Published: July 15, 2012
Words: 35,579 (approximate)
Language: British English
ISBN: 9781476101200

Short description

Most writing books make you wade through lengthy screeds about character, plot, theme and whatever. That’s all necessary but how do you make this into a novel? And what if you need to unravel your structure, strip out back story, sort out how many Tuesdays are in a week? How do you see the needles in the haystacks? This book holds your hand. Read a bit, do as it says... until 'The End'

Extended description

Are you writing a novel? Do you want to make sure you finish? Will you get lost and fizzle out? Will you spend more time reading about how to write than actually getting the words down?

Most books on novel-writing will make you read hundreds of pages about character arcs, inciting incidents, heroes’ journeys. It’s great to know that – but while you’re reading about it you’re not writing your book.

And what these books don’t tell you is how to use this learning and get the job done. (Read more) Are you writing a novel? Do you want to make sure you finish? Will you get lost and fizzle out? Will you spend more time reading about how to write than actually getting the words down?

Most books on novel-writing will make you read hundreds of pages about character arcs, inciting incidents, heroes’ journeys. It’s great to know that – but while you’re reading about it you’re not writing your book.

And what these books don’t tell you is how to use this learning and get the job done.

Nail Your Novel is a writing buddy – and mentor - in a book.

In 10 easy steps it will tell you:
*how to shape your big idea and make a novel out of it
*how to do your research and how to use it
*how to organise your time
*how to plot and build characters
*when you’re going to hit problems and what to do about them
*how to write on the days you don’t feel inspired
*how to reread what you’ve written and polish it.

Along the way, Thumbnail Notes give tutorials about storytelling and storycraft – strictly when you need them. The author has written nearly a dozen novels that have made it into print – and this is how she did it.

You don’t even need to read the whole book before you get started. You read a section, then do as it says. And, once you’re finally satisfied, Nail Your Novel will tell you how to sell it to publishers and agents.
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Review by: Jacqueline Hopper on July 17, 2012 :
Here's a book I wish I'd had when I started writing my first novel; a project that took me ten years from start to finish. I haven't completed reading Nail Your Novel: Why Writers Abandon Books And How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence yet, but already I'm implementing Roz Morris's System and feeling much more confident about my writing.
I have a feeling my writing productivity will skyrocket in ways I'd only dreamed of and hoped for. Thank you, Ms. Morris, for designing a system that not only tames and utilizes my 'inner critic', but also helps make my writing goals attainable.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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