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Book writing help
Almost everyone has a secret, or not so secret, desire to write a book. Some folks
want to write their memoirs, other mystery novels, others novels about romance.
However books do not write themselves. They are the product of much planning and
hard work.
Plan your book
This is the most important step of all - and where book writing software such as
Mynovel can help. Without planning, you are unlikely to create a worthwhile piece
of fiction. Alongside planning, it is also important to ask yourself 'why am I qualified
to write this book?' and 'is there a market for it?' The best way to decide whether
you should embark upon writing a book is to write a book proposal, or initial synopsis.
Not only will this help you to think about what you are going to write but it will
also provide some of the material you will use later in the writing process.
Write your book
Armed with all of the planning that you have done within MyNovel and without, you
can now write you book. To write effectively you should try to write in plain language
without embellishment. Using rare words which force your reader to refer to the
dictionary every five minutes does not prove your intelligence or level of writing
skill. Your language and indeed your personality (unless you are writing in the
first person) should be transparent. And any surprise, any twist at the ending of
your novel, should be done within the confines of clear English.
Contact a literary agent
It is rare these days to get your book published by contacting a publisher directly.
Publishers rely on and trust literary agents to filter out work with no business
merit. Remember while writing may be your love in life, publishing is primarily
a business. You are creating a product which will be marketed, generating
revenue for yourself, your literary agent, your publisher, distributors, book shops
- an array of people most of whom you will never meet. Your publisher will need
to have sufficient belief that they can make money from your work. They have the
most to lose if it fails to sell.
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MyNovel feature list
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MyNovel
includes a complete, easy-to-use word processor specifically designed for novelists
with a spell checker and thesaurus
- MyNovel includes built-in text analysis features to evaluate readability and reading
age
- It uses an in-depth question-and-answer approach to getting you to define and get
to know the places, characters and objects you are going to use, or are already
using, in your novel
- MyNovel encourages you to plan the events, sub-plots and character developments
that you are going to use to complete your novel
- It allows you to associate research with each of your characters, events, places
and objects - for instance links to websites, links to other files on your computer
- MyNovel allows you to build an in-depth "spider-diagram" of relationships
between the characters, places and objects
- It includes our unique diagramming system whereby you can visualize parts of the
"spider-diagram" as family trees, chapter diagrams, sequences of events etc.
Read more about the MyNovel diagramming system.
- It includes templates for new novelists to use in order to follow the structures
of existing novels. The list of templates is ever-increasing. Registered users can
download new templates for free from this website. For an example, take a look at
the
Hero's Journey
template. More experienced writers do not have to use a template.
- MyNovel includes an excellent printing facility, which allow you (a) to print all
or a section of your novel in a format suitable for submission to literary agents
and publishers (b) to print a chapter plan, i.e. the "spider-diagram"
that you automatically create while using MyNovel. You will find abundant benefit
in this facility during and after writing your novel.
- Includes an export facility to Microsoft Word and other word processors. You can
export some or all of the novel; plus your chapter plan. In addition you can now
export to Adobe PDF to create e-books
and HTML.
- It includes the ability to "get inspiration" for any aspect of your novel.
This is a feature of the MyNovel website, accessible to registered users, which
will suggest characters, places and so on to you! This is an indispensible resource
which you will get for free. Additions are being made to this area of the MyNovel
website all of the time, all of which you will get for free.
More information >
- MyNovel includes a built in virtual
Writers Circle
where you can share snippets of your work with other writers to get feedback and
advice about your writing
- The ability to record the submissions you have made to literary agents and publishers.
The ability to record your success!
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