The Process Of Writing A Novel

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By Daniel Anderson


We live in an era whereby knowledge and information equal to power. Knowledge can be defined as a familiarity, understanding or even awareness of a particular thing. For a person to be termed as knowledgeable, they owe to have several things such as facts, descriptions, information and skills as well. This can be accomplished through either an education or experience. Reading books is one way to gain such awareness. The process of Writing a Novel is very elaborate.

A novel is generally a book that narrates a particular imagination of writer. This imagination is brought to life through the introduction of fictional characters and various other aspects of the ordinary community that we know. The sequencing of this story has to be strategically done as to not only surprise but also intrigue the readers. Without proper preparation, this can prove to be quite a hurdle.

In order to accomplish any task, the person has to be keen and make ample preparations. This is irrespective of whether this task is simple or complex. Writing a summary is a very crucial part of successful book writing. This summary should describe the activities and characters in book briefly. No names or any other special features should be mentioned in this summation.

The next step is providing a description of story. This part of process requires the author to write more about the summary. The description should make up a complete paragraph of about six sentences. A common structure used by authors is the three-act one. This structure comprises of the introduction, middle act and the end section that requires the story to climax. After this final touches can be done to make up for loose ends.

One cannot write a book without putting emphasis on the creation of characters. Characters are basically the people that are used in the developing storyline. A detailed description of these personalities should be undertaken during this procedure. The crucial details that one should create carefully include the names, work, goals, motivating factors and conflicts as well.

Character build up continues to the point where they posses birthdays, special traits, economic activities and a sense of history as well. These people are also expected to evolve in personality and characteristics throughout the novel. This evolution has to be scheduled systematically as to blend with other events taking place.

Scenery is very important when planning a book. This is basically the places that the characters of the book will be taken through the storyline. As much as it is important to let the imagination run wild here, some level of reality has be inculcated as well. A four paged synopsis must be formulated and a flow of activities predetermined. The narration point of view to be used in telling the story should be determined.

Last but not least the author will venture in to the actual writing of book. This part usually comes easy especially for a person that has done the preparation adequately. Editing the created draft has to be done at this point also. High expectations should be drowned as chances are it will not be perfect. It is advised that the person takes some time off before revising the redraft.




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