A Few Lessons On Writing A Novel

I’ve been working on a novel for about three weeks now. I’m about 17,000 words in as I write this. I would be further, but over the past few days I’ve deleted a few thousand words.

I deleted those words because they weren’t true. I was losing track for a bit, losing touch. This is the first time I’m writing a work of fiction of this length and I’m learning as I go along.

I thought it might be helpful to list some of the lessons I’ve learned so far.

Occasionally read your work out loud

Reading you...