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    Novel Writing Tips – 5 Critical Elements of Worldbuilding

    Just as important as it is to know the parts of writing a novel, you need to understand how to build a solid world in which your characters will live. Worldbuilding can take as little as a short afternoon to cover critical points as related to your story all the way up to spending over a decade just creating the world in which you will tell future stories. In my previous article, So You Want to Write a Novel – A Brief Overview of 7 Key Elements, I shared with you the most important parts you’ll need to write an intriguing novel. One of those key elements was about location…

  • So You Want to Write a Novel – A Brief Overview of 7 Key Elements

    Everybody has a story inside them and you’re no different! But if you’re like a lot of people I’ve talked to, perhaps you aren’t sure where to begin. Do you just start writing about some awesome character you know everyone will love? Do you need an outline or should you start with a title or an action scene or a conversation or, well, you get the picture. Over the next several months I’ll cover all of these questions, and more! But for now I’d like to start with an overview on seven key elements to writing a novel. But before I jump into these seven key elements, there is an…