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How To Write A Novel Resources

There are many aspects of writing a novel and you can find articles, podcast interviews, and resources below.

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Getting Started

How to Write Fiction: 7 Steps to Write Your Novel

How to Find Time to Write

Productivity for Writers: 5 Ways to Become More Productive

Writing Tips: How to Find and Capture Ideas for Your Novel

How to Research a Novel … And When to Stop

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Joanna Penn (me!) writing in a London cafe

How To Write More And Create A Daily Writing Habit

Scrivener: The best software to write your novel. I've written over 30 books with it!

How to Write the First Draft of your Novel

How to Use Dictation to Write Faster and Become a Healthier Writer

Self-doubt and Imposter Syndrome

Writer's block and more mindset issues

You Have Permission

On Writing And The Fear Of Judgment

What is your definition of success as a writer?

Using Different Author Names or a Pseudonym as a Writer

Writing A Series: 7 Continuation Issues To Avoid

5 Lessons Learned From Writing 10 Novels

What Are You Writing? Word Count. Standalone, Series or Serial

The journey of my own first novel Stone of Fire – from idea to launch, finding an agent and bestseller status.

Editing

Editing, revisions and proofreading: What happens after the first draft?

List of editors and proofreaders

Editing a Novel: How I Do My First Round of Self-Edits

How to Self-Edit Your Novel. Interview with Kris Spisak

How to Find and Work With a Professional Editor

Tutorial: How to Use ProWritingAid to Improve your Writing and Edit Your Book

Tutorial: How to Improve your Writing with Grammarly 

My list of recommended editors and proofreaders

Tips for Editing your Book with Natasa Lekic from NY Book Editors

Useful interviews on writing fiction from The Creative Penn Podcast

Join me every Monday for The Creative Penn Podcast, with interviews on writing, publishing, book marketing, and making a living with your writing. You can find the list of backlist episodes and topics as well as transcripts at www.TheCreativePenn.com/podcast

How To Develop Bestselling Story Ideas with J.D. Barker

Outlining your Novel and Filling the Creative Well with K.M. Weiland

Writing a Series: Make More Money and Satisfy Readers with Lindsay Buroker

How Character Flaws Shape Story with Will Storr

Great Stories Don't Write Themselves: How to Develop Strong Fiction Ideas with Larry Brooks

Writing in the Dark: Horror Writing Tips with Tim Waggoner

How to Write Emotion and Depth of Character with Becca Puglisi

How to Write Dialogue with James Scott Bell

How to Make Money Writing Short Fiction with Douglas Smith

Stop Worrying, Start Writing. How to Overcome Fear and Self-Doubt with Sarah Painter

How to Write a Mystery with Rebecca Cantrell

Use your own life story to bring depth to your writing with Steven Pressfield

Story Genius: How to use brain science to write a riveting novel with Lisa Cron

Writing Authentic Settings and Keeping a Series Fresh with Toby Neal

How to find your author voice with Roz Morris

How to banish writer's block with K.M.Weiland

Writing Tips: Outlining for genre and literary fiction with Libbie Hawker

How to write faster and never get writer's block with Michaelbrent Collings 

Need more help?

How to write a novel course bannerIf you'd like some more help on your author journey, check out:

  • My Books for Authors
  • My Courses for Authors, including How to Write a Novel and How to Write Non-Fiction
  • The Creative Penn Podcast, interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing, book marketing and creative entrepreneurship every Monday
  • My videos at YouTube.com/thecreativepenn
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