It is perhaps the greatest moment in an author’s life, the point when the last full stop is keyed, and the manuscript is finished. Writing novels can be a long, lonely road, littered with all kinds of frustrations that only the strong and the dedicated will endure. When you get to the end, you’ve more than earned the right to savour the moment.
Location, location, or a signpost to trouble?
What is the ideal length of sentences and paragraphs?
What is the best length for a novel?
You type ‘end’ but is your book really finished?
First-person or third-person or somewhere in between?
Dialogue can be a writer’s best friend, or his worst enemy.
Do judge a book by its cover
Writing a book is more like a marathon than a sprint