This step-by-step guide teaches you the tricks of the trade, with advice on all you need to know to compete in the world of fiction. Whether you are seeking to hone your writing style, shape an existing work-in-progress, or begin the submission process to publishers, successfully published novelists Joyce and Jim Lavene give you all you need to know to set you on the fast track to fulfilling your writing dreams!

This authoritative guide shows you how to:

• Turn your creative idea into a sellable premise
• Build a strong plot
• Create realistic character
• Develop a first draft
• Find an agent
• Market and sell your work to publishers

Whether you're writing literary fiction, a terrifying thriller, a sweeping epic, or a passionate romance, The Everything Guide to Writing a Novel is your essential reference to creating the next bestseller!

Joyce and Jim Lavene have written and sold more than forty novels. They have also taught writers' workshops and classes across America.