You Can Write a Novel Kit
You Can Write a Novel Kit
By James V. Smith
9781582975269
Coming out in July 2008!
Get organized! Start writing your novel today with the You Can Write a Novel kit!
You Can Write a Novel instructs readers on how to write a novel and lists the tools they’ll need to do so. The kit will provide readers with these valuable tools, including pre-printed notepads for characters and scene development, as well as charts to help readers keep track of their writing progress and revisions. Readers will have all the physical tools they need, eliminating that “where to begin?” trepidation that can impede the novel-writing process.
About the Author
James V. Smith, Jr., has published more than a dozen novels, including the six-book series Force Recon. His latest novels, the Delta Force series written under the pen name John Harriman, use the full range of the new pacing tools introduced in this little helper. He’s a former combat soldier, helicopter pilot, newspaper writer and editor, national award-winning columnist, and magazine editor.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Find and Refine a Salable Idea for Your Novel
5 things to think about when you’re thinking about ideas for your novel
2. Invent the First Critical Pieces of Your Novel
10 steps that will take your novel from a salable idea into the first stages of reality
3. Build a Framework for Your Novel’s Pieces
15 steps for building a roadmap that will guide you from your novel’s opening to its end
4. Write Your Novel—-Putting the Pieces Together
10 steps for writing your novel intelligently, that is, without wasting time, words, effort, or sanity
5. Revise Your Novel to Best-Seller Standards
35 tips for turning a workable draft into a manuscript that agents will fight over and editors will bid on
6. Prepare Your Novel for Sale
5 tips for breaking into the marketplace
Appendix
40 Cardinal Rules to observe in writing your novel