Category Archives: freelancing a novel

A “high concept” is an idea that’s evocative and that’s unusual enough to sell a novel or screenplay based on a blurb. Fist-time novelist Patricia Wood scores with her novel Lottery, because it has a high concept. We’ve all wondered … Continue reading →

Many freelance writers are closet novelists. To make their daily bread, they write copy for businesses, articles for magazines, or technical manuals. Secretly, they’re working on a novel. The challenge with turning a novel into cash is that it takes … Continue reading →

Novelist Tess Gerritsen has a great post “Writers and desperation”. Words of wisdom: So why do they think that they can write a publishable novel their first time out, without bothering to first learn the craft? Chances are your first … Continue reading →

There’s a lovely description of the development of a novel on the Literature and Latte Blog, in the post A brief history of Scrivener: Part 2 – When you begin the work on a book – mentally, before anything goes … Continue reading →

Can you make money writing novels? Yes, you can, but you need to approach it in a methodical fashion. Realize that you (probably) won’t sell your first novel Look on your first novel as a learning experience. You may be … Continue reading →