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    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels: How To Write, #1
    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels: How To Write, #1
    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels: How To Write, #1
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    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels: How To Write, #1

    By Jim Driver

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    Writing A Novel Has Never Been Easier!

    Have you ever wanted to write a book, but could never get started?

    Maybe you gave up after getting bogged down in silly plot problems?

    You are NOT ALONE. Most people who try and write a novel give up or fail miserably.

    If you need help writing your novel, you need look no further.

    Publisher, editor and writer, Jim Driver, reveals many of the secrets the experts use to write bestselling novels.

    He says: "Taking inspiration from the Pulp Fiction writers of the 1940s and 1950s, showed me how to banish writers' block forever. I also discovered the easiest way to create and plot commercial novels."

    Know What Your Readers Will Buy Before You Write A Word

    "Writing your novel should be fun and it can be easy. But you have to know how to motivate yourself and reach a point where the words will not stop flowing out of you."

    How To Write A Novel – The Simple Way

    Take action now: and see how valuable the information inside this short eBook (less than 14,000 words) is. You need solid information, not useless flannel.

    I'm confident this will be the last book you need to read before you write your bestselling novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Do-Not Press
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    ISBN9781502216298
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    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method To Write Better Novels - Jim Driver

    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method

    How To Write A Novel The Easy Way Using The Pulp Fiction Method

    Jim Driver

    The Do-Not Press

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    See the back of this book for details on how you can sign up for free.

    Contents

    First Things First

    Preparing To Write

    The Story

    Writing

    After Writing

    The Golden Age of Pulp Fiction

    The Writers’ VIP Club

    Please review this book!

    About the Author

    More Books by Jim Driver

    Copyright

    First Things First

    Dime Detective

    I’m going to show you how to write a novel using my Pulp Fiction Method. It’s a system I developed to help me write quality novels in as short a time as possible.

    Like the pulp writers of the Golden Age (roughly 1910-1960), the modern author needs to write quickly and without distraction.

    Since the first version of this book appeared in 2014, the way I work has evolved. This new edition reflects those improvements and includes a mountain of new material, including a whole new chapter on The Golden Age of Pulp Fiction.

    I’m a big fan of Pulp Fiction. Not just the Tarantino movie, but all those great magazine stories and paperback novels that appeared in the first half of the 20th century. Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammett, Louis L’Amour, Isaac Asimov, John D MacDonald, Jim Thompson, James M Cain, F Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Wallace, and many others, all got their start writing cheap fiction to order.

    Unknown World Pulp Magazine

    Pulp novels were often cleverly plotted and sometimes remarkably well-written. Quite a few were adapted into great movies, including The Killer Inside Me, The Grifters, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Mildred Pierce. They weren’t all masterpieces by any means, but thousands were written and millions of readers enjoyed them.

    Authors of pulp novels were paid by the word. They had to produce great stories in as short a time as possible. They didn’t have word processors or computers to write on, every word had to be hand-written or battered out on a manual typewriter.

    If they made a mistake, they had to rip out the paper and start again. As a result, pulp writers learned techniques that allowed them to write fast and furiously, without making costly mistakes. They didn’t have time for writers’ block or self-doubt. If they didn’t write, they didn’t eat.

    Detective Novels

    I’m going to show you methods that work. My advice will enable you to write your novel quickly and easily.

    This is a short book: a smidgeon under 20,000 words. I’m working on the assumption that you need useful information, not waffle. To be a writer you’ve got to write, not sit around reading books about it.

    I’m not going to try and reinvent the wheel and tell you exactly how to tackle every single stage of the writing process. I’m going to give you the basics, plus lots of useful tips, and tell you where to find out more, should you need it.

    If you were looking for a great big how to do everything kind of book, stop reading now and go get a refund. If you genuinely want to write a novel and start selling on digital platforms like iBooks and Kindle, carry on reading…

    You Are Already A Writer

    Yellow Men of Mars

    Have you ever written an email or a school essay? Assuming you have, you are already a writer. Going on to write a novel is simply a matter of scaling up.

    Writing novels is really not as difficult as you think. I’ve written several myself, though none (so far) under my own name. I’ve ghostwritten seven novels and the other twelve (so far) have been published under pseudonyms.

    You can definitely write a novel. All you need is someone to tell you how to do it as simply as possible. That’s where I come in. But first, it’s time for some home truths.

    You Are A Terrible Writer

    You may be a writer but the bad news is that you are almost certainly a dreadful writer. The good news is practically everyone is; at least, to start with.

    Chippendale commode

    Do you suppose the first time the great English cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) picked up a chunk of wood, he was able to create an intricately inlaid cabinet like the one above? Not a chance. Just like everyone else, he began as a raw amateur and he practiced until he got better.

    Chippendale could have wasted years reading books on how to make cabinets and bemoaning the fact he wasn’t as good as he thought he needed to be. Luckily, he didn’t. He learned the basic skills and threw himself into the task. In the end, all his efforts paid off.

    Arms in the Dark: Ghost Stories

    What is it about writing that makes new authors despair when they can’t write a literary masterpiece at their first attempt? No other job has similar expectations. You don’t become a plumber and think you’ll be able to fit a central heating system your first morning in the job. Would-be pianists aren’t shocked when they can’t play Beethoven’s Sonata Hammerklavier opus 106 the first time they sit down at a piano.

    So, get real!

    The first hurdle is to accept that your writing probably isn’t brilliant. Believe me, no one (except you) expects it to be.

    Just get over yourself!

    The majority of magazines and books produced today

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