The One-Year Novelist: A Week-By-Week Guide To Writing Your Novel In One Year

Writing as a Second Career #3

by Lisa M. Lilly

Thinking of writing a novel this year? Writing and finishing a novel can feel overwhelming. And, if you're like most writers, you need to fit writing around other responsibilities and goals.
Maybe you're working at a separate job or profession, raising a family, or pursuing a degree (or all of the above).
But there's good news.
No matter what else is happening in your life, you can write a novel in a year.
The One-Year Novelist workbook walks you through the steps week-by-week, taking you from idea to finished draft. It also includes ways to strengthen your commitment so you'll be sure to finish in a year.
This book is for you

This plan will work whether you can follow the age-old advice of writing at the same time every week or day or whether you need more flexibility because you never have a regular schedule.
Get your copy of The One-Year Novelist today so you can start - and finish - your novel.

Genres: Writing

126 pages, Paperback

Published April 30, 2021

About the author

In addition to the Q.C. Davis Mysteries, a traditional detective series that includes The Worried Man, The Charming Man, The Fractured Man, The Troubled Man, The Hidden Man, and the novella No Good Plays, Lisa M. Lilly also is the author of the four-book Awakening supernatural thriller series.

Like her character Quille C. Davis, Lilly lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Under L.M. Lilly, she is the founder of WritingAsASecondCareer.com. She also hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story.

Lilly also writes horror, including When Darkness Falls, a gothic horror novel set in Chicago’s South Loop, and the short-story collection The Tower Formerly Known as Sears and Two Other Tales of Urban Horror, the title story of which was made into the short film Willis Tower. Her stories and poems have appeared in numerous publications.


Her non-fiction books, written as L.M. Lilly, include Super Super Simple Story Structure: A Quick Guide to Plotting and Writing Your Novel; The One-Year Novelist: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your Novel in One Year; and Creating Compelling Characters From the Inside Out.


A resident of Chicago, Lilly is an attorney and a member of the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists. She joined AAIM after an intoxicated driver caused the deaths of her parents in 2007. Her book of essays, Standing in Traffic, is available on AAIM’s website.

For information on new releases and to get free bonus fiction, including a Q.C. Davis Mystery novella, join her email list at LisaLilly.com/QuilleStories.

Reviews

[Anabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful, accessible, straightforward guide on taking actionable steps for writing a novel while busy with life and work obligations.

[Ari (Head in a Book) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfect for those wanting a basic and short guide to plan their novel writing.

[Aurora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous book for writing!

[₊✩‧₊˚Aria ʚ♡ɞ Nichole˚₊✩‧₊ · Rating 3 out of 5]

The One Year Novelist: A Week-by-Week Guide to Writing Your Novel in One Year by L M Lilly was a really quick guide to writing and publishing a novel in a year. It is nice to get different opinions on what one needs to do to write a novel and get published.

[Jen Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short book mostly about story structure. If your overwhelmed with writing your novel this is a great gem.