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Novel writing tips
Here are some tips on how to write a novel and get it published
Research your market
Read everything you can within the genre you intend to write. Submerge yourself
in your genre. If you don't know your genre, get yourself to your local library
or book store and get a feel for the kind of thing you intend to write.
Just start writing!
If you're not sure what the plot is going to be, just get something written down.
You may discard or rewrite your initial draft later on, but just get going.
Make your first page interesting!
If your first page is boring the rest of your book was never worth writing. You've
wasted a whole year of your life!
Plan your book
Once you know what you're writing, plan your book. Story is a very important component
of your book. You can write a successful novel without 'story' but it is very much
more difficult. Use novel writing software like MyNovel to plan your story and get
to know your characters.
Write something every single day
Writing is a long slog. A novel is rarely written in a few days. It is usually written
a page at a time or - if you are extremely industrious - a chapter at a time. Whatever
you do, never put your novel to one side and think you will come back to it in a
week or month or so. It won't happen.
Choose a great title
Your novel should have a great title. It's the first thing people will know about
your novel. It should be catchy and attract your reader's attention.
Don't be inhibited
Basically, write for this day and age. Inhibited writing will stultify your
novel. Depending on your genre, and your target age group, be as graphic as you
need to be [but no more!]
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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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