Writing Novel

Writing Novel

A novel is a fictional story which reflects the life of people. A novel writer creates fictional or imaginary characters and explores great themes in his novel. Some of the themes identified by a novelists are betrayal, love, revenge, loneliness, self-discovery.

 Three essential things to write a novel are

·                  Imagination

·                  Craftsmanship

·                  Determination

The basic structure of a novel is conflict or struggle. A novel decries the frailities and weakness of people. It doesn’t talk about happy and contended people. Angus Wilson claims “The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life”.

A fictional writer shapes his bitter and sweet experience. His first novel tends to be autobiographical. A novelist should be dare enough to explore the modern world fearlessly. He should select the central character of the story.

First Person narration “ I “

A novel writer uses first person narration to narrate his story.  In first person narration the protagonist narrates his or her experience. In The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain chose Huck to narrate the story.

Third-Person narration

The word ‘omniscient’ means ‘all-knowing’. In third-person omniscient all-knowing narrator narrates the story. He gives voice but does not play the role in the novel. He makes readers access to the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of all characters. An example is The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

Third – Person Point of View.
The third-person point of view belongs to the person (or people) being talked about. The third-person pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves. Plenty of stories and novels are written in the third person. Example Jane Austen’s Pride Prejudice.