How To Write A Novel Quotes

“Set a timer for five minutes. Write.”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“But also remember Parkinson’s Law”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“I used MS Word for my first novel”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“For more on the mindset side of the creative life”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“Don’t be so afraid of writing badly that you don’t write at all.” —SARK”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“When you write setting”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“There are conventions in every genre; in The Story Grid”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“If you’re writing from a particular character’s POV within a scene”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“Consider using character tags”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book

“The Shining by Stephen King is over 100,000 words and only has 57 chapters. As ever”
― Joanna Penn, How To Write A Novel: From Idea to Book