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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Why Write a Novel?
The advantages, commercial and artistic, of writing a novel as opposed to short fiction. The novel as a learning experience. As a vehicle for self-expression
Chapter 2
Deciding Which Novel to Write
What to do when you don’t have a specific novel in mind. How to pick your type of novel
Chapter 3
Read... Study... Analyze
How to read, as a writer. Taking books apart to see how they work. Applying these principles in structuring your own novel
Chapter 4
Developing Plot Ideas
How to encourage ideas to bubble up from the unconscious. How ideas come together to create plot. Ways to sharpen up a plot
Chapter 5
Developing Characters
Drawing characters from real life. Making up characters from the whole cloth. How to make your characters memorable
Chapter 6
Outlining
First, learn about outlines, by writing one of an existing book. How to write an outline of your own. How to expand it step by step into a book. Advantages of not using an outline. Avoiding outline-enslavement
Chapter 7
Using What You Know... and What You Don’t Know
How to put the background you have to work in your novel. Capitalizing on your own experience. Research — how and when to do it, how and when to do without it
Chapter 8
Getting Started
How to open the book up, when to begin at the beginning and when not to
Chapter 9
Getting It Written
How to harness self-discipline for the long haul of novel-writing: Take it a day at a time
Chapter 10
Snags, Dead Ends and False Trails
What to do when a wheel comes off
Chapter 11
Matters of Style
Grammar, diction, usage. Dialogue. First vs. third person. Single vs. multiple viewpoint. How to handle transitions, descriptive passages
Chapter 12
Length
How long is long enough? Length as a market consideration. Writing the right length for your particular book
Chapter 13
Rewriting
All at once or as you go along? Structural revision. Stylistic polishing. How rewriting sharpens prose
Chapter 14
Getting Published
Difficulties facing the first novelist. Queries. Finding an agent, if you think you need one. Dealing with editors. Subsidy publishers
Chapter 15
Doing It Again
Moving on to the next book. Special aspects of sequels and series books
