Lavene Jim - The Everything Guide To Writing A Novel : From completing the first draft to landing a book contract--all you need to fulfill your dreams
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Abstract: This step-by-step guide teaches you the tricks of the trade, with advice on all you need to know to compete in the world of fiction. Whether you are seeking to hone your writing style, shape an existing work-in-progress, or begin the submission process to publishers, successfully published novelists Joyce and Jim Lavene give you all you need to know to set you on the fast track to fulfilling your writing dreams! This authoritative guide shows you how to: Turn your creative idea into a sellable premise Build a strong plot Create realistic character Develop a first draft Find an agent Market a
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THE
EVERYTHING
GUIDE TO WRITING
YOUR FIRST NOVEL
All the tools you need to write
and sell your first novel
Hallie Ephron, book reviewer for the Boston Globe
and author of Never Tell a Lie
Copyright 2011 by F+W Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews.
An Everything Series Book.
Everything and everything.com are registered trademarks of F+W Media, Inc.
Published by Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, Inc.
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Contains material adapted and abridged from The Everything Guide to Writing a Novel by Joyce and Jim Lavene, copyright 2004 by F+W Media, Inc.,
ISBN 10: 1-59337-132-2, ISBN 13: 978-1-59337-132-6.
ISBN 10: 1-4405-0957-3
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Ephron, Hallie.
The everything guide to writing your first novel / Hallie Ephron.
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Includes index.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4405-1063-2
ISBN-10: 1-4405-1063-6
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Dear Reader,
I was one of those people who was sure that I'd never write a novel. Not clever enough. Not creative enough. No unique life experiences. I'd never come up with a good enough idea, and even if I did, I'd never have the stamina to wrestle it through 300 pages to a satisfying ending.
Then, one day, a wonderful story idea came to me and I decided to try writing it. I opened a new file, fingers poised over the keyboard, and right away I was stymied. Would it be I or she, past tense or present, and where oh where to begin?
Writing those first pages was like squeezing blood out of a turnip. A writer friend who critiqued my fledgling effort wanted to know: From which character's viewpoint did I think I was writing that opening scene?
Viewpoint? Scene? Were those things that I needed to know about?
It was news to me that I couldn't simply plunge into writing fiction using all the techniques I'd mastered over years of writing nonfiction. More bad news: All these years that I'd been reading novels, I hadn't paid much attention to how it's done. That was understandable because, as I would later come to realize, only bad writing draws attention to itself.
So, gentle writer, I hope this book spares you the kind of ugly trial and error that I went through in order to write that novel that you know you've got in you.
Sincerely,
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I'd like to thank Paula Munier, who made this project possible, and editor Lisa Laing, and all my writing friends who, over the years, have labored through my dreadful first drafts.
You have a story you're bursting to tell.
You love reading novels and want to try your hand at writing one.
You have a passion for words and you love to write.
You've experienced something that you want to communicate to others.
The story you want to tell is too long and complex to fit into a short-story format.
You want to have the satisfaction of knowing you've completed a manuscript.
You want to try your hand at getting a novel published.
You're looking for a career that will last a lifetime.
You're looking for a career that can travel with you, no matter where you go.
You want to see if you can experience some of the fame, fortune, and prestige that successful novelists enjoy.
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