Thousands of great books never get published. You need patience and a great deal of luck to make money from one book.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
My first three novels were written in conjunction with running a business.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
Having a system will teach you how to balance your work with your life outside of your writing bubble. Writing a novel is a long and lonely task and to get from one end to the other successfully, you must have balance and discipline.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
Writing a book is like any other job you undertake. You have to have procedures and discipline if you are going to take a professional structured approach to creating a novel.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
You have to grasp the concept that when you rewrite, you are not just fixing mistakes and editing, you are adding value to your story and creating new words to add to the word count
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
Rewriting is a difficult discipline to master because every writer wants to create new pages as quickly as possible. Y
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
that every novel needs time to develop and grow and you will need time to research your facts and weave them into the fiction
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
novel needs to be rewritten many times over.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
If you write 1500 words a day and don’t rewrite your work, then your book will be gobbledegook.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
Equates to; 60-90 days for realistic completion target.