What kind of writer are
you? Planner or Plotter? Pantster?
Puzzler? Muse Muffin?
Whether you use the mosaic
method or a chronological one, whether you outline every scene or let the words
flow, the method does not matter. What
matters is the end goal.
So, what’s the end goal with
your writing? Just to write? To publish?
Fame and fortune?
Plenty of frittery flutter-bys
write and write and go nowhere. As for
fame and fortune, those can’t be guaranteed.
However, when your goal is
publication, Discovering Your Novel
is the guidebook to help you overcome the Sisyphean task of first word to
publication.
With the goal of completing a
novel in 52 weeks, this guidebook can be self-paced or tracked week by week for
persistent success.
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If you have a half-completed manuscript that
you’re lost in, use the Foundations
and Visioning sections to work your
way out of the labyrinth.
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If the story’s a mucky mire more like quicksand
than a novel you can build on, use the Analysis
section to clear away the mud and weeds.
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Like a long ball of string, the multiple charts
will help you keep track of where you’ve been and where you will head
next. Printable charts are available for
free at the website address provided in the guidebook
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When you complete the manuscript, what do you do
next? The sections on Harvesting and Finishing answer these questions as they guide you to creating a
professional career as a writer.
Launch your writing journey at your current location on the
publishing road—incipient idea or character sketches or story plan or
struggling manuscript or completed novel looking into publication.
Track your progress with daily word counts recorded on the
charts.
Learn the devices and definitions that pro writers have
swirling in their heads.
Maintain the discipline and preparation that keeps pro
writers at work, no matter the interruptions.
Writer M.A. Lee meandered along
the road of unfinished manuscripts and completed novels with nowhere to publish
for many years before she decided to drive to her own destiny. If you’re tired of gatekeepers and
pay-to-play schemes, if you’re weary of elitist traditional publishers and
you’re eager to jump on the self-publishing juggernaut, then Discovering Your Novel will give the
guidance you need.
No ghostwriters or work-for-hire writers or other
collaborators are ever used in the writing of M.A. Lee’s books.
