Author Description

This is a practical workbook designed to help you write a novel in a month!<br/><br/>This is a paperback workbook for writers by a bestselling pro writer, someone who knows what it’s like to get up in the morning – every morning – and stare at a blank sheet of paper.<br/><br/>Every year, usually in November, though it can be done in any month, thousands of writers put everything else aside and hammer the keys to produce a whole novel in a month or less. And if you're thinking it can't be done, or not done well, you'd be wrong. It's not an impossible feat. The author has done it herself several times, and her mother, Charlotte Lamb – global bestselling author of 170+ novels – did it repeatedly. Once, Lamb famously managed to pen a 55K romance in a long weekend (which went on to become a bestseller). So don’t let anyone tell you it’s impossible, or that something written at top speed must need months of painstaking edits afterwards. Because it ain’t necessarily so!<br/><br/>It’s not easy, though. Writing a novel in a month requires planning, stamina, determination - and a sense of humour. It takes precision as well as speed (to avoid months of revisions). But as the many thousands of writers worldwide who take part in NaNoWriMo every year will tell you, it’s well worth the effort.<br/><br/>This workbook won't give you a sense of humour, alas. But it can help with planning, stamina and even determination. You can mark your daily word count here, track your progress, note down your best lines each day, start rough drafts or take notes, be inspired by word sprint ideas, pick up techniques from frequent Masterclass sections on how to write top-notch commercial fiction, get specialised tips on editing, pitching and synopsis-writing, plus fantastic advice on submitting your finished novel to agents and publishers at the end.<br/><br/>The author, Jane Holland, has published over 45 novels and novellas with major publishing houses, and won major awards from the Romantic Novel