Be a Storyteller
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I was a little under the weather yesterday, so I spent the day reading A Time for Mercy the latest Grisham novel.
John Grisham has sold over 300 million books.
He talked a small press into publishing 5,000 copies of his first book A Time to Kill. In his words, he couldn’t give it away.
Then Random House published his second novel The Firm. It became a bestseller and he eventually also sold millions of copies of A Time to Kill.
What does this mean to BC writers?
Maybe nothing. But I think his writing might provide insight for BC writers.
Grisham is not a great technical writer. I put an excerpt of A Time to Kill through Grammarly. In 1364 words, there were at least six misspellings. Grammarly gave his work a grade of 94, which is about the same grade I get when I put my work through their system.
However, he is a terrific storyteller.
New writers on BC seem to worry a lot about everything but basic storytelling.
Grisham has proven that not very many people care.
Jill