Member-only story

5 Tips Anyone Can Use To Write A Novel

Yes really — anyone

Elise L. Blake
3 min readFeb 28, 2024
Photo by Sam Dan Truong on Unsplash

Writing a novel isn’t one of those things that you need to go to school for years and years to be able to do.

You don’t need to put thousands of dollars towards an education or fancy courses.

Anyone can write.

Writing a novel is accessible to everyone even if you can’t physically write there are free ways around that.

So if you need a little help getting started these tips are for you.

Set Realistic Goals

Too many writers attempt to hit the ground running with their novels only to eventually run face-first into a writer's block brick wall or run themselves down and burn out before they even finish the race.

Set smaller goals in the beginning. A chapter a week or just a few hundred words a day.

You'll gain confidence the more goals you’re able to reach and exell past that you’ll keep with writing longer than those who stop when they feel as if they’ve failed before they’ve even reached the halfway milestone.

Create A Writing Routine

It doesn’t matter if your routine is to write only on the third Tuesday of the month if the moon is full.

--

--

Elise L. Blake
Elise L. Blake

Written by Elise L. Blake

Full-time writing coach and novelist. Elise is a recent college graduate where she earned her BA in Creative Writing.

No responses yet