Troubleshoot Your Novel
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Editing, Novel writing Lost the plot? Unstick your novel’s sticking points and fix your story!
Learn how to navigate plot issues, writing blocks and existential literary problems and make your novel work
No matter what stage you’re at, writing a novel can often be an exercise in frustration but you’re not alone.
In this course, you’ll find out how to identify what’s causing your novel issues, make a plan of action, and utilise a whole bunch of ideas and tips to sort it all out.
Whether you’re just starting out, half way through the first draft, or well into your twelfth version of your novel, we’ll help you figure out a fix and get back on that writing horse.
14 steps in 5 sections
1ASSESS YOUR SHIT
- First things first: why are you stuck?
- Second things second: identify your blockages
- Third things third: figure out how to move forward
2The trickiest parts of writing a novel are... ALL OF THEM
- Beginnings
- Middles
- Endings
3Tweaking, reframing, developing
- Re-plot the sucker
- Character = plot = character
- Look at your story in a different way
4Practical tips
- How to make your novel not totally boring as shite
- How to haul yourself out of a writing slump-a-dump
- How not to write a novel (while tricking yourself into writing a novel)
5And finally:
- The REAL secret to writing a novel . . .
