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Levenger Master Class Writing a Novel Circa Workbook

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Many talk about writing a novel, says acclaimed writing instructor Sue Viders, but few actually do it. Her new Circa® workbook can help make it happen. In Writing A Novel, Viders leads writers on a journey of creative exploration in this comprehensive step-by-step guide. The ingenious exercises and brainstorming worksheets she’s developed are designed to unlock the imagination and unleash creativity, and they’ve been proven effective for choosing a genre, developing a theme, building characters and plotting a compelling story. (And did we mention that they’re fun?) Breezy, informal and conversational, this is like a master class with the instructor herself, a concentrated, guided brainstorm designed to get the novice writer’s creative juices flowing.


Some Writer’s Advice from Sue:

If you’re really going to write that novel, you are going to need PENCILS and a good ERASER. (In fact, I strongly recommend doing this workbook in pencil!) Also, I urge you to take advantage of the Circa functionality of this book—add and rearrange pages, enhance it with accessories and larger-size discs, and use a Circa punch to secure loose sheets, ideas torn from magazines, computer printouts, etc. You can keep all your writing ideas in one place with the Circa discbound system.


ASK SUE
Do you have a question for Sue about your writing project? Email her at WritingANovel@Levenger.com.

About the Author

Sue Viders is the author of numerous books, workbooks, columns and one card game for writers. She also lectures and teaches writing, both onsite and online. This workbook, Writing a Novel, is an accumulation of her knowledge gleaned from over 40 years of teaching and helping aspiring writers organize the various factors, step by step, that a writer needs to consider when starting a novel. Meet Sue on our Well-Read Life™ blog.

Overall rating: 4.4444447 / 5 from 18 reviews.

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Great Guide to keep you on track!

"This serves as a Great Guide to keep you on track as you build your novel—whether it’s your first book or you have dozens under your belt! By providing open ended questions that could be answered in a multitude of ways, the author does not lead you in only one direction, but instead pries open past memories and long forgotten moments, which in turn can become the basis for some of your best characters, primary or secondary. If you use the guide fully, your writing will benefit because it forces you to stay more organized as you write and ask yourself important questions about the logic in your story as you go along. Digging deep and finding the answers is not always easy, but in the end, it will make for a better book! I encourage you to go for it!"

— Kimberly D. (5/5)

I am loving my new

"I am loving my new purchase! It is really making me think deeply about how I want my short story/novel to go. Genre, characters, direction. It has depth, while being wrapped in pretty packaging! Excellent product!!"

— Maria D. (5/5)

A Great way to organize A First Novel

"This is a solid, coherent and thoughtful way to assist a new author in putting thoughts down on paper. It is comprehensive, covering the details of character and plot development. It reminds the budding author of the importance of organizing your thoughts before fleshing out the details in order to ensure that thoughts flow in an orderly fashion."

— Michael O. (4/5)

"Love this!"

— Peter (5/5)

Writing A Novel

"Very helpful!"

— Linda T. (5/5)

good purchase!

"an interesting guide to writing with great suggestions, nicely discbound with thick flexible covers, nice cardstock pages and plenty of room to write. appreciated the tabs/sections/ and thoughtfulness of the entire set up"

— karen i. (5/5)

Novel plotting pages

"This book is like so many others BUT what it does include is PLOTTING pages - no more sticky notes on a board, or in Scrivener, or losing a note. I've never seen this before in a writing note book and greatly appreciate the inclusion. You'll need to make more copies depending on the length of your book, FYI but with Circa just cut and put them in!"

— Ronda W. (5/5)

A printable would be nice!

"This book looks interesting but at $50, it's too steep for me. Also not a fan of disc bound notebooks. If there was a downloadable printable for a fraction of the cost, I'd consider purchasing."

— Lori (3/5)

Not worth the money

"There is far to basic for anyone who has thought seriously about writing a novel. For example, there's a long section about choosing the genre you want to write in. If you're thinking about writing a novel, that's probably something you don't need help with. You know! There are pages and pages of "help" with names and settings and titles. But perhaps the most ludicrous are the pages of "storyboards." This isn't an exercise in creating TV commercials. Much more helpful would have been sample plot templates, or exercises in raising tension and stakes. I am sorry I bought one of these for my niece, who is smarter than this, and equally sorry I bought one for myself."

— Marj C. (2/5)

Great Kickstart

"Great Kickstart"

— Lurana V. (5/5)

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How is the workbook different from the refill?
The full workbook comes with covers and discs, the refills do not.
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