How do you tackle writing a novel?
Quite often people ask me how do you tackle writing a novel? Some would like to have a go at it, others are just curious about the process. So how do you begin? Here are a few tips. Start writing No excuses. Start writing. Make time to write. That could be early morning before you go to work or get the children up, lunchtimes, evenings or just a couple of hours at the weekends, but you must write. Rather obvious, I know. When I was working full time and running my marketing and training business I could only write on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. But I was fortunate to be doing that and religiously I would write, because I loved doing so. I didn't have a word count. I just did the best I could for that day. During the working week I used to keep a Dictaphone in the car and when stuck in traffic jams used to dictate ideas into it or work out plot lines. I also used to carry a notepad and often used my lunchtime to write notes and work on the outline or jot down chara...