Category Archives: Novel Writing

Write Your Novel Step by Step (Step 4)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Melanie Anne Phillips

As a reminder, our step by step approach is all about looking at the needs of the author rather than the needs of the story.  From this perspective, we can see four stages in the creative process: Inspiration, Development, Exposition, … Continue reading →

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Write Your Novel Step by Step (Step 3)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Melanie Anne Phillips

In Step 2, we described the purpose of and methods for clearing your mind by jotting down any initial ideas you may have before trying to further develop your novel.  In this step, your goal is to be able to … Continue reading →

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Write Your Novel Step by Step (Step 2)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Melanie Anne Phillips

In Step 1, we outlined the four stages of story development that nearly every author follows in the process of carrying a novel from concept to completion.  In this step, we’ll begin with the first stage, Inspiration, and learn how … Continue reading →

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Write Your Novel Step by Step (Step 1)

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Melanie Anne Phillips

Announcing our biggest project ever! This is the first in a series of more than 200 planned articles to come that will guide you from concept to completion of your novel, step by step! Each article will outline a single … Continue reading →

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Novel Writing Tips: Novels Aren’t Stories

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Sheldon

A novel can be extremely free form. Some are simply narratives about a fictional experience. Others are a collection of several stories that may or may not be intertwined. Jerzy N. Kosinski (the author of “Being There,” wrote another novel … Continue reading →

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Novel Writing Tips: Get Into Your Characters’ Heads

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Sheldon

One of the most powerful opportunities of the novel format is the ability to describe what a character is thinking. In movies or stage plays (with exceptions) you must show what the character is thinking through action and/or dialog. But … Continue reading →

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Novel Writing Tips: Keep A Log

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Sheldon

Keep a daily log of creative notions and tid bits. One of the biggest differences between a pedestrian novel and a riveting one are the clever little quips, concepts, snippets of dialog, and fresh metaphors. But coming up with this … Continue reading →

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