How To Write A Book: Steps To Writing A Book From Start To Finish
You can learn how to write a novel, if you work hard at it.
Writing a novel isn’t rocket science. It can be learned. Yes, you can learn how to write a novel from start to finish. And that’s what this comprehensive book writing guide will teach you.
Study this guide, if you are open to learning:
- everything accomplished novelists have to say about the novel writing process
- from writers whose expertise has come from experience and learning
- how to write a novel like the award-winning writers you admire
The lessons here were gleaned from the Aké Festival Novel Writing Workshop at the Ouida Book House, Lagos on the 25th of October 2018. It was facilitated by renowned British Author and Screenwriter, Ben Aaronovitch. The course was geared towards:
- helping young writers learn how to write a novel.
- teaching writers to stay creative and to overcome writer’s block
- Giving aspiring tutors a teaching guide they can use to instruct emerging and professional writers.
Are you ready to read all the novel-building tips and tricks I learned from Ben Aaronovitch?
We’ll be discussing the novel writing process, step by step, in a minute.
This guide will be broken into subtitles. Each of these will enumerate the most important things every writer should know about designing, building, and writing a novel.
Kindle Your Desire To Write A Novel.
If you truly desire to write a novel, nothing on earth can stop you. Not even the travails that dog the trail of everyone who tries to start writing a book.
Desire is the major qualification for writing a novel. It is an ‘open sesame’, a gust of possibility. A strong desire kills doubt and procrastination.
- What story do you desire to tell?
- Are there issues that bother you? What are they? Would you like to portray these issues in your book?
- What themes do you want to raise awareness about, albeit in a fictitious way?
Get a (working) title. Go for the story. Grab it.
A Comprehensive Step by Step Guide On How To Write A Novel.
Without much ado, here are the steps to writing a fiction book from start to finish.