Novel Writer's Survival Guide: How to Write a 50,000-Word Novel in Thirty Days... and Live to Tell the Tale

Box Set ~ 30-Day Novel Series

Novel Notes: 30 Days ~ 30 Chapters

You’re invited on a magical, novel-writing adventure.

Novel Notes invites you into the magic inside your mind and shows you how to make the writing magic happen. It offers a workbook for planning your novel and a road map for your month-long, novel-writing journey. It encourages you to bring forth and listen to all your totally wonderful, magnificent novel ideas that your muse whispers inside your mind and your imagination. Inside this 30-day guide to writing your novel, you’ll find:

Premise, promise, and purpose of your novel;
The essential elements to include in your novel;
How to structure and sketch out your story;
Foreshadowing, flashbacks, and back story;
Story seeds—shaping and setting up your novel;
Three-act structure, hero’s journey, and beat sheets;
How to develop your plot, subplots, and story line.
Brainstorms, road maps, and sketchy shapes;
Capturing your plot bunnies and random thoughts;
Setting, world-building, and staging your story;
Creating your characters and making them come alive;
How to weave drama and conflict through your story;
Playing the “what if...?” game—situations and scenarios;
How to create a compelling inciting incident; and
30 days of novel prompts and scene starters.

This workbook invites you to write your novel your way.

30-Day Novel: Tips and Tricks for Writing a Novel in Thirty Days

Maybe you’re thinking about writing a 50,000-word novel in a month. Would you like to know what you’re getting yourself into? 30-Day Novel offers everything you need to know, and probably more than a few things you don’t want to know, about writing a novel in 30 days. Inside these pages you’ll discover:

How to prep for a 30-day writing marathon;
What you should do if your muse goes missing;
The secret to writing a novel in thirty days;
The truth about writer’s block and brain burn-out;
How to write your story in your sleep;
Visualizing; seeing things that aren’t really there;
Positive pep talks and a 30-day doubt dialog; and
How to open your imagination and set it free.

Writerly words of wisdom are interspersed throughout the book. There’s also a magical word fairy running through the pages.

30-Day Novel Cookbook: Make-Ahead Meals, 30-Minute Meals, and Crock Pot Recipes

Who has time to cook when you have a 50,000-word novel to write in thirty days?

30-Day Novel Cookbook offers 30 quick and easy recipes for make-ahead meals, 30-minute meals, and crock pot recipes, along with food for thought so you won’t starve during your month-long, novel-writing adventure. Enjoy recipes such as...

Be Kind to Yourself Beef Stew;
Make More Time to Write Mexican Pork Chops;
Who Cares if Your Words Suck Southwestern Beef Strips;
Crazy Enough to Write a Novel in Thirty Days Chicken Cacciatore;
Don’t Try to be Perfect Pot Roast;
Geeky, Gecko, Can’t Spell Greek Chicken;
Don’t Feed Your Muse Meatloaf; and many more.

Prep and cook times are given for each recipe, along with tips and tidbits of novel-writing wisdom.