Writing 101: Novel Writing and Publishing A Part of Your Online Business Plan? Rules of Thumb about Writing a Novel

Publishing a novel is easy- a good writer with a good manuscript will eventually publish a book. Writing a novel is harder, however if you improve your writing your chances of success publishing your book will increase. It is similar to writing a short story but on a much larger scale of writing. Of course it is a business like anything else, so thinking like a business helps a lot, but it helps to take a few points, and keep them in your head.

Novels are something that may or may not become bestsellers. Part of the reason that people love novels is that it is a good way to escape the life that they live right now. A great writer will take a reader away. A book which is well written but does not capture the reader will not. This does not mean that publishing a novel is out of the question but it takes a long time before there will be as much success as with a non-fiction book.

But you should still dream of publishing your book- as long as you have a plan to do this.

It is important to decide which sort of writing course will help- in essence a novel writing course is of more benefit than a simple writing course. When I first began to write, I of course took some writing courses. I took some through a school and online. This was one of the best way s I learned about how to improve my writing. I learned a lot of self-editing which is a key step to making a potential manuscript something that a literary agent will look at.

Online writing courses are nice, but it's writer beware. A novel writing course is invaluable, since if you choose correctly, you will find that people can and do read the entire novel, and as a bonus comment on it.

I go with this rule of thumb, if five people or more give me the same theme, I need to fix it. Not questions just fix it. I view it as the majority rules.I f one says the plot if to slow and five or more tell me the plot is to fast, for a novel at least, I will take how they said this and when they said this into consideration. It's the little things:spelling, grammar, and editing. Few add descriptor will slow a piece down a bit. But look at what the majority of people need to say. (Ditto/ what they said does not count.) If the theme of what people are saying is the same fix that theme.

Write You're Taking Online Writing Courses...:

Plan to still be writing that novel. Publishing your novel is the goal. Remember this phrase: Publish my novel. Publish my novel. It's important to remain fixed on these goals. It's even more important when writing gets slowed down or harder. I know, there are times when writing a novel needs to take a "back seat" to life. It should, but barring family, and major emergencies, you should write about 750-1500 words per day. This isn't a short story

Tips on Writing a Novel:

okay quick ones here. Take a writing course and then a novel writing course. Write every day, a novel is about 50 upwards of 700 pages. Make it good. Listen to what others say about the work. The novel isn't you, but it is work. Have fun, it's just a novel. Take an online writing course, or an online novel writing course.

This list could go on... but I do have one suggestion:

No matter which way you go, (print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishers) never ever ever lose focus of one thing: A novel needs to be published, and you need to do this... You will need to learn how to improve your writing, from both a editing standpoint to a reader's standpoint. Improving your writing is only one of the things you need to do to increase your chances of publishing your book.

You need to think like a business and focus on what will help you get this novel the marketing and the networking it needs to be a success. Sometimes that will take time, but having a business plan is a must. See, without hard work and dedication and passion your work will never get off the ground. of course we all are in this to be published and to make some money at some point but honestly our writing needs a plan. Writing is a business.

Having a platform where you can showcase your writing is also helpful as well, some great writers here on hubpages publish serials and short stories and find that they not only have a big following for when they will publish a novel they also have a chance to make some money. This platform also allows them to get a wider audience than if they planned to build a writing business from the ground up by publishing their novels.

Still this is a business, and publishing is a must if you are a writer who wants to write for a living. That is the important factor. Writing for a living is a goal all writers share, and publishing is the only way to get to that goal. This of course takes time and effort, but when you love writing, you will set a goal. make your goal as specific as possible if you want to be writing for a living, you need to do this.

It's up to you! To your success.