How Many People On Here Have Written a Novel?

Written, yes. Published, no. I know lots of people talk about writing a novel like it's hard. I don't think it's all that hard. It's not a BREEZE, but it's not too difficult. Getting published, now that's hard! I wrote my first "novel" when I was 12. I put novel in quotes because when I went back at 16 and actually looked at the word count it was only 25,000 words. An official novel would need to be over 50,000 words, but at twelve years old it was totally a novel to me. I also wrote a 19,000 word sequel which was equally as bad. I then spent my high-school years writing a high fantasy novel. My senior year I wrote a science fiction story. This past year I participated in NaNoWriMo, a national writer's contest to write a novel in a month. So far that makes three full-length novels. I think you should hesitate before you say last edit. As long as it's in your hands, you're going to find things you'll want to change. It's never going to be perfect. At some point you're going to have to be satisfied with it the way it is, take a deep breath and send your first query. Then when you get rejected, you'll want to start editing all over again. And then there's the professional editors if you were to ever get a book deal. Good luck!

I've started a novel or piece of work but I hope to get it published. I'm probably not going to get it published though because it's just my luck. May I ask you though how you went about editing your work? I'm just slightly horrible at proof reading and what not but a little advice would be nice. And good luck with your work!

I am currently writing a novel, but I haven't finished it yet. I haven't published anything either. I do hope to have my novel published at some point. I don't know when, but it's something that I would like, and something that I hope for.

Believe me, writing a novel is no joke. If you have just started this discussion just for the fun of it, or just to get the knowledge as to how many here have done this job, then I think it will be difficult to get some good responses. Well this is what I presume and might even be wrong. But to give a shape to your story is a real hard work. You have to think of the characters, their behaviour pattern, the clashes in it - otherwise your novel become a boring one to read - and finally the good ending, if it a comedy at all. It envoles a lot of hard work too. Now you see, you yourself have said that you have been working on your novel for the past five years. Isn't it hard then? By the way, I am too doing the same work as you. Let's see what happens.

Written, yes. Published, no. It was probably, more technically, a novella although if I had edited it more thoroughly it might have become longer *shrug* The computer crashed and I lost the digital copy so when I set about retyping it from the hard copy, I decided it was crap and gave up. I still have the hard copy somewhere but I've lost interest in exerting the effort to make it publishable

i write articles just 250 to 500 words but writing an novel really requires great knowledge and patients. So i have never tried one. well all the best for your success in coming up with the novel.

Are you sure it's not an oncoming train? Sorry, couldn't help it. I've written a novel once. For a literary subject back in university. But I bet it was no good. I just submitted to my professor after I finished it. Didn't even bother wondering what happened to it afterward. Must have been good enough because I passed the course.