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    Write It Now. Book 1 - Make a Start: Write Your Novel or Memoir. A Series Guide For Beginners, #1
    Write It Now. Book 1 - Make a Start: Write Your Novel or Memoir. A Series Guide For Beginners, #1
    Write It Now. Book 1 - Make a Start: Write Your Novel or Memoir. A Series Guide For Beginners, #1
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    Write It Now. Book 1 - Make a Start: Write Your Novel or Memoir. A Series Guide For Beginners, #1

    By Robbie McCauley

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    There are a lot of people out there who have wanted to write a book. And there are many who have not done it. There are two main reasons for not doing it. The first is fear. fear of Failure! The other is not knowing how to go about it; not having the tools.

    This little book will give you those tools.

    This little book will take away the fear.

    This little book contains 6 steps or lessons that will show you how to start your book. Once you have these tools, you will be able to start and keep going until you finish your first book.

    These books are kept small so that you don’t become bogged down in a lot of writing theories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobbie McCauley
    Release dateMay 29, 2017
    ISBN9781386122616
    Write It Now. Book 1 - Make a Start: Write Your Novel or Memoir. A Series Guide For Beginners, #1
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    Robbie McCauley

    When Robbie McCauley retired early from a varied working life, which included the duties of Secretary to Members of Parliament, Researcher, Primary School Teacher, and Bank Manager, she began to take writing classes and discovered the joy of writing short stories. At the same time Robbie decided to study for the Bachelor of Arts degree she had always wanted.  This was the start of a new world. She now has many degrees including a Masters in Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and a Post Graduate Diploma in Writing. Her qualifications provide an excellent background for story writing. At present Robbie teaches a writing class called "Let's Write a Book" with the University of the Third Age (U3A) and is happy to have finally completed her first series of novels. The Maddison Family Series contains four books. It is a family saga of suspense, crime, and romance. Book 1 - The Eleventh Hour Book 2 - The Greatest Thing Book 3 - Where There’s A Will Book 4 - Born Lucky Robbie lives in Australia, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. She is divorced, has one lovely daughter, and three exciting grand children.

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      Write It Now. Book 1 - Make a Start - Robbie McCauley

      CONTENTS

      About This Book

      Know what you want to write

      Chapter 1. Step 1 — Write a Sentence

      Chapter 2. Step 2  — Turn that Sentence into a Paragraph

      Chapter 3. Step 3 — Identify your Characters

      Chapter 4. Step 4 — The Extended Paragraph

      Chapter 5. Step 5 — The Chapters

      Chapter 6. Step 6 — The First Draft

      Summary

      Some Resources

      Other Books in this Series

      Other Books by the Author

      The Author’s Writing Website

      About the Author

      ABOUT THIS BOOK

      The idea of this book is to get you started on your novel or any book you may have been wanting to write for that matter. Although this book and the series are slanted towards writing a novel, the methods used and the assistance given in the series can be used equally well for any form of book you may wish to write.

      Many have ideas and dreams but never progress beyond that—mostly because actually starting is for many, the hardest part.

      Getting started means different things to different people. Many of us who have always wanted to write a novel have the impression that once you have an idea you can just write Chapter 1 on the top of the page and then away you go.

      Unfortunately for most writers, that’s not the way it works. Even the most successful and experienced novelists can’t do that. The great majority start with the OUTLINE.

      An outline is a summary of what your story will be about.

      ––––––––

      If you don’t know where you are going, you will never get there.

      Novelists and writers are individuals just like anyone

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