When you start writing a novel, you have so many ideas in your head that you are eagerly waiting to get them all onto paper. However, things always turn out to be harder than you initially anticipated. Without proper motivation and the right tools at hand, it will be impossible to stay productive and finish the novel within the planned timeframe.
To learn how to write a novel, you need to understand two main elements, character and plot.
The book is set out in two main parts:
Part One: Mapping the Journey
Part Two: Stages of the Journey
Often, movies and television can teach us as much or more about writing technique as books can because their streamlined structure makes it easier to isolate and identify certain writing strategies. Mad Men viewers can learn a great deal about character from watching the show.
StoryMirror is organizing an online writing contest 2015 in india inviting writers from across the world. There are competitions for writing poetry, fiction, novel and short stories etc. So all writers join and get a chance to win prizes.
StoryMirror is organizing an online writing contest 2015 in india inviting writers from across the world. There are competitions for writing poetry, fiction, novel and short stories etc. So all writers join and get a chance to win prizes.
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One of Wendy C. Allen's blogs. Wendy is a writer of sci-fi, romance, and horror short stories and novels, most noted as the creator of The Twighlight Manor series, a multi-volume epic gothic sci-fi-romance set in the haunted house, known as The Twighlight Manor.
Wendy also owns The Twighlight Manor Press and editor of Moonsnails Magazine and Buried Treasure Magazine.
"Writers don't have lives. They have ongoing research. Every day is a work in progress. Nothing's sacrosanct. No one's exempt. You can't hand them a note from your mother to leave you alone. It doesn't work like that." - Scottish novelist, Jim Murdoch, talks about writing his first two novels, now available as a single ebook, and explains why his target audience is himself.
"If you are a writer who is still stuck with the conventional ways of creating novels, then you are missing out on a great world of opportunities that can enhance your inspiration and make you more effective at what you do."
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"Novels by serious writers of genius often eventually become best-sellers, but most contemporary best-sellers are written by second-class writers whose psychological brew contains a touch of naivety, a touch of sentimentality, the story-telling gift, and a mysterious sympathy with the day-dreams of ordinary people." This quote by Leonard Woolf depicts the realm of best-selling lists: they are filled with badly-written prose that does not help readers establish lasting impressions and values. "
The BBC's How to Write pages are an excellent resource for writers. Learn how to write a novel, a radio play or screenplay, download resources and templates, meet several well known writers who work with the BBC.
The movie version of Twilight is now available on DVD. This is good news for all fans of the novels who wanted to see the movie from the comfort of their own living rooms. It is now available to rent or buy.
A comedian told a joke in a forest but there was no one there to hear it. So was it funny? Humour is something we all have but when was the last time you stopped and thought about what's funny and why it's funny? Scottish novelist Jim Murdoch takes a step back and looks at his own use of humour in his first novel and takes a moment to analyse the famous light bulb joke.
It doesn't matter whether you are a professional writer who is working on the next big novel or a student struggling to complete a paper - no one is immune to distractions. You try to do your best and promise to stay focused at least for an hour, but can't help yourself to take a peek at your inbox even though you're not expecting important emails.
Magical Mountain is the first in the four-part Kingdom of Treasures series by Asmaa Jamil. What began as a screenplay, Magical Mountain is part of the growing wave of fiction advancing strong female leads. In this case, she retells the Cinderella story from the fairy's perspective.