woe and strife

1 ounce of love for MC’s life

1 heaping cup of voice and pace

Descriptions and a sense of place

Stir story batter. Add a dash

of hero’s rights and villain’s clash.

Sprinkle humor. Fold in facts.

Add one full quart of strong climax.

Whip it up until well-blended.

Let sit for weeks. The story’s ended.

Read once more with new, fresh eyes.

And if required, you must revise.