This concise, comprehensive guide takes a fiction writer through the entire process of creating a novel and selling the finished product. It offers start-to-finish instructions which include finding ideas, plotting and character development, and tips on revision and marketing.
In this practical writing guide, professional authors Vickie Brittion and Loretta Jackson give step by step instructions on how to write and sell a novel. The first part begins begins with how to gather ideas and organize material. The second section deals with how to develop a plot and create believable characters. A third part tells how to get your book ready for publication and how to market the finished product. Also included are creative writing exercises designed to help improve writing skills and a handy printable character biography sheet. This concise guideline is intended to identify and simplify the problems writers encounter on their exciting journey of developing a novel.
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Answer to a beginning novelist's prayer
This book is the answer to a beginning novelist's prayer, and a good refresher for others. It's quite simply a no-nonsense, easy to read mini-course on how to write a novel. Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson are sisters who have co-authored more than 40 novels and numerous short stories. Britton calls the book "stuff we learned the hard way."--Pat Browning, author
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