Further tips and advice on how to
write a novel
by Anil Dabhabe
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Time Management and Pacing
Starting a
novel and keeping the pace of writing till the end isn’t
very easy job. You may get distracted at times while writing
your novel. So keep the plotting known to you by referring
to main idea and stick to it till you fully develop the
novel. There will be occasions when you might get influenced
by additional themes and this will add depth to your novel
but make sure you don’t get carried away from the main
theme. This can be strictly checked if you properly plan on
how to write your novel. Graphical outlining will help you
to keep the pace and will surely prevent your imagination
wandering from your main theme and ideas.
Ending
“The End” is the magic
phrase of every book, novel, etc. Writing a novel from start
to end involves large amount of words. It may range from
90,000 to 1, 50,000 words, as novels are lengthy. You
can't sit down in one day and complete your novel from start
to finish. Climax is the major part of writing a novel. You
are, by this time, well aware of the complete cycle of the
plots and it is the Climax of your novel that takes your
ability, to bridge the gap between the beginning and end of
the novel, for a ride. Some of the writers do the clever
trick of writing the end first and then filling up the
middle with all the stuff they'd already used. Don’t do
this.
Editing
Writing a novel without
making any mistake isn’t possible for anyone, so you just
don’t worry at the first place. Keep writing your novel till
the end. Best way for editing is to ask your spouse or a
friend to do the editing. Ask them to do it carefully, even
ask them to check the grammar as well as spelling. Ask them
to spend time
correcting grammar.
Review
You need to review your work
so that you don’t receive it back from the Publisher for a
Revision. Yes, it is necessary as there would be complaints
from the readers, too, if they find mistakes in your novel.
And that might affect the salability of your novel. The best
way is to follow the following suit for revision of your
novel.
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Take a
printout of the manuscript so that you can easily edit the
actual copy of your novel.
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A notebook
for noting the errors that may have cropped up.
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Pens of
different colors for marking the errors.
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Go through
the book word by word, scene by scene, character by
character.
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Please check
whether you have achieved the objective of your novel.
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Remove any
irrelevant plot, character, setting, or scene.
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Please do the
Grammar and Spell Check once again.
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Check for
margins, etc.
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Finally,
re-revise the novel once again to avoid any leftover
mistake.
Once you have arrived to “The End”,
your novel is finished in true sense, so it is time for celebration!
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