Comments on: Writing Your First Novel? 5 Tips for Aspiring Novelists http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/5-tips-to-get-your-novel-going/ Tips for writers, freelancers, and novelists paired with quips from successful authors, to help you write better! Tue, 15 May 2012 00:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rachael http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/5-tips-to-get-your-novel-going/comment-page-1/#comment-3845 Rachael Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:16:30 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=105#comment-3845 I'm getting ready to start writing my first book and your tips really helped. I started a story awhile ago I spent so much time rereading and rewording the beginning I never finished it. I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen with my book. I’m getting ready to start writing my first book and your tips really helped. I started a story awhile ago I spent so much time rereading and rewording the beginning I never finished it. I’m going to make sure that doesn’t happen with my book.

]]> By: Susan Hetrick http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/5-tips-to-get-your-novel-going/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Susan Hetrick Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:43:42 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=105#comment-332 Amen! I started writing a novel five years ago and had three chapters done. But I spent so much time re-thinking and re-working the stuff I had written, I never got any further. Then my computer crashed and I lost the entire thing. Lesson #1: Keep writing, edit later. Lesson #2: Backup your work!! Very valuable lessons indeed. I'm now at work on novel number two, and not self-editing! Amen! I started writing a novel five years ago and had three chapters done. But I spent so much time re-thinking and re-working the stuff I had written, I never got any further. Then my computer crashed and I lost the entire thing.
Lesson #1: Keep writing, edit later.
Lesson #2: Backup your work!!
Very valuable lessons indeed. I’m now at work on novel number two, and not self-editing!

]]> By: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/5-tips-to-get-your-novel-going/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:37:56 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/blogwriting/?p=105#comment-324 Thanks for writing this article, Kelly! I especially like your advice about not wasting valuable time re-reading yesterday's work....this applies to non-fiction writers as well. I tend to re-read my old stuff too often, and for too long. Procrastination! Thanks for writing this article, Kelly!

I especially like your advice about not wasting valuable time re-reading yesterday’s work….this applies to non-fiction writers as well. I tend to re-read my old stuff too often, and for too long. Procrastination!

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