Caroline O'Donoghue: 6 pieces of novel writing advice from a published author
November, as you may already know, has become known as National Novel Writing Month.
One of the nicer developments of lockdown is that people are trying to do things they never did before. My friend Tash, in the last six months, has learned rudimentary sign language. My dog has diligently forgotten how to sit.
And lots of people are writing books. Every week, I get messages from people who are writing seriously for the first time in their lives. About a year ago, you see, I guested on a podcast called Nobody Panic on an episode titled ‘How To Write That Novel’. My guess is that this has become a high search result for people looking for podcasts on novel writing, and as a result, I get a lot of updates on how they’re doing.
