Nanowrimo survival tips 3 - A chapter a day

In her book The Craft of Novel Writing Dianne Doubtfire recommends writing a novel of 30 chapters.

book jacket for The Craft of Novel Writing

This is handy for us, as we have 30 days.

Reaching the end of a chapter at the end of the day is satisfying as well as making it easy to start afresh the next morning.

The Craft of Novel Writing is an excellent book for new novelists - it’s packed with the essentials and less than 100 pages long.

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~ by Debra on October 27, 2005.