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Complete, First published Dec 31, 2012
Writing a good book, involves one thing. Hard work. No one wants to hear it, but to create, develop and write a novel readers will enjoy will take alot of efforts, call it study, research, practice, whatever, sure there are tricks here and there, but really writing is a hard work. Here in Wattpad there are many talented writers <3 but there are also many who think that typing on a word processor is enough to make them Writers. That is why to my and others' benefit I decided to publish this method Writing a novel can be daunting. But introducing structure to the process can help maintain momentum over the course of a month without hampering creativity • This is an edited extract of First Draft in 30 Days (Writer's Digest Books) by Karen Wiesner. Wiesner has had 90 books published in the past 14 years, and been nominated for and/or won 124 awards. She is also the author of the bestselling writing reference book, From First Draft to Finished Novel: A Writer's Guide to Cohesive Story Building. Her latest title, Writing the Fiction Series, will be published by Writer's Digest Books in May 2013 Published on line by The Guardian UK Worksheets when mentionned are available on http://www.guardian.co.ukPublic Domain
Table of contents
- How to write the first draft of a novel - 30 days methodMon, Dec 31, 2012
- IntroductionMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Brainstorming your story ideasMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 1-6: creating your preliminary outline with characters, setting and plotMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 1: character sketchesMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 2: Setting sketches and research strategiesMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 3: plot sketchesMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 4 and 5: the summary outlineMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 6: miscellaneous scene notes and closing scene notesMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 7-13: researching your novelMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 14-15: the evolution of your storyMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 16-24: Introducing the formatted outlineMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 17: incorporating story evolution elementsMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 18: incorporating character and setting sketchesMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 19: incorporating researchMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 20-23: brainstorming your formatted outlineMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Day 24: creating a day sheetMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 25-28: Evaluating the strength of your formatted outlineMon, Dec 31, 2012
- Days 29-30: revising your first draftMon, Dec 31, 2012
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