Category: Books

The novel A novel is a purely fictional story – at least that is the general definition. Of course, a novel is shaped by the author’s life: It incorporates their own experiences, their own experiences and convictions. But the plot and the characters are fictional. If autobiographical narration is combined with fictional elements, the result is an autobiographical novel. But an autobiographical novel is far more difficult to write than a purely fictional novel. Surgeons…

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Authoring software is not absolutely necessary if you want to write a good book. With index cards for planning and WORD for writing, it’s easy to write a good order. But authoring software offers more than just modules for planning and writing. It can be very useful. Authoring software – my own experience I started working with authoring software late in life. I wrote my first five books with WORD. Because I know WORD well…

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Adjectives are highly controversial among literary creators – and adverbs along with them. Both types of words have the reputation of being ballast, frills that unnecessarily inflate a text. That’s why texts with plenty of adjectives and adverbs are considered cheesy, even inferior to some. “The road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I shout that from the rooftops!” says Stephen King in “Life and Writing” (Heyne Verlag 2011). And Mark Twain writes: “If…

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Thirty years ago I really wanted to write a novel, but I didn’t know how to do it. I just started, wrote a lot and tried a lot. Thus three novels were born, but no publisher wanted them. Now I know why, too. Because I made the classic rookie mistakes. So have many others. I’ve been imparting my knowledge of novel writing in my workshops and coaching for about fifteen years. I’ve seen many manuscripts…

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Every novel has a plot: This is sequence of events as they are described in the novel. If you develop the plot of a novel before writing it, this planning of events is also called plot. Plotting for a novel is similar to planning for a house: without planning at all, it’s hard to build something sensible and viable. Before you start writing a novel, you should determine the plot in advance, at least in…

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Throughout history, artists have been associated with mental disorders. While many artists have been linked to schizophrenia, writers have been known to suffer from stress or anxiety disorders . In fact, a recent study found that professional writers were 121% more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder than the rest of the population. at some point in their lives Many of the best writers in our history have suffered from mood disorders or have suffered…

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