Steve Windsor - Nine Day Novel: Writing Fiction: How to Use Story Structure and Write Your Fiction Novel Faster

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NINE DAY NOVEL

WRITING

STEVE WINDSOR

Published by

VIXEN ink

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NINE DAY NOVEL: WRITING!

A VIXEN ink book/Published by arrangement with the author

Copyright 2015 by Steve Windsor

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission

(Printed Version)

ISBN-13: 978-1507742198

ISBN-10: 1507742193

Dedication

To you believing that you can and will write your novel!

Table of Contents

Foreword by Lise Cartwright

Why Steve is Awesome!

Ok, so he paid me to say that!

Not really, but seriously, Steve is my go-to guy when it comes to learning fiction story structure. Ive always wanted to write fiction, but the thought of coming up with characters, a world they live in, taking them through trials and tribulations to arrive at some amazing endingwell, its more than a little intimidating.

Ive been harping at Steve to teach me how to write fiction for a while now. Because I have some great ideas and a few characters running around inside my head that Id love to see come to fruition, but, and its a big BUT, I have absolutely no idea where to start.

Sure, Ive heard about the four-part story structure (Which, by-the-way, made no sense to me until Steve explained it!), and Ive got a Pinterest board full of pins on how to write a scene, how to develop a theme, how to kill a character, blah, blah, blah. None of it really made sense to me.

Enter Steve and his amazingly crazy write a novel in nine days concept. The guys a machine! But it can be doneI watch him do it all the time.

When we first chatted about how he would teach me fiction, a few Google Hangouts seemed like the way to go. But Im a hands-on type a gal and I learn by doing, so I encouraged Steve to consider writing a non-fiction book.

I have read through this book several times and each time, I learn something new. My favorite part is the story that Steve weaves throughout the book as an example of the four-part story structure.

Seeing Steve come up with a story while writing this book made things click into place for me. I was able to literally see the story take shape and it has helped immensely in my understanding of story structure and plot development.

After reading and re-reading Nine Day Novel several times, my next plan is to write a novella. Im going to have NDN right beside me every step of the way as I do this.

And if I can do it, you can do it.

YOU, the person who can actually write stories, YOU, the person who has conversations with their characters, and YOU, the secret author dying to finish those novels youve had languishing around for years and years. YOU can do it.

With Steves help, I guarantee youll get that novel done, and done right. And did I mention fast? This book is a great motivator and my word counts are on the rise using the tips he relentlessly drives home in it.

So without further ado, turn the page and go learn things, as Dwayne Pride (NCIS: New Orleans) always says.

Lise Cartwright

Best Selling Author and Fiction Virgin

NINE DAY NOVEL: WRITING

SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL?

You know theres a novel inside you, a story you're just itching to tell! And you know you could tell it in a unique way and tantalizing style all your own.

So, wheres your book?

Youve taken the courses. Youve read the books. Youve listened to the gurus. And youre totally pumped up to write. You sit down at your laptop and stare at it, wondering, How do I do this?What do I write about?

Or maybe you get discouraged just thinking about how long it will take you to bring your masterpiece to life? I know I did.

Who this book is for

I wrote this book and the entire Nine Day Novel series for us newbie fiction authors or anyone who wanted to learn basic story structure. I also wrote it to show you that you can carve out time to write.

It wont be easy, but Ive done it exactly as I describe in this book and you can too... if you want it badly enough.

Ill walk you through easy-to-follow steps you can use to write an entertaining story, have more fun doing it, and ignite your fire for fiction storytelling. And Ill do that by helping you make more efficient use of the second scariest part about writing a full-length novelthe commitment of your precious time.

I cover what we authors are most afraid of in Nine Day Novel: Authorphobia.

Whats My Secret?

Theres no method or secret. I writethats my secret.

But its not a secret, really. Not one you couldnt use yourself anyway. However, I do have a mission that drives me, and Ill tell you about that as I go.

As a budding fiction author, I struggled with self-doubt, self-sabotage, and self-consciousness.

Those things almost stopped me from even beginning to write a novel, much less finishing it before so much time had passed that I forgot what my own story was about.

But after a lot of trial and error, Im now more self-confident that I have a decent story before I ever start writing. Im more self-reliant while I write it and more self-assured that I can finish it... fast!

Are you sensing any kind of trend? Thats a lot of selfs.

Heres What You Can Expect From This Book

If youre looking for magic, secret sauce or all that easy that other authors have been telling you about... Yeah, thats not in here. Here be only common sense, practical, doable advice on how to work harder to write more, matey.

The PC version?

Each chapter in this book gives you short, how-to answers to your questions and easy-to-follow action steps you can take after reading it.