7 Steps To Write Your Novel with Joanna Penn

[Pages:42]7 Steps To Write Your Novel with Joanna Penn

Copyright: Joanna Penn (2016)

J.F.Penn - NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author

The Creative Penn Ltd

* International professional speaker * Non-fiction books, courses, audio

programs * Award-winning entrepreneur

Over 500,000 copies sold in 74 countries & 5

languages. Ebook, print & audio format.

Left day-job as IT consultant in Sept 2011.

It is possible! And it doesn't have to take you as long as me :)

2008

2011 - started in NaNoWriMo 2009

2016 - 12 novels under J.F.Penn

? 7 steps to write your novel

? A plan for writing a novel in a year

? Need more help? An introduction to my course and community

? Q&A time! Please vote questions up

? Slide download link

The writing craft is like an iceberg

You can write a novel with this much knowledge

But there is always more to learn. This is the journey of a

lifetime!

(1) Understand what you're

writing and why

Why are you writing? What's your definition of success? Be honest.

"Terrible writing but I can't put it down." 100 million copies sold.

Desire to tell a story Reaching readers (how is that

defined?) Winning an award / critical

acclaim Making money Getting into physical

bookstores Having agent/publisher

validation

This will impact what you write, how you publish and how you market & how happy you are later :)

Consider your potential readers

Where are they in the book eco-system? What are their expectations of the genre? (e.g.

HEA? thrills? escape?)

What are the 5-10 (bestselling or award-winning) books that

are similar to the story you want to write?

You can write what you love, but you can also write something that

will find an audience.

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