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Let best-selling novelist Sophie King guide you through the whole process of writing your first novel and getting it published.

This revised edition takes aspiring novelists through the steps of writing a novel, from finding that initial idea, to keeping the plot going and crafting the perfect ending. With helpful exercises in each chapter you will learn how to:

- Develop a brilliant idea for your first novel
- Create characters that will make your novel come alive
- Plot your novel so that your readers simply have to turn the page
- Unravel the mysteries of viewpoint
- Create realistic dialogue and settings so your readers feel they are there
- Find your own voice.
- Most importantly, the book includes tips and advice on how to get published.

This new edition also includes a ten step guide to revision so that you can polish your novel to be the best it can be.



Table of Contents
  • 0: Preface
  • 1: Are You Ready to Commit?
  • 2: A Novel Idea?
  • 3: Finding Your Own Voice
  • 4: The Killer First Sentence
  • 5: It's All in the Plot: Part One
  • 6: It's All in the Plot: Part Two
  • 7: Who Are You? How to Create Convincing Characters
  • 8: Viewpoint
  • 9: De-mystifying Dialogue
  • 10: Setting
  • 11: How to Show and Not Tell
  • 12: Sense and Sensibility
  • 13: Humour
  • 14: Different Genres
  • 15: How to Keep a Timeline
  • 16: The Art of Revision
  • 17: Synopsis
  • 18: The Title
  • 19: Revealing All!
  • 20: How to Get Published
  • 21: Writing the Next Novel
  • 22: Don't Skip This! It Might Help ...
  • 0: Index

How To Write Your First Novel

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 17/07/2014
    ISBN13: 9781845285524, 978-1845285524
    ISBN10: 1845285522
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Let best-selling novelist Sophie King guide you through the whole process of writing your first novel and getting it published.

    This revised edition takes aspiring novelists through the steps of writing a novel, from finding that initial idea, to keeping the plot going and crafting the perfect ending. With helpful exercises in each chapter you will learn how to:

    - Develop a brilliant idea for your first novel
    - Create characters that will make your novel come alive
    - Plot your novel so that your readers simply have to turn the page
    - Unravel the mysteries of viewpoint
    - Create realistic dialogue and settings so your readers feel they are there
    - Find your own voice.
    - Most importantly, the book includes tips and advice on how to get published.

    This new edition also includes a ten step guide to revision so that you can polish your novel to be the best it can be.



    Table of Contents
    • 0: Preface
    • 1: Are You Ready to Commit?
    • 2: A Novel Idea?
    • 3: Finding Your Own Voice
    • 4: The Killer First Sentence
    • 5: It's All in the Plot: Part One
    • 6: It's All in the Plot: Part Two
    • 7: Who Are You? How to Create Convincing Characters
    • 8: Viewpoint
    • 9: De-mystifying Dialogue
    • 10: Setting
    • 11: How to Show and Not Tell
    • 12: Sense and Sensibility
    • 13: Humour
    • 14: Different Genres
    • 15: How to Keep a Timeline
    • 16: The Art of Revision
    • 17: Synopsis
    • 18: The Title
    • 19: Revealing All!
    • 20: How to Get Published
    • 21: Writing the Next Novel
    • 22: Don't Skip This! It Might Help ...
    • 0: Index

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