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Write That Novel

The Writer's Quick Reference Guide
 

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Getting Started

The Basics

Creating Characters

Plotting

Setting

Pacing

Dialogue

Editing

Getting Published

Marketing

Links

Bookstore

 

Welcome to the Write Place

Writing a novel may seem like such a simple thing to do -- sit down with a pad and pen or in front of a computer keyboard and start creating.  Yet it can be filled with problems. 
  • What do you want to write?
  • How do you say what you want to say?
  • Are you saying it in the best possible way? 
  • How can you come up with fresh ideas?
  • What should you do with your manuscript once you've finished?
  • How can you get published?
  • How do you get people to read what you've written?

 

You have come to the "write" place. This webpage is designed to help you get the answers to some of these and other questions by offering simple solutions to help you write that novel!

Perhaps you have this great idea for a plot or maybe a character who’s been rolling around in your head for some time. Now you finally feel ready to start writing the story, but you don't know where to begin. You've come to the "write" place. The Write That Novel website can help.

Check out the easy steps to starting your novel in our getting started section.

Or have you already started writing your book and you've run into a dead end? Your characters have suddenly started acting up and your plot is going nowhere. Again, you've come to the "write" place.  Check over the section on characters and character forms that can help you organize your work. 

Plotting can seem so simple at times and yet provide such a headache.  Look for help in the plotting section or make use of the plotting timeline forms and the scene by scene forms that can help you keep track of key events or check your pacing. 

 

Where do you start to look for an agent, an editor?  Check out the Getting Published pages. Forms are also provided for you to keep track of your submissions.

What about marketing or promotion? You're a writer. Is selling your work yourself really necessary? How would you do it?

Again, you've come to the "write" place.

This website can provide the answers to your writing questions, from help getting started, to developing your book, to submitting and marketing.

So explore, and look for your answers in the "Write" Place and get ready to Write That Novel!

 

Upcoming Workshops by Becky Martinez and Sue Viders