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So you think you have a really cool idea for your first novel but don’t know where to begin with the writing? 

Ok, here’s a question. Is your novel going to be a mainstream novel or a category novel? What’s a category novel, well it’s one that fits into in a category such as romance, science fiction, historical, crime saga, suspense, you get the idea.

A mainstream novel has a unique style and theme. These are books that cannot be put into any category. They are difficult to write, and even more difficult to sell. They are the type of novel we call literary – the type that wins the Booker prize.

Before you start your writing journey, do read lots of books including novels that have been published recently in your chosen area. Choose the publishing houses that are printing work like yours. You can send for guidelines and their current catalogue. The length of the book will depend on the category. If you want to write light romances, you’ll find these vary from 50,000 to about 55,000 words. Historical romances and sagas are often 100,000 words or more.

Have an idea of the sort of reader who will purchase your novel. Make sure that each chapter in your book has a hook. So this is a paragraph that raises a question in a reader’s mind, and one that can be answered only by reading further.

Your novel must have a character with a problem, and that difficulty should be presented from the start. If it helps, write out your story on a sheet of paper on on a spreadsheet. If this is your first bookit is best to use a background that is familiar to you.

PLANNING AND PLOTTING

Don’t rush into your writing. It is essential that you write regularly or you are in danger of losing the thread of your novel. Plot comes from characters, but remember that plot and character must fit perfectly together. 
Don’t forget, every incident in your plot – like every word in the narrative, should be there for a purpose. 

A novel should start with a problem at the beginning of your story. Make sure your plot has that  ’X'factor – make it different. Somehow make the publisher want to buy it! Most of all enjoy writing and following these tips.

With ‘Freedom,’ Jonathan Franzen writes a marvelous, maddening fourth novel
Franzen is a connoisseur of domestic cruelty, a maestro of familial hurt as it swings down the generations. He beckons us to inspect the inheritance of clinical depression and alcoholism. He throws in a rape as others might toss a salad.

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When you’re learning how to write a good novel, it’s critical that you understand how very important it is to come up with a really great initial idea.  You want to make sure your idea intrigues and inspires you and you want it to hook your readers from the first page to the last.  The best way to come up with a good novel idea that accomplishes both of these things is to begin your story with a major crisis.  If you choose the crisis using the guidelines I give below, I think you’ll find the resulting story idea will crackle with tension and excitement and will help you write a page-turner that readers and publishers will love.  A good crisis will compel your main character to make a decision to solve the problem caused by the crisis and will give him a powerful motivation to succeed.  It needs to be a big enough crisis that your main character will need the rest of the novel to overcome it. 

Make Sure Your Crisis Fits These Three Criteria

Literary agent and published novelist Evan Marshall has developed some great specific guidelines for creating this initial crisis.  If you follow these, you’ll see that your initial idea deepens and intensifies into a powerful force to drive your novel forward and keep you and your readers engaged through the end. 

1.  To start, you want your crisis to fit your novel’s genre.  Clarify what genre you’re writing in and then make sure that your crisis is appropriate to your genre.  For example if you’re writing a murder mystery, you probably wouldn’t choose a crisis that includes an alien craft landing in the main character’s backyard.  Instead, you’d start with… can you guess?  A murder! 

2.  The next requirement is that the crisis has to upset the balance of your main character’s life so much that they are forced to do something about it.  The crisis can’t be a minor annoyance that they could just ignore; it’s got to be big and life-changing.  Your readers will quickly get hooked into your story as they wonder what your main character is going to do in the face of this big problem.  That’s why having a powerful initial crisis in your novel is so important. 

3.  And finally, it’s important that the crisis intrigues and interests you as the novelist.  It should be something that you care about and feel compelled to write about.  When you feel deeply engaged by the crisis, it will show in your writing and your readers will sense your genuine enthusiasm.  Plus, it will give you the energy and motivation to see your novel through to the end.  When you feel excited about your novel idea and want to see what happens next, you’ll know you’re on the right track. 

Your Main Character’s Story Goal: Solve This Problem

After reacting to this initial crisis, your main character makes a decision that will affect him for the rest of your novel: he decides to do whatever it takes to solve this problem and bring his life back into order again.  This decision guides all his future actions and propels your story forward with each scene.  Here are a few thoughts on how to make this story goal most effective, again courtesy of Evan Marshall. 

1.  Your main character’s goal will involve wanting to experience relief from something oppressive or problematic or his goal will be to possess something he really wants. 

2.  He must succeed at this goal or there will be terrible repercussions.

3.  Your main character should have a worthy, admirable reason for wanting to solve this problem.  You want this goal to reveal your character as a likeable, honorable person at their core so your readers really want him to solve his problem.

4.  Your main character’s odds of succeeding at this goal must seem next to impossible.  When this main story goal has such high stakes, it will create tremendous tension that will help you and your readers stay with your novel all the way through to the last word. 

All Rights Reserved to Universal Studios BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY The documentary about Broadway musicals! Wicked is a Tony Award-winning Broadway and West End musical, with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. The story is based on the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of L. Frank Baum’s classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. (In the album notes, Gregory Maguire explained that he derived the name “Elphaba” from the initials of L. Frank Baum.) Their friendship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, their reactions to the Wizard’s corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba’s public fall from grace. The plot is set mostly before Dorothy’s arrival from Kansas, and includes several references to well-known scenes and dialogue in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as a backstory. The musical debuted on Broadway on October 30, 2003. It was produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Joe Mantello, with musical staging by Wayne Cilento. Its original stars were Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, and Joel Grey as the Wizard.[1] Although the production received mixed reviews and was panned …

SFC Round Three
A novel weekend lies ahead as we’re set to witness Round Three of the Kerry SFC. With the Kingdom out of contention for Sam Maguire at an uncharacteristically early stage, this will be the first time since 2003 that county championship action has been played in Kerry in August.

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