You too can write a novel

Want to write a book? It’s not as hard as it sounds. Start with this 10-step plan from bestselling author Graeme Simsion.

At the age of 50 I decided I wanted to be a writer. I hadn’t written a word of fiction since high school, but a couple of years after making the decision, I had a draft of the story that would become The Rosie Project, and three years after that a publication contract. I’m now a full-time writer with half a dozen bestsellers and three books in development as movies. When I began the journey, I knew embarrassingly little about writing. But I had two lessons from my previous life that turned out to be as valuable as anything I’ve learned since. The first was this: when you’re tackling a big or complex task – earning a qualification, organising a wedding, cooking for a dinner party – break it into…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2022

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