By David Maillu
Published June 9, 2023
A novel is a story long enough to fill a book in which the characters and
events are usually imaginary. Composition writing is the elementary stage
of novel writing. The matter starts in school class where we learn
composition writing. The materials of writing a short story are basically
the same as in writing a novel. In other word, a creative short story is a
tiny novel because it has imaginary characters and events. Small stories
differ in sizes, from a story covering a few pages to a story running many
pages. When the short story reaches tens of pages it becomes a novella.
Novels differ in sizes depending on the strength of the matter it deals
with. Our concern here, in the meantime, is how to write an average size
novel.
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The most important question you ask yourself before you think about writing a novel, “Why do I want to write it?” To think of writing a novel for the sake of it is misguiding. You write a novel because there is a serious matter you want to discuss. Creative writing is some form of public speaking. You speak to people because you have got something important you want to tell them; but one in which you think they may not be aware of. You don’t stand out somewhere to speak about things which people know; otherwise they would not listen to you.
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So, before you write a novel, you must address the issue regarding why you think anyone would want to read your novel. People don’t read novels
simply because they are novels. They read them because those novels
inspire them by telling them something they don’t know which is useful to
them. So, if you don’t have something useful to them, don’t make the
mistake of writing the novel. Just as you would refuse reading anything
which doesn’t inspire and educate you, other people are just like you. The
next most important thing that you must consider before writing the novel
is, “Why do you think people will read your novel?”
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