Book description
This step-by-step guide teaches you the tricks of the trade, with
advice on all you need to know to compete in the world of fiction.
Whether you are seeking to hone your writing style, shape an existing
work-in-progress, or begin the submission process to publishers,
successfully published novelists Joyce and Jim Lavene give you all you
need to know to set you on the fast track to fulfilling your writing dreams!
This authoritative guide shows you how to:
- Turn your creative idea into a sellable premise
- Build a strong plot
- Create realistic characters
- Develop a first draft
- Find an agent
- Market and sell your work to publishers
Whether you're writing literary fiction, a terrifying thriller, a
sweeping epic, or a passionate romance, The Everything Guide to
Writing a Novel is your essential reference to creating the next bestseller!
Joyce and Jim Lavene have written and sold more than
forty novels, along with several short stories. They have also taught
writers' workshops and classes across America. They live in Midland, NC.
