{"id":192,"date":"2025-06-23T00:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2025-06-23T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T00:54:09","slug":"book-review-how-to-write-best-selling-fiction-by-james-scott-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/23\/book-review-how-to-write-best-selling-fiction-by-james-scott-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: How to Write Best-Selling Fiction by James Scott Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/45485722-how-to-write-best-selling-fiction\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/45485722-how-to-write-best-selling-fiction\">How to Write Best-Selling Fiction<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/11957.James_Scott_Bell\">James Scott Bell<\/a><br><br>My rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/7655306714\">5 of 5 stars<\/a><br><br><br>James Scott Bell offers a practical guide to writing fiction that connects with readers and sells. The book covers essential elements like strong story structure, character-driven plots, and emotional stakes \u2014 all framed through the \u201cLOCK\u201d system: Lead, Objective, Confrontation, and Knockout. Bell walks writers through planning, writing, and editing a novel with clear examples, actionable checklists, and advice from a commercial fiction perspective. He also dives into the habits of professional writers, the psychology of the reader, and how to make your writing market-ready without losing your unique voice. It&#8217;s a toolbox for serious fiction writers who want to turn ideas into compelling, publishable novels.<br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/42336618-firdaus-aris\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Scott Bell offers a practical guide to writing fiction that connects with readers and sells. The book covers essential elements like strong story structure, character-driven plots, and emotional stakes \u2014 all framed through the \u201cLOCK\u201d system: Lead, Objective, Confrontation, and Knockout. Bell walks writers through planning, writing, and editing a novel with clear examples, actionable checklists, and advice from a commercial fiction perspective. He also dives into the habits of professional writers, the psychology of the reader, and how to make your writing market-ready without losing your unique voice. It&#8217;s a toolbox for serious fiction writers who want to turn ideas into compelling, publishable novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firdausaris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}