The Elements of a Page-Turner - video

The late Stan Lee didn't have any rules about what makes a story a page turner, he just made sure to interest himself along the way. Lee, comic creator of Spider-man, Fantastic Four and X-Man and former president and CEO of Marvel Comics, says an author has to have a basic idea of plot. From there, he must make the audience care about the hero so that when he gets in trouble, they suffer too. Tension develops when the hero keeps trying to do right, only to land in deeper trouble. How will he get out of it this time? Lee often wondered this too! But by introducing complex situations and surprises, readers are taken on quite a journey that offers big relief and enjoyment when the payoff occurs.
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    Thanks, Stan. I don't think my book counts as a thriller, like your writing. It's just the story of farm life in the depression years. Even so, I tried to make the isolated events come to life and show the excitement that could be FELT.
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    Thanks Sir, This is as much a great honor as it is informative. But the real benefit for me is to have the opportunity to listen to you talk and teach literary expertise to a girl who was born thousands of miles away in Sub-Saharan Africa like me...now that is really priceless.
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    All I had to see is Stan Lee and I had to watch it
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    I especially enjoyed your comments about creating complex situations, surprising developments, and big problems for your characters. As a new author, this part is one of the most intriguing aspects in writing my new children’s book series called "The Adventures of Johnny Saturday". Johnny's surprising developments often surprises me, while also motivating me to seek more complex and surprising situations. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lee!
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    The lecture was very interesting, some musicians get melodies from the inner but there are rules in constructing melodies which can be found in music theory books. I sit and listen (I am a musician ) and the melodies just come. When I was a kid imagination played an important part of creativity.

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