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How to plan a novel in Microsoft Excel
Trying to write a novel but don’t know where to start? Want to plan your novel in a format that’s accessible and affordable but lack the specialist writing software, like Scrivener or FocusWriter? There’s a way of planning your novel and keeping your notes together that can be tailored to you, and it’s probably already…
5 best books on creative writing
Look up the best books on writing and you’ll find thousands – all with similar sounding names and blurbs on the back. With limited time and limited budget, how do you know where to start? I definitely haven’t read all of them. No-one has. It’s impossible! But I do have quite the collection on my…
How setting affects a story
I haven’t posted too much about this yet, but this month I officially started writing the first draft of my second novel. I’m right back in the throes of working out where, when, why, and how – and refreshing my memory with the basics of how to write a first draft. Flipping from the final…
Writing and Editing the Third Draft of Your Novel
So, you’re writing a novel, eh? Well that’s a humdinger. Quite the doozy you’ve got there. But think about it – by this point you’ve scrawled out your soul during the first draft, you’ve fallen into a brief convalescence-coma, and then you bravely set out to write and edit the second draft of your novel….
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