# Novel Writing Guides - Feldar

> Free guides for novelists: outlining, three-act structure, the hero's journey, Save the Cat, character development, romance tropes and novel length.

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### 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.](https://feldar.com/guides/how-to-outline-a-novel)
[Three-act structure The acts, the turns and where they fall, measured on Pride and Prejudice.](https://feldar.com/guides/three-act-structure)
[The hero's journey The 12 stages, mapped chapter by chapter on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.](https://feldar.com/guides/heros-journey)
[Save the Cat beat sheet All 15 beats with word targets for your length, worked through A Christmas Carol.](https://feldar.com/guides/save-the-cat-beat-sheet)

##### Write

[How to write a book Nine steps from first idea to revised draft, shown on A Christmas Carol.](https://feldar.com/guides/how-to-write-a-book)
[Character development Positive, flat and negative arcs, traced through Elizabeth Bennet, with a worksheet.](https://feldar.com/guides/character-development)
[Romance tropes Seventeen tropes with classic examples, and enemies to lovers beat by beat.](https://feldar.com/guides/romance-tropes)

##### Choose your tools

[Best novel writing software Scrivener, Plottr, Dabble, Sudowrite, Feldar and more, on one set of criteria.](https://feldar.com/guides/best-novel-writing-software)
[How many words in a novel Word counts by genre for a debut, plus our own count of 43 classic novels.](https://feldar.com/guides/how-many-words-in-a-novel)