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Starting a novel is exciting, but finishing it--that's the real challenge. The journey from beginning to end is rife with forks in the road and dead ends that lead many writers off course. With Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish: A Guidebook for the Journey, you'll navigate the intricacies of crafting a complex work of fiction and complete the journey with confidence and precision.
To maximize your creativity and forward momentum, each chapter offers:
To maximize your creativity and forward momentum, each chapter offers:
• Techniques to break down the elements of the novel--from character-building to plotting and pacing
• Mile Markers to anticipate and overcome roadblocks like ineffective dialogue and "the unchanged protagonist"• Guidelines for Going Deeper to explore and implement more nuanced aspects of storytelling, such as finding your voice and the role of theme• Try-It-Out Exercises and 27 interactive worksheets that help elevate your writing.
No matter your level of experience or where you are in your project, Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish provides the instruction, inspiration, and guidance you need to complete your journey successfully.
Reviews
. . . accomplishes more in about 240 pages than a dozen other "how to write" or "craft your novel" books have ever done.
- Helen Gallagher, Blogcritics
With such impressive credentials, one might expect a stuffy tome of advice for writers, but instead, Dr. Bates comes across to the reader with a friendly, engaging, and at times, humorous voice ... I often found myself drawn to my own keyboard to try out these assignments immediately.
- Suzanne Pitner, Suite 101
I like to teach nuts and bolts, actual techniques that work. This is the approach Bates takes as well. It's like having a reliable writing coach available for you any time of the day or night.
- James Scott Bell, Kill Zone
Technically, The Nighttime Novelist ... is superbly organized, written in an engaging style that has just the right formula of instruction and fun. Moreover, the design is an outstanding feature of the book with Bates' generous use of colorful pages that are combined with pictorial content, tables and sidebars that wrap the whole book up in a presentation that is extremely pleasing to the eye. As for the text, it is very informative, covering a wide range of topics.
- Norm Goldman, bookpleasures.com
Many how-to-write-a-novel books push the same ideas over and over again to the reader but Bates’ approach is refreshing. He doesn’t repeat the same things other books have. He explores how to connect with your characters and focuses on the end of you story by thinking like the reader who may be holding you novel in their hands in a year.
- Jeanette Stingley, BellaOnline
The book is an easy read — although you won’t want to read it through; instead, you should stop, reflect on the lessons, and try them out. It’s written in a conversational tone, and pages are punctuated with inspirational quotes from famous writers. If you’re looking for an encouraging gift for a creative friend, especially one who just needs the right hand-holding to get started, this might fit the bill.
- Johnana Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading
Reviews
. . . accomplishes more in about 240 pages than a dozen other "how to write" or "craft your novel" books have ever done.
- Helen Gallagher, Blogcritics
With such impressive credentials, one might expect a stuffy tome of advice for writers, but instead, Dr. Bates comes across to the reader with a friendly, engaging, and at times, humorous voice ... I often found myself drawn to my own keyboard to try out these assignments immediately.
- Suzanne Pitner, Suite 101
I like to teach nuts and bolts, actual techniques that work. This is the approach Bates takes as well. It's like having a reliable writing coach available for you any time of the day or night.
- James Scott Bell, Kill Zone
Technically, The Nighttime Novelist ... is superbly organized, written in an engaging style that has just the right formula of instruction and fun. Moreover, the design is an outstanding feature of the book with Bates' generous use of colorful pages that are combined with pictorial content, tables and sidebars that wrap the whole book up in a presentation that is extremely pleasing to the eye. As for the text, it is very informative, covering a wide range of topics.
- Norm Goldman, bookpleasures.com
Many how-to-write-a-novel books push the same ideas over and over again to the reader but Bates’ approach is refreshing. He doesn’t repeat the same things other books have. He explores how to connect with your characters and focuses on the end of you story by thinking like the reader who may be holding you novel in their hands in a year.
- Jeanette Stingley, BellaOnline
The book is an easy read — although you won’t want to read it through; instead, you should stop, reflect on the lessons, and try them out. It’s written in a conversational tone, and pages are punctuated with inspirational quotes from famous writers. If you’re looking for an encouraging gift for a creative friend, especially one who just needs the right hand-holding to get started, this might fit the bill.
- Johnana Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading
