[RBRAWER]

I wrote this piece for Blogging authors.

Can a novel be developed from essays?

Newspaper stories reporting a crime most often describe the scene, the motive and the perpetrator, generally enough information to create a plot and characters. However, opinion pieces and essays focus on a subject. Is there enough depth in that single subject to from a plot? Is there enough information to create a protagonist and antagonist?

Read my answers to these questions and more by clicking on this link:

http://bloggingauthors.com/blogging_authors/2012/12/26/can-a-novel-be-developed-from-essays.html

Richard Brawer
www.silklegacy.com

 

[Christopher Bunn]

I think it depends if the essay is novel enough.

 

[*DrDLN* (dr.s.dhillon)]

I would say why not! Just use your imagination...lol

 

[gljones]

Maybe.
I wrote an essay on "Just in time inventory" once.  Maybe I should dust it off and turn it into a novel?

 

[Hadou]

If a silly fan-fic about a crummy vampire love-story can become a novel, I suppose an essay can, too.