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A Novel Approach
Everyone has a book in them, isn’t that what they say? Well,
that may well be the case, but it doesn’t always mean they’re easy to get out
of your mind, and onto the page. That’s where my first non-fiction title, A
Novel Approach comes in.
One of my favourite things about the writing community is
meeting and helping other writers, and through being a co-host of the North
Tyneside Writers’ Circle, including setting monthly prompts, I realised that
running my own set of workshops would be another really fun way of doing both.
We held six workshops in total, covering the topics outlined below, and they
were all really good fun. With all that material gathered, I knew I wanted to
do something else, and so, at the start of Lockdown, I decided to see if I
could form it all into an ebook.
I’m really chuffed with the result, and hope other writers
are too – whether you’re at the very start of your writing journey, or looking
for a bit of a nudge to get your existing idea down on paper, there’ll be an
exercise to help you out.
I hope they enjoy using the prompts as much as I enjoyed
setting them!
The blurb:
Based on my series of workshops held throughout 2019 and
into 2020, this book is designed to help writers work through each of the key
stages of their story, including:
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Idea generation;
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Creating characters;
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Describing your settings;
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Showing vs telling; and
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Keeping the words flowing when you find yourself
stuck.
As well as the above, I have also added sections on hooking
your readers in, leaving them wanting more, and useful resources as a writer,
including how to dip a successful toe into the world of social media.
The workshops were fun, helping writers of short stories and
novels alike, and I hope these exercises can help you too!
A Novel Approach: mybook.to/ANovelApproach
About Jennifer
Jennifer C. Wilson stalks dead people (usually monarchs,
mostly Mary Queen of Scots and Richard III). Inspired by childhood visits to as
many castles and historical sites her parents could find, and losing herself in
their stories (not to mention quite often the castles themselves!), at least
now her daydreams make it onto the page.
After returning to the north-east of England for work, she
joined a creative writing class, and has been filling notebooks ever since.
Jennifer won North Tyneside Libraries’ Story Tyne short story competition in
2014, and in 2015, her debut novel, Kindred Spirits: Tower of London was
published by Crooked Cat Books. The full series was re-released by Darkstroke
in January 2020.
Jennifer is a founder and host of the award-winning North
Tyneside Writers’ Circle, and has been running writing workshops in North
Tyneside since 2015. She also publishes historical fiction novels with Ocelot
Press. She lives in Whitley Bay, and is very proud of her two-inch view of the
North Sea.
You can connect with Jennifer online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifercwilsonwriter/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/inkjunkie1984
Blog: https://jennifercwilsonwriter.wordpress.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifercwilsonwriter/
