Write A Novel In 3 Days
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Starting to write a novel is hard. Finishing one? Even harder. With this guide you can check write a novel off your list. A feat you can accomplish in three days.
Unlike novels written over longer periods of time, writing in the Zone blasts past common obstacles to finishing. Once you know how to channel the Zone, you may never write a novel any other way.
Key areas covered in this guide:
- Why novels go unfinished.
- How actual three-day novelists produce quality work.
- What experts say about writing in the Zone.
- Why thirty days is too long to write a novel.
- What essentials three-day novel writing requires.
- How to end and edit a Zone-fuelled novel.
Do you have a novel inside you? It's time to give your story a life.
(106 pages)
Mary Ann Tippett
MARY ANN TIPPETT is a writer living in Ottawa. She has a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University. Other published novels include Clara & Pig and Pairs With Pinot. For more information, visit her blog at www.maryanntippett.ca
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not very helpful for authors who are extremely concerned about quality. The author's method will work for experienced authors who don't mind creating a draft that you'll need to seriously edit. You basically have to be perfectly primed to complete a novel in 3 days.
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Write A Novel In 3 Days - Mary Ann Tippett
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Write A Book In 3 Days
The Zone Method
Mary Ann Tippett
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For every writer with a novel inside
Contents
1. First, A Word
2. Zone In And Tune Out
3. The Seed of an Idea
4. Nourishing the Idea
5. Deep Focus
6. Outline Less
7. Genres Conducive to Three-Day Novel Writing
8. How to Structure A Three-Day Novel
9. The Half-Book Outline
10. Nail The Necessities
11. Fast-Writing Fuel
12. Sleep & Word-Count Goals
13. Event Particulars
14. Know When, Where & Why
15. Support
16. Anticipate Challenges
17. End It Productively
18. How to Stick the Landing
19. Editing the Three-Day Novel
Afterword
20. Appendix A
21. Appendix B
22. Appendix C
Note From Author
Recommended Reading
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Mary Ann Tippett
1
First, A Word
It has been three years since my last unfinished novel. As a former perfectionist with a list of excuses, I consider myself a member of Writing Perfectionists Anonymous. ¹ Thanks to a three-day writing contest, I learned to let go of my perfectionist, story-slaying mindset and finish seven novels.
You may not be a perfectionist like me, but I would wager you have a story to tell. You have talent. You want to finish a novel. And you don’t know how to get started, how to stay motivated, or what to do about that abandoned novel baby you want to finish.
You likely identify with one or more of these scenarios:
You have a great idea for a novel and are looking for the best way to write it.
Every time you start writing a novel, you end up quitting.
You are writing a novel but now you are stuck.
You have a novel in your files / box-in-the-closet / fill-in-the-blank-place-where-novels-go-to-die.
Whenever you get into a project, you lose interest or end up chasing a new, more exciting idea.
You wrote a chapter and now you need tips on how to write the rest of your book.
You have a killer outline all fleshed out, but no motivation to write the actual story.
You know how your story idea begins and ends, but you’re currently procrastinating on the middle part.
You read Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft / Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird / fill-in-the-blank-book-on-novel-writing and can’t wait to put what you learned into action.
You attended courses on the basics, such as outlining, character building, scene building, and the three-act structure, but when you start writing you feel like you do not know anything.
You just do not have the time right now to commit to writing a novel.
You do not have the credentials of a real writer but writing a novel is a goal.
You read a lot of books you could have written better. Getting started is the hard part.
You are afraid of spending years finishing a novel that goes nowhere.
You fight with your inner critic every time you sit down to write.
You have some partial novels to finish someday but are too excited about a new idea to deal with them now.
You are curious about the three-day novel process and whether it is for you.
If any of these statements resonate, you are in good company. I have suffered from all of the above: writers block, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, fear I don’t really know enough yet, procrastination, time constraints, and the look-something-shiny-and-new-to-do-instead complex. ²
But guess what? We do not need courage, years, craft books, or fancy degrees to produce our best novel. A stirring idea, a way to channel your muse, and three days will get you to the finish line.
This guide demonstrates how to write in the Zone, how to outrun your inner critic, and how to outline with the less-is-more