Novel Writing Blueprint: A storytellers guide to the craft

The keys to novel writing explained by a published author and former Open University creative writing teacher.

Let’s face it, writing a novel is hard.

What if there was a system that could take the drudgery out of it?

Novel Writing Blueprint is just that book. It will help you to take the grunt work out of the equation, and learn to love the process without dampening your creative spirit or detracting from your voice.

This blueprint provides the framework your book needs. It will support and strengthen your writing process and will help you make your writing dreams come true. No matter if you’re working on your first book or you’ve been publishing for years, this book will help you navigate from writing the first line to writing ‘The End’.

Inside, you’ll learn everything you need to know about:

• Prewriting - preparation and approach
• Research - how much and how long?
• Story Goals - the difference between goals and hooks
• Character Development - personality types and how to work with them
• Settings - how to make them more interesting
• Outlining - a different method of outlining your book quick and easily
• Premise - the core of your story
• Outlining overview - the general shape of your book
• Initial outline sketch - start simple
• Four-Act Structure with the 3 main thresholds - Initiation, Decisions, Response, Realisation, Battle, Friend, Sacrifice
• Focused freewriting - tackling your first draft, writing fast, writing smart
• Editing - 3 main sweeps and working with a professional
• Publishing - brief notes on bringing out your book
• And more!

If you’re ready to level up your novel writing process, try the blueprint for yourself.