Become a Novelist

Most struggling to become a novelist have their set of novel writing superstitions and idiosyncrasies. While some of them may appear to be sensible, most are entertaining. Reading about the eccentricities of novelists can virtually provide enough material to write a novel.

Imagine a writer who discovered that one out of every 8 letters is an 'e' and wrote a novel consisting of 50,000 words with none of them having the letter 'e'. Ernest Vincent achieved this rare feat of constrained writing through his novel 'Gadsby'. If you would like to understand the difficulty involved in this, just try writing a sentence in past tense without using the suffix 'ed' and you will know. You will find several such novelists who are great characters themselves.

However, eccentricity is not mandatory for everyone who wants to become a novelist. Such characteristics are merely the consequences of genius and not the cause. The basic requirement for writing a novel is to have a keen eye for interesting plots and events. In addition, writing a novel requires that you have the ability to view things from a very different perspective. You may also want to use interesting facts to support seemingly-impossible ideas. Once you have a strong idea for writing a novel, all you need is to build a structured plot around it and support it with credible yet interesting characters.

The moment you start to develop a plot around the basic idea, you will realize the importance of the craft of novel writing. Anyone who intends to become a novelist needs to know how to use words in order to convey their idea in an unambiguous manner. This requires the writer to have extensive knowledge of grammar and a very good vocabulary. Shakespeare himself had to invent several words such as boredom, hurry, on purpose and shooting star for the lack of better words to express his thoughts. However, our current vocabulary, with the addition of new words every day, is vast enough to suffice for the needs of your novel.

No matter how trivial it sounds, choosing a suitable title is an important aspect of writing a novel. While it may seem like one of the more trivial matters, many novelists have spent years writing the novel to have poor sales because of a poor title. Marketing is key and a good title helps to sell a novel. Salman Rushdie confessed that he spent several sleepless nights before he could choose the right title for his novel. His choices were: Midnight's Children or Children of Midnight. Thus, anyone who would like to become a novelist must know every aspect of the craft of writing in order to write a good, popular novel.

Finally, know and understand the likes, dislikes and limitations of your target audience. While it is acceptable to state your opinions in your novel, it could be suicidal to try to force your opinions down the reader's throat. Likewise, excessive use of complex sentences and unnecessary jargon can put off your audience and make your novel unpopular. So, to become a novelist, you need to know the art of creating a perfect blend of these novel writing aspects with the help of experience and expertise.

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