Novel Starter: 50 Days of Exercises and Advice to Help You Start Your Novel (Revised edition, 2022)
Do you want to write a novel? Do you struggle to begin?
NOVEL STARTER: 50 Days of Exercises and Advice to Help You Start Your Novel will banish writer's block and inspire you to begin. Packed with 50 days of writing exercises and craft advice, Novel Starter offers inspiration as well as a crash course in the fundamental elements of narrative craft.
Arranged in a daily progression to help you get the most out of your writing practice, the exercises in this workbook are the result of more than a decade of teaching. Craft-based exercises, free-flow exercises, and ten-minute prompts lead up to a series of imaginative flash fiction/chapter assignments. A Halfway There Self-Assessment helps your recognize your strengths and identify your subject.
Whether you want to begin working on a novel, punch up your dialogue, learn how to create dramatic tension, mine your life for material, find your voice, or craft a story for publication, this workbook will help you get your novel off the ground.
Writers who want to draft a complete novel should combine this workbook with The Paperclip Method: The No-Outline Novel Workbook.
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