NICHOLAS SPARKS

He is the King of Romance. His books like "Message in a Bottle," "A Walk to Remember," "A Notebook" and "The Last Song," are my favorite books. He knows a thing or two about turning a novel into a box office hit. Moreover, while reading his novels the readers love him because of the following:-

A) CHARACTERS 

In his novels, the characters are women, men, saga and found. Women usually don't have careers or degrees: they have jobs and classes. And no matter the scenario, however, work or education is always secondary to family. It's not that these women are dumb or ignorant; it's that relationships and responsibilities trump personal education. On the other hand, the male protagonist is a self-sufficient adult. Many of them have been in the military; others work close to the land, usually with their hands. Some of these men are single dads, others are kind to single moms. All of them want to be made whole real men don't speak much.  Instead, they communicate through acts.

Either the Sparks Man or Women has a member of his or her extended family, always older, who functions as a love "sage": a slightly crusty but lovable father, grandmother, or great uncle, a dying but wise father, an overprotective but sage pastor father, an autistic but loving father. Or when the characters themselves are older, a wise adult son takes the role.

The child can be an actual child [a son, a daughter, a kid daughter] or a figurative one [an animal of some sort] but his/her/its sole purpose is to illuminate an ability on the part of a character to be compassionate, kind and loving.

Conservative, class-conscious parents, a best friend who's done something stupid, a jealous ex-husband, an angry husband of a former patient, the military, the specter of the dead ex-wife-these characters are around mostly to derail, however, temporarily, the love between the protagonists. Always hazily characterized, sometimes dead already, sometimes about to die, oftentimes not bad, so much as saddened by the choices that led them to forsake the love for themselves.

2) PLOT

Every Sparks narrative is a gradual yet assured march toward love. Love makes bad people into good ones. Selfish people into generous ones, angry people into compassionate ones. Love is patient; love is kind-but Nicholas Sparks love is also white, heterosexual, Southern, and absent of almost any markers of class.

The path of love, however, is never straight. The Sparks Male is always figured in inverse to the Sparks Female: If she has kids, then he doesn't; if she's closed herself off to love, he's opened himself o it. Sometimes they're equally "broken"- one's lost a spouse, the other has been abused by one-and need each other to heal. Either way: Alone, they are incomplete; together, they make a whole.

3) WRITING STYLE

Unlike most writers, Nicholas Sparks doesn’t have a set writing style. His writing style varies depending on the theme of the novel. Even though the themes of the novels are dealing with love each novel takes a different perspective of love. For example, “The Notebook” is about unconditional and everlasting love and it is due to this theme that Nicholas Sparks’ style of writing for this novel is very loving and when the characters are talking they express a lot of emotions even though they might not mention the emotional words. Another example would be “The Wedding” which is about love and the renewal of it. Therefore the novel is very homey and it has a little bit of spirit to it. Its style demonstrates a celebration.

Nicholas Sparks’ writing style is not set to follow a guideline. He is able to change it as he pleases in order to add to the effect of the novel on the reader. For Nicholas Sparks, his writing style has to be very liberal and flexible because if it was not like that then he would only create similar novels. It is essential that he is able to manipulate his own writing style. The main thing that affects the writing style as said before is the theme of the novel; that is what sets the mood for the writing style. Apparently, the theme is very important for Nicholas Sparks; writing because that is what causes a remarkable difference between the narrative voice, the characters, the length and above all the writing style of the novel. Nicholas Sparks is such a great writer because he is able to change his writing style to fit the theme of his novels and ideas.