Grammarly

AUGUST 16, 2023

If you’re wondering how to write a novel, keep the following in mind: A novel has a beginning, middle, and end. A novel has characters, plot, setting, and conflict. A novel must explore at least one theme. A novel is more than a long story; it’s a distinct type of story that has multiple “moving parts.”

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How long have you been thinking about writing a novel? Why haven’t you written your novel yet? This is an excerpt from How to Write a Novel by Joanna Penn, available in ebook, audiobook, paperback, hardback and workbook editions.]. You have to want to write your novel. If you don’t write your novel, will you regret it?

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ProWritingAid

JANUARY 7, 2023

Lots of people decide to write a book, but only 3% of people who start writing a novel finish their first draft. Here are our top 20 tips for how to write a novel and actually make it to the words “The End.”.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 17, 2023

First off, you do not need an agent to get into comics and graphic novels. I saw firsthand how useful having an agent could be when I got an unimpressive offer from a publisher for a graphic novel. You should only query agents who represent graphic novels, which will narrow down the field quite a bit. Who should I query?

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Because so often, a writer has spent years of their life working on a novel that runs to 300+ pages before they seek out qualified feedback—which means that I’m the one who has to break the bad news that their 300+ page epic really just does not hang together at all. Critical question: Does your protagonist have a real character arc?

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ProWritingAid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Reading a fantastic historical novel can feel like traveling back to a different time period. Here are our picks for the 55 best historical fiction books of all time.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The long-form synopsis is a living document you’ll revisit during planning, drafting, and revising your novel. Have you ever tried using a long-form synopsis to plan a novel? The results are bound to jump-start your creativity and take your story to places it might not have gone without this technique.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

AUGUST 24, 2022

Perhaps you’ve always dreamed of one day writing your own novel (perhaps you’ve even entered some writing competitions ). Jerry is responsible for over 200+ novels, including his mega-bestselling series Left Behind , and over 72 million books sold in his nearly half-century career. Of course, there’s no shame in this. This includes….

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Freelance Writing Jobs

AUGUST 24, 2022

Perhaps you’ve always dreamed of one day writing your own novel (perhaps you’ve even entered some writing competitions ). Jerry is responsible for over 200+ novels, including his mega-bestselling series Left Behind , and over 72 million books sold in his nearly half-century career. Of course, there’s no shame in this. This includes….

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Romance, literary fiction, and young adult novels clump together with mid-length word counts, and books for children come in at the short end. You can get examples of word counts of chapters in actual published novels here and here and here. Short chapters are good for plot-centered novels with fast pacing and suspense.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted from The Grim Reader: A Pharmacist’s Guide to Putting Your Characters in Peril (Red Lightning Books, 2024, used with permission) by Miffie Seideman. Writers have asked how they can realistically describe a drug they’ve never personally used.

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ProWritingAid

MARCH 10, 2023

There are so many great fantasy novels that it's hard to name the best. Here are some of our picks for the best fantasy books of all time.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

So, you’ve completed a novel? But, now your novel is finished, you’ll want people to read it. Publishers and literary agents will want to see a novel synopsis. How to write your novel synopsis. Your novel will likely contain many characters, settings, and plot points. They simply want to understand your novel.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

So, you’ve completed a novel? But, now your novel is finished, you’ll want people to read it. Publishers and literary agents will want to see a novel synopsis. How to write your novel synopsis. Your novel will likely contain many characters, settings, and plot points. They simply want to understand your novel.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

They read a lot of novels. Answer: After you finish drafting and revising your novel, but before it’s formatted for publication. Unfortunately, MS Word will also make suggestions you know to be either flat-out wrong or simply not right for your novel. Group B  doesn’t want help. Group C  isn’t sure. Word: “its”).

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 7, 2022

From our own reading, most of us know that some paperback and hardcover novels have a table of contents page in the front and some don’t. Why then do some best-selling, award-winning novels have a table of contents, sometimes several pages long? Novels, however, aren’t reference books.  The Chicago Way.

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AWAI

DECEMBER 23, 2022

If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a novel, memoir, or autobiography, do not let this amazing resource slip through your fingers.

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Rachelle Gardner

APRIL 16, 2024

In this suspenseful novel, Janae Simmons left the small town of Kedgewick, Virginia, ten years ago to pursue her legal career and never looked back –until a professional mistake leads her to her grandmother’s historic carriage house and to the town where her past threatens to find her. Happy release day to author Cara Putman!

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Rachelle Gardner

APRIL 2, 2024

Becca’s second novel “Love in Tandem” hits shelves today. Happy release day to author Becca Kinzer! In this rom-com, Charlotte is perfectly content leading a quiet life in her small hometown. Zach is an adventurer with unquenchable wanderlust. The two couldn’t be any more opposite if they tried.

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Write Freelance

JANUARY 21, 2023

There are five main types of creative writing: poetry, fiction stories, novels, personal essays, and speeches. You’ll attend 4-5 hours of online classes per week. You can consider applying for a course in these institutions. What are the 5 types of creative writing? The most well-known type of creative writing is storytelling.

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Rachelle Gardner

AUGUST 15, 2023

Congratulations author Johanna Rojas Vann on the release of your debut novel! This is a beautiful heartwarming novel about rediscovering our family stories. In “An American Immigrant,” a Colombian American journalist tries to save her career by taking an assignment in the one place she never thought she’d go—Colombia.

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Melanie Saxton

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What an honor to serve as the Christian fiction editor for More Than Sparrows, a novel by the talented D. Let me know how I can help with your novel writing, ghostwriting, and book editing needs! I believe the world needs more faith-based books, and this is definitely one worth reading.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 3, 2024

As a writer and avid reader myself, I have a soft spot for the kids who hide open novels under their desks or stay up all night reading. I also know that a good novel has everything teen brains are primed to crave—excitement, emotion, and escape. We never did solve her homework problem, but she passed the class and graduated.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Melissa Elder and Liz Alterman The couple—poet Melissa Elder, author of Nostalgia , and her husband Brad, asked thoughtful questions: How did the idea for my novel come about, what did my writing process look like, and could I share my path to publication? (I Walsh , author of the historical novel Unsinkable , for an event. “We

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Melanie Saxton

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a historical fiction golf editor, I enjoy collaborating with authors on novels in country club settings or golf tours. Below is the outcome of our brainstorming for The Pepperford Cup: “The Pepperford Cup is a sequel to The Last Caddy, an award-winning novel. What a fun book by a two-time author!

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Rachelle Gardner

JANUARY 23, 2024

Happy release day to Jamie Ogle for her debut novel – Of Love and Treason! In the wake of the Roman emperor’s marriage ban, rumors swirl that there is one man brave enough to perform wedding ceremonies in secret.

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Melanie Saxton

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As a historical fiction golf editor, I enjoy collaborating with authors on novels in country club settings or golf tours. Below is the outcome of our brainstorming for The Pepperford Cup: “The Pepperford Cup is a sequel to The Last Caddy, an award-winning novel. What a fun book by a two-time author!

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Ben Settle

MAY 2, 2024

Example: When I wrote my last novel (Enoch Wars: Serpent Seed) I spent about 5 months getting ahead on emails, offers, sales pages, and other projects to carve out 6 weeks or so to write the first draft. Then I did other work for the next 4 or 5 months to get ahead after that so could carve out two months to edit that novel.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 11, 2024

One of the key pitfalls of backstory, especially early in a novel, is either confusing backstory or overly coy and “mysterious” backstory. Here’s what it looks like.

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Make a Living Writing

APRIL 22, 2024

Examples of Euphemisms in Classic Literature Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – In this dystopian novel, the term “soma” is used as a euphemism for a drug that induces euphoria and tranquility in the society, representing a form of escapism and control. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.

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Melanie Saxton

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

His book, Guilty as Sin , i s a novel of suspense, betrayal, and greed inspired by true events. I am so glad I found her to help me with my novel, Guilty as Sin. Let me know how I can help with your novel writing, ghostwriting, and book editing needs! Connect with Your Go-To True Crime Book Editor Today!

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Melanie Saxton

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If this is your year to start your manuscript, finish your novel, invest in editing, or get serious about marketing, then reserve your spot! Ghostwriting Autobiographies, memoirs, legacy books, historical fiction, upmarket fiction, romance novels, sci-fi, thrillers, politics, societal issues and observations, and more!

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 19, 2024

Why Do Contemporary Literary Novels Avoid the Conversation of Money? Why Does Women’s Fiction Have to Carry the Branding of “Sad-Girl Novel”? Why Publishers are Turning to the World of Fan Fiction? Why is Florida Gov. DeSantis Scaling Back Book Ban Laws?

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 4, 2023

Contemplating what comes after you’ve completed the first draft of a novel is a lot like getting lost in Vermont. Getting used to getting lost Many new writers working on a first novel never make it past a first draft—not because they’ve stopped believing in their story or because they’re lazy. World-building. Now get to work.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 13, 2024

Fairleigh has published three fantasy novels, all part of the Elemental Artist series. I’m an avid reader of novels from Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Jasper Fforde. Before Oil and Dust , I’d started and abandoned over fifteen novels. The first released in 2021; the most recent released spring 2023.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When I help my clients prepare the pitch materials for their novel, it’s not just the query and synopsis we focus on—it’s their opening pages. After all, there are many different places in the overall timeline of your novel that your story could begin. But published novels that actually do so are rare. 22, Excellent Openings.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Whether we’re looking at overarching structural tropes in fantasy and sci-fi novels or relationship elements in romance novels, tropes give us a wide array of components to experiment with as we write. This is often how people describe Hallmark movies or Nicholas Sparks novels. But many, many, movie-goers and readers love them.

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