Learn to Write the Novel Way

By Carole Thaxton M.S.

EXCELLENT BOOK TO USE TO ASSIST IN LEARNING TO WRITE. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966419006
• ISBN13: 9780966419009
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Konos
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Think of the flow of a comic-book, take that outline, and write your novel

This is the best book I have found to get me writing and enjoying it! Her basic steps to getting a book written are: --Imitate comic book writers. They call it the Master Plot Outline (MPO). 1. Hook reader 2. Establish setting 3.Introduce protagonist (main character) 4. Establish protagonist's goals 5. Establish current situation 6. Introduce conflict (the villain) 7. Villain characterization Establish plot gimmick (add subtle detail that later becomes clear) Transitions to provide motivations for protagonists Protagonist and antagonist move toward eachother Reinforce protagonist goals Establish plot plant (tease reader with foreshadowing) Introduce supporting cast and sub-plot Sub-plot development in relation to protagonists Develop conflict Protagonist's big entrance Big fight scene Villain gets upper hand Pickup sub-plot Transition Back to protagonist Things look bad Protagonist is up against the wall Reaction and dilemma Decision Pay-off plot plants Character growth to over come the antagonist Payoff plot gimmick Protagonist overcomes Protagonist achieves goal Resolve plot It's as simple as that. Here is your outline, now write your book!

A teacher's dream come true!

Does it sound too lofty to achieve a novel? Carole Thaxton reaches that goal by breaking down this awesome task into chewable portions. One step builds on another until the resounding, "Wow! I did that?" This book is a teacher's dream come true! Learn to Write the Novel Way is a creative and effective approach to reviewing all the basic components of a language arts curriculum! It is charged with creative energy and enthusiasm, taking the stuffiness out of grammar. The challenge to write a novel becomes contagious. Teachers, prepare to be infected along with your students.

Teaching language arts has never been easier or more fun!

This is the book everyone who teaches language arts should have! Learn to Write the Novel Way takes teaching language arts to a new level - one that's fun for students and teachers!Learn to Write the Novel Way utilizes an approach that immerses students in the task of writing, editing, and publishing their very own novel while simultaneously teaching vocabulary, grammar, and composition skills.It's easy to use, fun, and most importantly, takes the drudgery out of teaching and learning the "mechanics" of language arts. The curriculum is presented in a step-by-step process that can be taught over the course of one semester or one year - whichever you choose. At the end of the course students have something tangible to show for all their hard work - their very own published novel! This is the way language arts should be taught - in a motivating and inspiring environment - one that's fun for students and teachers alike. I would recommend this book to everyone who is charged with teaching language arts!

Best writing course ever!

This is so exciting! It is so important to move grammar out of workbooks and into student writing. Carole's course does that beautifully, coaching the student's writing process from the stage of thinking of ideas all the way through editing. She does a particularly masterful job in sifting the dreary grammar and spelling rules needful to writing into the truly useful gems. She then explains these in fun ways with easily understood definitions. Never dry, Carole makes correcting student novels almost as much fun as writing them. Also included is something most writing courses lack, a moral compass for the writing process. Since writiers lead the culture, its important that they do so from a moral base, Carole lists solid Biblical principles throughout. I have never before had the luxury of using a curriculum that contained all the elements I wanted in one book. This book is a gift to anyone seeking to teach or become a writer.

"Nuggetizing"

I'm so glad I used Learn To Write the Novel Way in high school. It was great preparation for college writing. By "nuggetizing" the tasks, I learned how to approach all writing assignments with confidence and to write proficiently.