Get Started in Writing a Novel
by Nigel WattsLEARN HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE.
This new edition of an acclaimed guide to writing a novel helps you if you are just at the very beginning of your writing journey, showing you how to gain confidence and find inspiration.
A classic book that has supported thousands of authors over the years, it contains a wealth of information on how to structure, craft and develop your writing, how to edit and redraft, and how to take the first steps towards publication.
Each chapter contains a long and several shorter writing exercises, while key quotes, ideas and focus points will be clearly signposted and will summarise important concepts and advice.
At the heart of each chapter is the 'Workshop'.
The Workshop is a key exercise, in which you will gain a deeper insight into the craft of writing This new edition also includes an expanded section on self- and digital-publishing, to reflect recent advances in technology and practice.
ABOUT THE SERIES The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story.
Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing.
And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.
- First published
- 2015
- Publishers
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Language
- English
About Nigel Watts
Australian rugby league player...
Books
Reading Champion : Non-Fiction Biogr Reading Champion
Franklin Watts
One Shot : Where Would You Go? OS
Franklin Watts
Secret Lore of London
Nigel Pennick
Crust and Lithosphere Dynamics
Anthony B. Watts
Rethinking Racial Uplift
Nigel I. Malcolm
Penguin History of Modern Spain
Nigel Townson
Life at Extremes
Franklin Watts
Little Business Books
Franklin Watts
Life As a Junior Barrister
Nigel Booth
Pursuit of Possibility
Nigel Thrift
Grey Aliens and Artificial Intelligence
Nigel Kerner
Hazardous Wastes
Watts, Richard J.
Barbastelle Bat Conservation Handbook
Ian Davidson-Watts
Ancient Art Revisited
Christopher Watts
Continents Uncovered
Franklin Watts
T3
Wilfred Watts
Barbastelle Bat Conservation Handbook
Ian Davidson-Watts
Ancient Art Revisited
Christopher Watts
Continents Uncovered
Franklin Watts
Analyzing Tabular Data
Nigel GILBERT
Electric Fuses
Nigel P. M. Nurse
Collage As a Creative Coaching Tool
Andréa Watts
Grey Aliens and Artificial Intelligence
Nigel Kerner
James Bond Dictionary
Nigel Cawthorne
Reading Champion : Fairy Tales Purple Band
Franklin Watts
Smoky the War Dog
Nigel Allsopp
Turning the World Upside down Again
Lord Nigel Crisp
Reading Champion : Animals That Glow
Franklin Watts
Might & Wisdom
Regina Watts
Dribbles and Friends Save STEAM Valley
Troy Watts
False Prophets
Nigel John Ashton
One Way to Change Your Life
Nigel Collins
Reading Champion : in the Rainforest
Franklin Watts
Reading Champion : Lizards
Franklin Watts
Creative Writer's Mind
Nigel Krauth
Kid's Guide to Dealing with
Franklin Watts
Architect's Engineer
Sir Nigel Thompson
New Ways
Nigel Dale
Stepping up with Science
Franklin Watts
Life, Slightly
Nigel Jay Cooper
Deterrence and Escalation in Competition with Russia
Stephen Watts
Life As a Junior Barrister
Nigel Booth
Step into Science
Franklin Watts
Württemberg Als Kulturlandschaft
Nigel F. Palmer
Hans Millerman
Bernadette Watts
Better Endings
Linda Watts
Practical Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists
Nigel Walford
"practical statistics for geographers and earth scientists" is a text that all students can work through, regardless of their geography or earth science stream degree pathway and their existing mathematical knowledge.
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