During the next week spend some time thinking and making
notes about your novel. You might find it useful to write a description to help
you focus on the important aspects. There is no need to develop details of characters,
locations or even plot at this stage, these will be developed later.
Your notes might contain details of some key aspects e.g.
throughout his life his father tried to prevent his success (names of
characters are not required at this stage). This raises questions such as why does
his father want him to fail? What lengths will he go to? What will happen to
his father if he is successful? The questions should be recorded in your notes
however you can decide to whether or not to answer them at this stage, you may
prefer to do this as you develop your plot.
Once you have your notes aim to write out the theme or
premise of your novel in one or two sentences – you might write something like
this – A rags to riches story about how a young homeless man rose to become the
CEO of a multi-national company.
Next week we will look at developing your characters.
Happy writing.
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