Guides for novelists
Plain, practical guides to planning, writing and finishing a novel, each with a worked example you can follow.
The guides.
Plan and structure
How to outline a novel
Premise, spine, chapters and scene cards, on one worked example.
Three-act structure
The acts, the turns and where they fall, measured on Pride and Prejudice.
The hero's journey
The 12 stages, mapped chapter by chapter on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Save the Cat beat sheet
All 15 beats with word targets for your length, worked through A Christmas Carol.
Write
How to write a book
Nine steps from first idea to revised draft, shown on A Christmas Carol.
Character development
Positive, flat and negative arcs, traced through Elizabeth Bennet, with a worksheet.
Romance tropes
Seventeen tropes with classic examples, and enemies to lovers beat by beat.