Description
Book SynopsisLet 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
