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Become A Better Writer
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Japanese print depicting Thomas Carlyle's horror at his manuscript burning
Main article: Writing process
There is a range of approaches that writers take to the task of writing. Each writer needs to find their own process and most describe it as more or less a struggle.[33] Sometimes writers have had the bad fortune to lose their work and have had to start again. Before the invention of photocopiers and electronic text storage, a writer's work had to be stored on paper, which meant it was very susceptible to fire in particular. (In very earlier times, writers used vellum and clay which were more robust materials.) Writers whose work was destroy
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GoodNovel Author's Guidebook
Try to improve my storytelling and writing skills and learn from top books
Q8: I have a question I want to ask but it's not my editor's work time, I SHOULDN't:
a.Go to GoodNovel's social medias(F*, discord) and ask other authors
b.Read GoodNovel Author's guidebook
c.Visit Help Center in my GoodNovel personal page
d.Message my editor on every social media he/she uses
Q9: I want to enter a writing contest, I should:
a.Read the contest page carefully and enter accordingly
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GOLDEN GIRL
**Write Regularly:** Practice is key; establish a writing routine.
3. **Edit Later:** Allow your ideas to flow in the initial draft; editing comes later.
4. **Know Your Audience:** Tailor your writing to connect with your target readers.
5. **Start with a Strong Hook:** Grab your readers' attention from the beginning.
6. **Show, Don't Tell:** Engage readers by illustrating scenes and emotions rather than just stating them.
7. **Create Vivid Characters:** Develop well-rounded, relatable characters with depth.
8. **Build Conflict:** A compelling story needs tension and conflict.
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At Arm's length
"I won't tell you writing a novel is not an easy job, It is actually easy when you know exactly what you are doing and you like what you are writing."
"When you want to write a novel, make sure you do your researches and outline your plot. Plotting is very Important." I added, a little bit delighted they were paying attention
"Your story has to begin with an interesting hook, make sure the prologue and first chapter creates a desire to read more, for your readers."
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burn between us
They sat in the mind with the specific stability of things that had found their correct form and were simply waiting to be written down.
He wrote it at 6:47 AM, before coffee, before Dante was fully downstairs, in the specific pre-conscious window he'd always used for first material. He wrote the first sentence and then the second, which had been waiting behind the first, and then three more, and then he stopped and made coffee and looked at what he had.
Five sentences. The beginning of the novel about staying.
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Mafia Kings Series #1: Nostra Vita
Fiction is meant to evoke emotion, but never at the cost of your mental or emotional health.
Everyone processes stories differently, and what is thrilling for one reader may be overwhelming for another. Please proceed with awareness and care.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Before you dive into this story, I want to share something personal with you. I wrote this novel when I was just thirteen years old. At the time, I had no formal training in writing, no grasp of complex literary techniques, and very little understanding of storytelling rules. All I had was a vivid imagination, a notebook (or keyboard), and the desire to bring my characters to life.
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Married To The MAFIA KING Who Killed My Father
About what a garden means when it is tended by someone who has stopped mapping exits and started planting things they expect to come back.
Writing this novel was the hardest and most rewarding thing I have done as a writer. There were chapters that came easily and chapters that I rewrote so many times I lost count. There were nights I sat with Valeria and could not find her voice and mornings I woke up and she was already talking. There were moments I fell completely in love with Lorenzo and moments I wanted to shake him. There were moments the forty-three names on the kitchen table made me put the manuscript down and just sit with what they represented.
This story asked a great deal of me.
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Rewriting My Story
His supplements were far more than they used to be.
In fact, Jonathan was in much better health than he had been in my previous life.
My only goal from the start was to make Jonathan distrust Conrad. The first move and second move followed the same pattern.
The third move was to create various illusions, making Conrad think the Harmons were supporting Horace to slowly swallow up the Reeses. Once he took action, coupled with Jonathan's long-standing dissatisfaction with him, abandoning him would be inevitable.
Of course, I had to thank modern medicine for making this plan possible. Without it, I honestly wouldn't have known how to carry this out.
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A Second Life Inside My Novels
For the first time, Cathedra had someone who didn't cringe every time she opened her mouth to speak.
So this is what having a friend feels like, huh? Cathedra thought to herself.
One lunch break, while waiting for Diane underneath the tree, Cathedra was scribbling a draft of her first novel in her notebook. The novel contained the scenes she saw in the storybook, back in her kindergarten days.
Since that day at kindergarten, she didn't tell anyone what she saw in the storybooks anymore. The thought of seeing things that other people couldn't still terrified her but she tried hard not to think about it by avoiding any book she can see other than school books and textbooks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Writing a novel feels like assembling a puzzle where you design the pieces yourself. My approach starts with daydreaming—letting characters and scenes bubble up naturally during mundane moments, like waiting for coffee. I jot these fragments in a chaotic 'idea dump' document, no structure imposed. Later, I sift through for gems and build a loose outline, but I leave room for detours—some of my best twists emerged spontaneously mid-draft. The key? Write the first version fast, embracing messiness; polishing comes later. I treat revisions like archaeology, digging layers deeper with each pass—theme in the second draft, sensory details in the third.
What keeps me going is remembering that even 'Lord of the Rings' had scrapped chapters and 'Harry Potter' underwent massive edits. Perfectionism kills momentum; I set weekly word-count targets instead of deadlines. Surrounding myself with inspiration helps too—a playlist that captures the novel’s mood, or a corkboard of visual references. And when stuck? I switch mediums: handwriting a scene or dictating dialogue while walking often shakes loose breakthroughs. The magic happens when you stop treating the first draft as sacred and start seeing it as clay to sculpt.
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