Writing your novel from start to finish: a guidebook for the journey

Introduction

Part one: Beginnings ; Developing initial ideas ; Character concepting ; Plot planning ; Narration ; Building a world: description and setting ; Opening scene and first-act structure

Part one scenic overlook

Part two: Middles ; Crafting and maintaining suspense ; Raising the stakes ; Complicating your characters ; Pivotal scenes: plotting and pacing ; Part two scenic overlook

Part three: Endings ; The art of closing well ; Plotting for the payoff ; Coming full circle ; Revision: discovering what you meant ; Part three scenic overlook

Appendixes

Appendix A: practical tips for the novelist

Appendix B: worksheets

Index.