How to Write Your Novel (Paperback)

~ Margaret Chittenden (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: Writer, Inc. (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871161788
• ISBN-13: 978-0871161789
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #899,337 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best "how-to" by one of the best in the business!, May 13, 1998

By	Garda Parker (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"How to Write YOUR Novel" is a special how-to manual full of anecdotes and writing examples. Produced in Meg Chittenden's warm conversational style, this book makes the reader feel a sense of one-on-one teaching from a personal mentor. Like a tool kit full of encouragement and dawn-breaking gems, Meg's instruction is easily accessible to beginning writers; published authors will find subtle nuances to, and reminders of the craft involved in their work. Meg instructs and supports every step of the way with specifics, tactics and tricks that will have you surprised and delighted with how YOUR writing and YOU, the writer, are evolving. As a published author, I personally found "How to Write YOUR Novel" uplifting and reassuring, and I learned something new from every chapter. As a teacher of fiction writing technique, I highly recommend the book to writers at any stage of development. I also highly recommend reading Margaret Chittenden's novels -- you'll KNOW her philosophy and methods really work!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting the nuts and bolts to put my novel., September 30, 2001

By	S. Flannigan "sflannigan" (Clarkesville, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I, as one who was struggling down the road of ignorance in trying to write, found this book a blessing. It is clear and personal. It leaves nothing for which to search and struggle.
The answer to any question or problem is there. The instruction
on putting your book together is so logical. Her examples are
very impressive. I learned so much. Thank you Meg Chittenden, for your encouragement and willingness to sharing your knowledge

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great how-to for the beginning novelist, October 20, 2003

By	Radhika Meganathan (Chennai, India) - See all my reviews

This may be the first how-to book I'm reading on writing a novel, but HTWYN impressed me to the extent of buying extra copies and gifting my writer freinds.

All 145 pages are filled with practical advice and insights into the craft. Every chapter went inside my mind like warm chicken soup - it literally wanted me to draft my story outline and start typing.

The most striking thing about the book is the conversational tone Chittenden employs throughout the chapters. I have read how-to articles on the Net and fallen asleep in the middle or at least find it very difficult to understand what the heck the writer tries to tell me. But Chittenden has an excellent writing voice, simple enough for the wannabe writer, at the same time conveying the most confusing advice in an intelligent manner.

The book is great for budding novelists or even as a gift to a writerly cousin/friend. Plainly speaking, GRAB THIS ONE!