Creative & Practical Writing Tips : How to Write a Novel in 30 Days

[JRC190GUITAR]

my plan is 1 chapter each day after school (if i miss a day i write two) and 2 chapters on weekends

[StrwbryMuffin]

Good tips!

[Theshoesaremine]

keep u fed LOL

[IAmMediocreAtBest]

Once upon a time I wanted to write a book then I did and I was happy. Until I showed others, then I found out I am a terrible writer the end

[supervellous]

@IAmMediocreAtBest you were happy hey, thats good enough :)

[myassin2009]

@IAmMediocreAtBest da fck

[Thelongmanable]

ALSO why is so important in school we learn about every major world issue from the Roman empire when there is so many more important things in those era that were going on. Oh thats right killing people and war is alot more intresting sorry my bad. On that note Why is Nikola Tesla not in the history books at school a sweedish descent guy who invents AC, Makes worlds first power plants, AC motors etc. Personal theory is due to he called Einstines theory vague and misleading no use for E=Mc2 still

[supervellous]

@Thelongmanable the academics are kinda lazy to rewrite all the textbooks i'd guess

[Thelongmanable]

Intresting thing about Scottish people. All irish people are descendants of Scottish people from the northern tertories. As an american we face the Delima one thing says your Irish another Scottish so which was it. The only thing I have found from research is that Scottish settled Ireland from the north and later became seperate from scottish calling there selves Ireland. Intresting note IRELAND SCOTLAND BOTH WORDS IN LAND AND THREE LETTERS AT THE BEGINNING.

[Thelongmanable]

That is so not true the average novel is around 75 to 100 thousand words which that gives the book volume and is what sales books not the cover, not the great words inside the book its all about our internal impulse that the bigger the book the more we are getting. Two ways to write something. 1. Guy goes to the store. 2 Guy has epic journey going to the store. Either way the story is not enhanced only the volume of words.

[Jaqshit]

here in scotland, every november, writers month, all novelsits are set the challenge to write a novel in a month, sometimes you cannot complete it, but at the very least it gets a piece out onto the paper, besides, you can keep writing your other large novel at your own pace, eveyone writes diffrently which these videos sometimes misinterperupt, i have managed to write a story in a month, ok it was a first draft but thats where novels come from

[andwaaa]

Got a draft together of the fourth chapter in my fifth book, anyone any time to read over it and let me know what they think. (Just need a public response in terms of character/setting/atmosphere) Inbox me if your interested.

[andwaaa]

Hi guys, working on my fifth and possibly final novel. (Not in a series)

Anyway, I'm writing out of my comfort zone on this one, and would appreciate some opinions. Anyone with any time to read a few chapters? (Horror genre) Inbox me please, thanks.

[Thelongmanable]

Only the mafia decides on who and who doesnt get published. It has since day one been controlled by the Mafia. There is zero to no chance any of us will ever get published due to they pick and choose who does and does not get published. Also they have developed a process of picking who they want from early age or certain family groups. Give up thats what they want so they can take the manuscript of yours you sent in give it to someone else and walla free money off of your hard work. Truth sucks.

[roughan1837]

@Thelongmanable nice story

[geoscience]

Thanks, I wrote an epic novel in 30 days! :D..not.

[freeqwerqwer]

she talks about everything except how to write a novel in 30 days

[9lk00583]

improv writing is fun anyone tried it before

[il0v3y0u99]

@9lk00583 in my school we got PA nd i did that its awesome

[MrBigfoot91]

@9lk00583 Yes, but it usually results in me not finishing it.

[oscarlevinsky]

you are hot

[AtheistdotEDU]

Why not 60 days? 90 days? :)

It is inspirational to think that anyone will try to write a novel that is more than a pale shadow of the novels they themselves enjoy, in 30 days. But, I agree with some of the posters here: It is a great motivator to get started! :)

[notatnik150]

Was any classic ever written in 30 days?

[extrakuhar]

"On The Road" was written in 3 weeks if you don't count time spent gathering experience.

[thot4]

@notatnik150 Stevenson technically rode Jekyll and Hyde in six days.

[JacobIsMyName1999]

im currenly writting a novel called the infection

[TheCokesnorter]

@JacobIsMyName1999 Me too.

[hartnell]

I am currently doin a nano. Not to write the perfect novel but simply to help me become a better writer. I am treating it as a writing exercise and I have already learned alot. Currently on 22218 words as of day 13 !

[psYnel]

(sigh) -- I still have 2500-3000 words.

I really want to get my novel published.

Anyway, I don't think I could finish my novel in 30 days.

[sillypinkjay]

Me to, but I'm only 15

[PivotJim09]

how many pages is that

[kiedog250]

10000 - 1000000 for my novel (well im hoping)

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

50,000 words does not a novel make. You need at least 30,000 words more to get something decent, but it's a good start. YOu can actually get close to 100,000 words if try to write 3,000 words a day.

[Jaeqo]

never rush a novel keep it at Your pace..

[Storm3sh]

I want to know how to write it in 30 days-then make it better over the next couple of weeks, if anything this could help people start and finish off the general idea just so its out in the open. only then will some people be able to tweak the problems they did not notice beforehand

[lotacarolina]

5 years in a row and 5 first drafts later... I'd do it again.

[Youngmessage]

i couldn't even scratch the surface of writing my novel why do people constantly rate doing something with the time it takes than the quality you put in it or life with how long you live instead of how great your life is

[taxxiGurrl]

exactly...i know i cannot pull it off in 30 days.. not something i'd really like!

[DollfieFreak]

I agree...

[autumncathedral]

This is the exact sort of garbage that saturates the publishing industry, making it difficult for real writers to get published because it adds to the slush pile. The only novel you could write in thirty days would be garbage at best.

[mindakay09]

NaNoWriMo makes it clear that it's simply a first draft that you write in 30 days. No one is encouraging the writer to send the manuscript off on day 31.

[TheManiacOnWheelsUSA]

NaNoWriMo has a 50,000 word max limit by the 30th day. That's no novel.

Like mindakay09 said, NaNoWriMo basically is encouragement to write a first draft of a novel. You are not allowed to edit during the event, so you have to edit after the last day of November. There is even a National Novel Finishing Month a couple of months later to finish your story, and a National Novel Editing Month to edit it.

[lonelyoptimist99]

If a novel is a fictional book then yes, 50,000 words sound about right but if not, then you're absolutely right. However, most novels average out to be between 40,000-50,000 words IF they are fictional novels.

[TVwriter23]

The thing is it encourages people to get out there and do it.

[subbtopp]

thank you