1. Who cares? That's a question all novelists must repeat. If you can create a character worth following and a problem that must be solved — and then along the way raise the stakes even higher—you're going to have the essential elements of a page-turner.

2. Suspense is a vital element of any good novel. It's what keeps readers turning the pages, whether they're eager to find out if the bomb under the protagonist's desk is going to explode before he can escape or whether they simply want to know what's inside the envelope a character seems reluctant to open. Revealing the backstory, however interesting that backstory may be, stalls the plot. Readers are impatient to learn what's going to happen next. Flashbacks and memories should be woven throughout the entire novel and not dumped in all at once.

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