USP is a marketing term that describes what differentiates your product from its competition. Your story needs a strong USP—and you may not have to look any further than yourself to find it.
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John Irving says that writing a novel is actually searching for victims. Who are the casualties in your story?
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Who are your protagonist’s friends? Write about your hero’s relationship with them, and how he might have to stand up to them during the course of your story.
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The hardest thing about being a writer is the hardest thing about mastering any craft: It takes time. Here’s what every writer needs for that long haul.
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What is your greatest sorrow? How could you fashion it into a story? Write about how you can find the courage to do that.
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If good writing were a textile art, it would be a tapestry. A tapestry of character, dialogue, action, narrative, inner monologue, theme, setting, voice—all the elements of fiction woven together artfully into polished prose. Your goal: Writing a tapestry.
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