Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 1: Writing Your Own Novel
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Want to write a novel in a very short time? After all, it takes so much time ... Leo Tolstoy wrote his novels for years? Is that how long it takes to create your novel? Not really. With this guide, you will be able to master the craft of quickly writing interesting and readable novels for both your pleasure and financial profit.

Steps

Method 1 of 1: Writing Your Own Novel

1. 1 Decide on a genre. Crime, horror, romance ... whatever you want.
2. 2 Come up with a cast of characters. You will need about one to three interesting characters. Write a short biography about each of your characters (describing their appearance, habits, life history and other features). They should be close and understandable to you, just like your relatives or friends. As soon as you feel the closeness of your characters, they will begin to speak for themselves such phrases that you never expected to hear from them, which will serve as proof of the reality and life truth of your heroes, precisely those qualities that make the novel interesting.
3. 3 Write an outline of your novel in a notebook or computer writing program. An outline of the main points of the plot (the places where the main events take place) can be described in special detail. Subsequently, you may deviate slightly from the core of the novel, which will only give a natural touch to your written work, but be careful, as in some genres it is impermissible for the hero to perform unreasonable actions that contradict the sound logic of the plot. After all, it will be strange if in a romantic novel (not in a comedy) the hero confesses his love and is suddenly interrupted by aliens, asking how to get to the nearest gas station.
4. 4 Choose the place and time of the origin of the main events (say, in Moscow, in 1915). Try to describe everything as interesting and attractive for attention as possible!
5. 5 Develop a storyline. Think of a really good storyline that all of your characters will be involved in. One can resort to the writer's formula “the devil out of the snuff box”, in which the heroes of the novel suddenly find themselves in a situation about which they know absolutely nothing. Or perhaps something happens to all of them or some of them, and they need to cope with it. Beware of predictability. If your reader knows one hundred percent what will happen next and turns out to be right at the same time, then “no matter how you sit down, you are no good as a musician”.
   • Remember, do not overdo it with the primeval intentions of your storyline. Everything should be written simply, but excitingly interesting.
   • Each story contains the following elements: introduction, conflict, climax, and conflict resolution.
     • The introduction should not take up too much space on paper, describing only what is needed to represent the characters and their characteristics. (Stepan was a scoundrel; then his ghost friend Prokofy appeared and said that a fatal reckoning awaited him ...)
     • Conflict is the part where the hero needs to face the problem and resolve it. (Prokofy appears and begins to punish Stepan for all his sins).
     • All this leads to a climax in which the story reaches the peak of the hero's emotional experiences. (Stepan dies from harsh punishments from Prokofy and also becomes a ghost).
     • The resolution of the conflict puts everything in its place (Stepan becomes an incredibly powerful ghost and rushes in pursuit of Prokofy, who now begs for mercy).
6. 6 Time to create. Remember, your book should be at least one page, although a little more is preferable. Keep in mind that there are no deadlines on you, so sit back and enjoy your writing.
7. 7 Keep writing and then, when done, postpone your work for a week or even a month. Then go back to your novel and edit, edit, edit. Publications of the first works are extremely rare. Much of the charming prose happens during editing and rewriting.
8. 8 Once you've edited and finished your novel, find a publisher to show your work to.
   • Look for a publisher for your novel. Most publishers have collections or anthologies of short novels, so your prose might come in handy.

Tips

• Create a box for the number of pages you will write per day (One page per day, two, etc.). This method will help you to be more organized in relation to time and energy consumption.
• In order to get rich ideas about the novel, you should read newspapers, magazines, interact with people, go for a walk, re-read your diary and watch the news.
• Research information about publishers that might be interested in your novel. Some publishers have their own criteria, such as the absence of violence or erotic material in the text. Thus, study their criteria and try to stick to them; or find another publishing house that is more tolerant of the content of your work. There are a variety of markets for different kinds of stories.
• Don't be afraid to give yourself a day off, which can refresh your creativity.
• Writing your novel every night for at least an hour will give you plenty of time to work on it. Set yourself a task to work on a work every night and before you have time to blink an eye, your novel is already ready.
• Try not to edit while writing. You run the risk of getting stuck in sentences and syntactic constructs that can blunt your creativity. Write a few pages first, then take a break and revise what you've written.
• Minimize the number of words, such as: be, was, will, being, maybe and maybe.This tactic will stretch to the limit the strings of the actions taking place with the heroes of your novel.
• Try the snowball method, in which you describe the backbone of your novel and then sprinkle more and more detail on an existing storyline. Repeat this procedure several times, which will positively affect the page and semantic equivalent.
• To write is to make your mind think that it is actually involved in the events described, giving readers the effect of being present by describing feelings, smells, touches, tastes, visions and impressions.
• Some publishers take into account the number of words in a novel. There are text editing computer programs that make it possible to see the number of words and thereby satisfy the appetite of the publishing house.
• In addition, you can use names in the novel that will correlate with the moral qualities of the characters.
• Reflect on your target audience, trying to choose words and ideas that will be clear to them. Don't worry about eloquence in the early stages. Take a dictionary and edit your rough draft to maintain the style and intent of your novel.
• You should not show the blanks of your novel to your parents or other relatives, because, perhaps, they will not be able to soberly and impartially assess the quality of your work. Your best bet is to start attending your local writers' circle, where your work can face adequate criticism that will help you become a more professional, experienced, and empathetic writer.
• Do not be lazy to sit well over the editing of your novel, which will save your nerves and time after submitting your work to the editorial table.
• Before you start writing, be specific about the genre of the novel, and then consistently add new details and expand your storyline.
• For names, use books such as “How to Name My Child”, “Name and Meaning”, “1001 Names”, etc.
• Consider entering writing contests.
• If you are writing a novel, then try to involve your hero in some kind of trouble on the very first pages of the work. Nothing can “kill” a novel like the absence of troubles for the protagonist. Check out the works of the classics of Russian literature for inspiration.
• Beware of the writer's clichés: pay a visit, get in, be aware, get attention, take a course, play a role, and so on. Clichés give the impression that you are an amateur, but don’t be afraid to use them when writing drafts.

Warnings

• Don't get hung up on criticizing an editor if you get rejected. If you've submitted your work for publication, take note of the criticism and try to improve your creativity. Some publishing houses come down with overly harsh criticism, so if you receive a rude letter, then before you get upset, think about whether you would like to deal with such uncivilized people at all.
• Writing a novel takes time, so take some patience with it.

What do you need

• Notebook with pens and pencils.
• Computer or typewriter (optional).
• Camera (for seeking inspiration).