Novel Writing: 5 Essential Steps to Take Before Starting Your Novel

Novel Writing: 5 Essential Steps to Take Before Starting Your Novel

Monday, October 28

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This one-hour presentation will encourage writers to work through 5 fundamental questions before they begin to write their novel: 

  • Why write this book?
  • What is your point?
  • What is the genre?
  • What is a super simple version of your story?
  • Who is your ideal audience? 

Using examples from classic and contemporary fiction, Jennifer Landau will work through these fundamentals with the group so they can sit down to write with clarity and confidence. 

Jennifer Landau is a writer, editor, and certified book coach with a master’s degree in creative writing from New York University. She has taught creative writing workshops in a wide variety of settings and works as a book coach for novelists and memoir writers. Landau has published several books for young adults, as well as numerous articles and essays, one of which was featured on the award-winning Writing Class Radio podcast.