Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Process Of Writing A Novel

By Daniel Anderson


We live in an era whereby knowledge and information equal to power. Knowledge can be defined as a familiarity, understanding or even awareness of a particular thing. For a person to be termed as knowledgeable, they owe to have several things such as facts, descriptions, information and skills as well. This can be accomplished through either an education or experience. Reading books is one way to gain such awareness. The process of Writing a Novel is very elaborate.

A novel is generally a book that narrates a particular imagination of writer. This imagination is brought to life through the introduction of fictional characters and various other aspects of the ordinary community that we know. The sequencing of this story has to be strategically done as to not only surprise but also intrigue the readers. Without proper preparation, this can prove to be quite a hurdle.

The process of writing a book begins with the creation of a summary. This summary usually comprises of one sentence. Here the person should refrain from stressing with characters names and such details. Emphasis is put on the vivid descriptions of the people in context. One has to take extreme care when creating this statement as it will be an eminent part of the proposal.

After a summary has been put in place, the next venture is explaining this summary clearly. Structuring is introduced at this point in process. The simplest structure used by most authors is the multiple act one. It has three acts and begins with the introduction of plot and characters. The middles section unveils the gradual change in events and finally the last scene climaxes the story. This procedure makes it easy for readers to follow through.

Characters are very crucial in build-up process of a novel. At this point one has to create complete characters with names, epiphany, goals, storylines, motivations and conflicts as well. This should be done in a way that captivates the readers and gets them wanting to know more. Expanding of the six sentences that were created earlier into paragraphs is eminent here as well.

Character build up continues to the point where they posses birthdays, special traits, economic activities and a sense of history as well. These people are also expected to evolve in personality and characteristics throughout the novel. This evolution has to be scheduled systematically as to blend with other events taking place.

Another important part in the process of writing is scenery setting. One should really make an effort of exercising their imagination at this level. A synopsis should be creation with about four pages to it. Among the other things to determine here is the trend and unfold of events, view point in use at the narration and the tension points as well.

The writing of this novel commences after that. This should be done carefully with high levels of concentration. After the draft has been completed, it should be edited carefully and then redrafted. Upon completion, one should not revise the book instantly. They should take an average of two weeks off to refresh and mind adequately.




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