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Novel Writing: 16 Steps to Success (Writing handbook) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd (29 Feb 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0713652926
ISBN-13: 978-0713652925

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 458,010 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is an approach to planning, plotting, writing and finishing a successful novel. The book is broken down into 16 steps designed to simplify the novel-writing process. It describes how to lay the foundations for a successful novel, target a specific genre and use basic guidelines to determine length and plot. Finally, it offers suggestions on how to market a novel and target agents and publishers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sixteen steps & a couple of hundred pages to success, 23 Feb 2001

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Evan Marshall's book is exactly what I was looking for. If, like me, you have a series of half-formed story ideas floating around your consciousness then the rigid structure suggested by this book will help to coalesce them into a novel. Obviously there are no guarantees of commercial success but following this plan should at least lead to the holy grail of any aspiring novelist: a finished book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars got me published, 6 Jun 2008

By	Lou Ice "Swedish novelist" (Brighton, England) - See all my reviews

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I had a finished first draft of a novel and was VERY STUCK until I found this book. I basically re-wrote the whole novel using the steps in this book ... and guess what ... my novel got published and won an award!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for the aspiring writer, 26 April 2009

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I have always wanted to write a novel when I bought this book I didn`t know what to expect and when I started to read it and got the story that was in my head out onto paper, as it`s a book that sparks your imagination to write a book. I have started writing a book recently and have finished my first chapter through the Novel Writing 16 Steps To Success I wouldn`t have dreamt that I would get a chapter finished from my first book I am writing. It`s become my bible into writing a novel. A book worth having if you intend on writing a book. A must for the aspiring writer like me.

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