
How To Write A Novel Chapter By Chapter
A Complete Guide To Outlining, Plotting And Editing Any Novel
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Neil Black

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About this listen
- A guide to writing every chapter of your novel, mapped perfectly to Classic Novel Structure
- A clear guide to writing every beat in your book, from inciting incident to climax and denouement
- Easy-to-follow chapters on structuring scenes, chapters, subplots and more
- Practical exercises and examples from the structures of both Pride and Prejudice and Gone Girl
Acclaimed novelist and writing mentor/editor Neil Black leads you every step of the way, with insider tips, industry knowledge, and expert techniques you won’t find in all those generic writing books.
What’s Inside This Book
- A complete introduction to Classic Novel Structure—the beginning, middle, and end of almost all long-form storytelling
- A chapter-by-chapter, beat-by-beat explanation of how to write any novel, with practical exercises
- Full coverage of plot points: inciting incident, midpoint, Golden Time, crisis, climax, and more
- Easy-to-follow chapters on writing scenes, subplots, and effective chapter structure
- Real-world application: everything is mapped onto Pride and Prejudice and Gone Girl so you can see structure in action
A 20-chapter plan you can use in any novel in any genre, showing you the major beats and emotional flow your narrative needs
Access to a free, downloadable fully plotted Master Document you can use to outline your novel
'What Neil doesn’t know about structure isn’t worth knowing.' Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths and Other Women
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