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Get that novel published

November 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Are you a big fan of novels which inspired you to take up writing and write a novel of your own. If this novel is the handy work of a lifetime of imagination and inspiration, then chances are that it may be really good. Some publisher might be currently looking for a fresh writer like you because people get tired reading novels from the same author and are looking for a fresh and thrilling new change.

So if you haven’t yet put those imaginations to paper, now is the time. Get your novel written, focus on the idea here and make it original. Show that you have the making of a great author i.e. discipline, stamina and skills. Make sure you target a specific audience, if it is children’s book that you are writing, and then focus on what children like. In a novel find the category and genre that your novel is going to belong to. To find a publisher who might be interested, do some research on who has published the books of your kind the most? Also check if that published gives chances to young and inexperienced writers. If you are good, then a break is all you need to get started to on your journey to the top. To know about publishers get on to the writer’s market on the internet where all the writers and publishers are listed. You can also find information like the rated that a particular publisher set for his novels. The paper on which you write your manuscript is makes a lot of difference. Publishers are very particular about the kind paper on which they like to read on. Hence use a high quality bond paper and take good care about your presentation. If all is done, then just mail your manuscript and wait with crossed finger for that one call or email. All the best.

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Writing the next Twilight

November 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Movie screenplay writers are nowadays working on converting novels into movies. A novel gets its reputation tripled if it succeeds into being picked up as a story line for a movie. The author gets instant worldwide recognition and the novel suddenly becomes popular. More novels are sold after a movie is made than when at first the novel was first published.But not all novels have what it takes to be made into movies. There are many things that a good screenplay writer looks for in a novel. It is a hard decision because to make a movie it takes many hundred times the money that it takes to get a novel published. Hence only after careful consideration will a novel be chosen. Make it obvious that the novel is movie material. Be passionate about your novel and it will be shown in the kind of novel you write. Make sure that your novel has what it takes to be converted into a movie of 2 or 3 hours. If it’s too long don’t worry, it can be made into a sequel. But if it is too short, the only chances that it has is to become a short movie. Like a good movie it needs to have a beginning, surprises, payoffs, twists, defeats, wars, etc. Make it as interesting as you can and different. Lately movies nominated at the Oscars have been adaptation of novels, hence you need to follow the rule, make stories that sell and let it self-execute by itself.
Another quite important part in the adaptation of a novel or a screenplay is to set the contract between the producer rights. To make it more attractive as a movie so that the novel is easily chosen for a movie is to write the screenplay. You will get more than what you would get if you just get the credits as an author.

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What do you do when you get a writer’s block?

October 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Writers block is that dreaded condition where a seasoned or inexperienced author cannot find a story for its next big novel. Even coming to road block in a novel which was so far coming along just fine is considered as a writer’s block. It is considered by psychologists as a mental condition where the mind just refuses to move around an incomplete thought or a thing that has to be done or even a bad thought.
To get over a writer’s block go through what you had written before, find the inspiration that you used to write article’s before. Find out the reason for your inability to focus on your novel. To begin from the start, you can go in a systematized manner to find the various aspects of your novel. First thing that you need to do is find out in who would you like to write your novel on? Find out the genre that you are most comfortable writing and based your novel on the same. Forget what you want the novel to be about, rather focus on your character. It is important that you built your novel from the bottom. Make sure what exactly your character is, his style of talking, wearing, the gender, sex, age, color, style and other aspects. Get into the shoes of your character, this will give you a good idea of the way he or she will react in a particular situation. Then start constructing your secondary characters, make then as vibrant and as different from each other as possible. Characters with the similar aspects makes the novel boring. The kind of secondary characters you built will give you an idea as to where would you like to take your story. Be true to the characters personality and never make them do things that their personality wouldn’t allow them to.

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Writing Novels of Your own

October 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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Do you have a great idea in your mind that you plan on turning into a novel and earning the same reputation as J. K. Rowling has? Then go ahead what are you waiting for. The problem with many writers is about where to begin. The biggest problem is finding a suitable story and the theme of the novel that is the hard part. A novel without a good climax and a great ending is sure to find some readers. So just start pouring all you have encapsulated inside you. The years spent imagining a novel with all its little turns and events need to be put in a note book, because mind is a static thing and these plots can change. Even dreams that you get can become interesting parts of your story, a change of perspective is what the reader asks. SO give them this remembers to thrill them and excite them every one in a while. Even if your story is good, people will not read it if it’s beginning is boring.
There are 2 types: One is a story driven novel and the other is a Character driven novel. In the story driven novel, all the characters come second to the story and it is the story which the author tries to convey to the reader and not the characters. For a story driven novel begin with setting up the plot, the environment and then begin defining the characters. For a character driven novel it is important for the story to begin with a character or multiple characters who play main roles in the story. Begin with the characters and then move on to building the plot and make the characters act according to their defined personalities. It is important here to perfectly define the characters.

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