Finish Your Novel Ebook

Finish Your Novel

Finish Your Novel

Save 100's of writing hours with 16 chapters of practical advice and a finely honed drafts strategy that guarantees you finish your novel!

This is the tough love, no-nonsense guide for taking your novel to the finish line.

Why buy this book?

I love books on writing, in fact, I'm something of a connoisseur. I've read all the big important ones and many more besides. I have never, ever found a good eBook on writing.

I've found a lot of eBooks that promise me
(except in the small print) that they can help me write a bestseller - or write a novel in a month - and that the only thing standing between me and literary superstardom is access to the secrets contained between their e-covers.

These books sell a fantasy twice as far-fetched as The Lord of the Rings and I've never found anything useful or enlightening in any of them.

As for the books on writing that you find on the bookshop shelves, they're none of them as useful as they should be. They tend to focus on the end result, what a good novel should look like as a finished product, but make little mention of the process you must go through to get there. They point you in the right direction, but keep the map hidden.

Finish Your Novel is the map. I'm confident it will take you to the finish line.

Inside this book

1. The Drafts Process
   Discover a powerful drafting strategy that will give you the momentum to finish your novel.
   
   On page 11 you'll learn how to save valuable time by focusing on what you need for the draft you are on.
   
2. Attitude
   The dips and peaks of writing, and the importance of knowing they're temporary.
   
3. Premise
   It's the bedrock of your novel and on page 22 you'll find out what makes a good one.
   
4. Theme
   What's it all about?
   
5. Character
   How fictional people are different from real people, and what that means for your novel.
   
   On page 38 discover how character is best revealed through dilemma.
   
6. Plot
   The structuring secrets behind page-turning novels.
   
   On page 57 discover the difference between a goal and a task and how this helps you engineer a compelling plot.
   
7. Start Late, Finish Early
   How far into your story should you open? Find out on page 63.
   
8. Opening Scene
   On page 67 you'll learn the difference between an opening chapter that makes people read your book, and one that makes people cast it aside.
   
9. Set-ups and Pay-offs
   How to build your story towards a satisfying conclusion.
   
   On page 74 learn how to get your hero out of trouble without making it look contrived.
   
10. Subtext and Dramatic Irony
    The greatest explanation of irony and dramatic irony ever!
    
11. Narrative Viewpoints
    From first person to third, explore the benefits and drawbacks of every narrative viewpoint.
     
12. Tenses
    Why the past tense rules, but other options might suit some.
    
13. The Opinions of Others
    Make the most of feedback by learning when to listen to other people's comments on your novel, how to listen, and when to ignore them completely.
    
    Learn how to spot the different types of critic on page 99.
    
14. Further Reading
    Books to further enhance your writing skills. Recommended by the author.
    
15. Theory Models
    The theory of writing from Aristotle to Dramatica.
    
16. All Done
    On page 125 you'll learn how to know for sure when your novel is done. Like really done. Like finished.

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