| Once you get the idea for a novel, start out even | | | | - Watch carefully for discrepancies. (You really |
| if you don't have an idea about the title. You can | | | | don't want the reader to find that out and write |
| decide it after finishing. | | | | to you someday saying that a dead character |
| Day-1: The Plot | | | | appeared to talk again in a later chapter). |
| Creating the plot is the most important thing with | | | | Day-17: Grammar and Format |
| quick novel writing. Especially when you want it | | | | - Read slowly and read as if you want to find |
| done in 20 days. | | | | fault with the book. |
| - Think about the story from the beginning to the | | | | - You should do this. No matter how great you |
| end, twists, turns, thrills, etc. | | | | are with the language. There might be typo errors |
| - Write down the hints in a paragraph or two. | | | | or even some unthinkable errors that you did |
| - Start numbering events 1,2,3... and split up what | | | | carelessly. |
| events should happen in each chapter. | | | | - Watch carefully and correct any error that you |
| A chapter ends and another chapter begins when | | | | come across. |
| the events need no direct connectivity. Better | | | | Day-18: Take Rest |
| look at it from a reader's perspective rather than | | | | - This is very important. You don't need to get |
| that of yours. Go to sleep early! You need to be | | | | tired or become insane out of the hard brain |
| fresh and healthy on day-2 to begin. | | | | work all these days. |
| Days-2-15: Writing-Really! | | | | - You need to stay calm and do something that |
| Write at least two to three chapters a day. Here | | | | would make you entirely forget about what is |
| is how you can do it: | | | | inside the book that you had written. |
| - Wake up at about six or seven or when you | | | | - This rest is a must so that you could spot any |
| feel healthy and comfortable and feel enough of | | | | errors while reviewing on Day-19. |
| sleep. | | | | Day-19: Review Again |
| - Do not interfere with your Activities of Daily | | | | - Read the story like a reader. Patiently. Take |
| Living. You have to do them all correctly. Never | | | | your time. |
| skip meals or restrict water. You can use the | | | | - Feel the pleasure it gives and see if anything |
| ADLs as a break from your writing as your mind | | | | goes wrong anywhere with the content, format, |
| would be refreshed each time you come back to | | | | or language. |
| the pen/keyboard. | | | | - This day, you will have to review completely |
| - Start writing! Think of what the characters | | | | and keep in mind that you are not going to do |
| would do in the given situations and elaborate | | | | this again. Hence be a critic as well. |
| according to what they would speak and what | | | | Day-20: Decorations and Indexing |
| they'd do. | | | | - This is the day you would decorate your |
| - Hopefully, you would feel sleepy sometimes as | | | | manuscript (in your computer rather) and take |
| the brain is doing the work of more than one | | | | care of highlighting, font changes, etc. |
| person at least. Take short naps in comfortable | | | | - Then comes the page breaks, page numbers, |
| positions so that they'd help you recharge. | | | | title arrangement in every page, etc. |
| - You would have written a chapter or two each | | | | - When you are done completely that you wont |
| day. Depends upon the length of the chapter. | | | | change the content from one page to another, |
| - Write until you go to bed. Early again as your | | | | start indexing. |
| brain and body needs to be fresh and healthy for | | | | - (Optional) Create a wrapper if you don't want |
| tomorrow's writing. | | | | your publisher to do that. There are a variety of |
| - Continue this until day 15 when hopefully you'd | | | | freewares like Photoscape, GIMP, and Photoshop |
| complete writing. | | | | to help you out. |
| Day-16: Review | | | | - (Optional) You can even draw sketches and |
| - Read all that you have written from the | | | | scan them and then work on them with the |
| beginning to the end. Hopefully you'd need four to | | | | software that you like later. |
| five hours to read a book that has less than | | | | You are done! Your dream novel is complete in 20 |
| 25,000 words. | | | | days! |
| - While doing so, correct the errors that are | | | | Go ahead and publish it. Will talk about that in |
| visible and now concentrate on the story and | | | | another article. |
| don't deviate much into grammar, format, etc. | | | | |