Writing Novels

By Sara McGrath

Lesson 2: Writing Your First Draft

Bibliography

Maas, Donald. Writing the Breakout Novel. Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati, OH, 2001.

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird. Anchor Books, New York, NY, 1994.

Collier, Oscar and Frances Spatz Leighton. How to Write and Sell Your First Novel. Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati, OH. 1997.

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Lessons

Introduction
Lesson 1: You Can Write A Novel in Thirty Days
Lesson 2: Writing Your First Draft
• Developing Ideas
• Writing Quantity and Quality
• Choosing Viewpoint and Tense
• Planning and Organizing
• Making Changes
• Exercises
• Bibliography
Lesson 3: Characters
Lesson 4: Plot
Lesson 5: Theme
Lesson 6: Advanced Techniques
Lesson 7: Editing and Polishing
Lesson 8: Marketing and Selling