Writers’ Resources: Novel Writing

Many writers dream of writing and publishing a novel someday. If you’ve caught the novel writing bug, or are already a published novelist looking to improve your craft or technique, here are some novel writing resources that you may find useful:

Sites on Novel Writing

• Fiction Factor
• Advanced Fiction Writing
• National Novel Writing Month
• About Fiction Writing
• Advice on Novel Writing by Crawford Kilian
• The Fiction Writer’s Journey

Articles on Writing a Novel

• Writing Your First Novel
• Stop Reading and Start Writing
• How to Write a Novel in 100 Days or Less
• How to Write Your Novel While You’re on the Clock
• Fiction Writing 2.0: Six New Ways to Write the Next Great Novel
• Self Publishing Toolkit: How to Write and Publish a Novel

Character Development

• Character Development in Fiction
  
• Fictional Character Development
• Fiction Factor: Characters

Resources for Fiction Book Proposals

• The Fiction Proposal
  
• What Publishers Want to See Most in a Book Proposal

Software for Novel Writing

• New Novelist
  
• WriteWay Pro
• Write It Now
• yWriter
• PageFour

Where to Find Fiction Book Publishers

• Writers Market
• Directory of Fiction Publishers
• Publishers Database

Books on Novel Writing and Publishing

• The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing: A 16-Step Program Guaranteed to Take You from Idea to Completed Manuscript
• The Marshall Plan Workbook : Writing Your Novel from Start to Finish
• The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published: 90 Strategies and Techniques for Selling Your Fiction
• How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (How to Write a Damn Good Novel)
• How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling
• Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction)
• How to Write a Novel
• So You Want Write a Novel
• Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market 2007 (Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market)
• This Year You Write Your Novel
• Writing the Breakout Novel
• Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract : The Complete Guide to Writing Query Letters, Synopses and Proposals for Agents and Editors
• First Draft In 30 Days: A Novel Writer’s System for Building a Complete and Cohesive Manuscript
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel

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