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ead Better,

Write Better

Novel Study Workbook

for Aspiring Novelists

Written by Suzannah Windsor Freeman

1.1 Write It Sideways 2010


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Why This Workbook

Most people believe they have at least one good story in them, but only a small

fration have the ability and determination to atually sit down and write that

story.

!ne of the "rst steps in learning how to write a novel is to e#erise awareness.

$ntil you %now how suessful boo%s are written, it&s virtually impossible to write

one yourself.

'y helping you evaluate novels as you read, this wor%boo% will improve your

understanding of what ma%es them bestsellers(or mediore shelf)"llers.

*here are many rules of good writing, but the best way to "nd them is

to be a good reader. Stephen +mbrose

!o" To #se This Workbook

hoose a novel similar in genre, style, or theme to the one you&d li%e to write,

then print o- a opy of the ead 'etter, Write 'etter /ovel Study *emplate.

+s you read the novel, "ll out the template by using the interative glossary,

resoures, and e#amples in the appendies to guide you you may need to read

the novel twie to omplete the entire wor%boo%. in%s on words throughout the

pages will ta%e you diretly to the relevant term in the glossary.

epeat the proess with at least three di-erent novels to help you fully

understand the basi elements of "tion before you write or ontinue to write

your own novel.

If you don&t have the time to read, you don&t have the time or the toolsto write. 3Stephen 4ing,!n Writing
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About $e

I was born and raised in the old anadian /orth, but now see the world from the

fresh perspetive of sunny +ustralia.

I write. + lot. 'ut that wasn5t always the ase.

When I was 6 years old, I had to write a story for shool.

*he other girls in my lass wrote about ponies,

prinesses, and rainbows7 I wrote a story alled, 8My

Soul 9as 'een Murdered.: I didn5t %now what a soul was,

or what it meant to be murdered, but gosh, it sounded

gripping(muh more interesting than ponies.

I wrote more stories. I told myself I was a writer.

When I grew up, I thought writers were supposed to get

degrees in reative writing. It too% me e#atly one year to disover that a degree

in reative writing wouldn5t ma%e me a writer, and I ended up with degrees in

;nglish literature and eduation, instead.

So, I beame a teaher. When I started teahing %ids how to write, I stopped

writing for myself, beause it all beame too hard.

I stopped telling myself I was a writer. I forgot my dream.

'ut one day a few years ago, I got an idea for a story.

I pi%ed up a piee of paper and stared at it for a while. It taunted me with its

blan%ness until I got annoyed and started writing on it. *he words ame easily.

When I reahed 100 pages, I loo%ed at it and said, 8*his su%s. It5s really, really

terrible. 'ut there are a few good parts.: So, I forgot about the su%y bits and

started wor%ing on the good parts.

I %ept writing. Soon, people started telling me I was a writer. Writersstarted telling

me I was a writer. I started believing them. *oday, I tell myself the same things< I

am a writer. I am a storyteller.

*o your writing suess,

Suzannah Windsor Freeman

=ou an onnet with me online atwriteitsideways.om, on *witter attwitter.om>writeitsidewaysor ?aeboo% at faeboo%.om>writeitsideways.
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Table of %ontents

+bout *his Wor%boo%........................................................................................... 2

9ow *o $se *his Wor%boo%.................................................................................. 2

+bout Me..............................................................................................................@

/ovel Study Wor%boo% *emplate..........................................................................A

?urther eading +tivities................................................................................... 1B

+ppendi# +< /ovel Study Wor%boo% ;#ample......................................................16

+ppendi# '< Interative Clossary.........................................................................2D
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Novel Study Workbook Template

Erint the template pages A)1B of the wor%boo% and "ll it out as you read your

novel. =ou an also print the glossary in +ppendi# ' if you wish to %eep a opy

handy while reading.

Novel Summary

*itle

+uthor

Eublisher>Fate

Cenre

+udiene

Goie

*one

Mood

*hemes

First &mpressions

'ased on the novel&s over alone art, graphis, font, author testimonials, et.,

what are your "rst impressions of this boo%H What, in partiular, made you hoose

this novelH

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'remise

What is the premiseof the story, based on the blurbH

First %hapter

Is there a prologueH If so, do you feel it&s neessary to the storyH Foes the storybegin in the most e-etive plae it ouldH

(rganization

9ow is the novel organied by hapters, setionsH 9ow long is the average

sene, and hapterH

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esear)h

ist topis the author might have researhed to write this novel.

Narration

Who is the story&s narratorH Is it the main harater, another harater, someone

loo%ing in from the outside, or an un%nown narratorH Is there more than onenarratorH If so, how is the narration struture alternating hapters, setions, or

senesH Is the story told in "rst person, seond person, or third person point of

viewH Is it told in past or present tenseH

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%hara)ters

Fesribe the physial, mental, and emotional traits of the haraters. Fesribe

their roles protagonist, antagonist, foil, et and their motivations.

Character Name Notes

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%hara)ters *)ontinued+


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Setting

Fesribe the e#at loations and times in whih the story ta%es plae. 9ow

does the settingontribute to the story&s moodH

Foreshado"ing

Event and/or Page Number(s) What later event does this foreshadow?



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uestions -ou Ask -ourself While eading

ist any Luestions you have as you&re reading the novel.

Story Strengths

What do you love about this storyH What does the author do partiularly wellH Whywould you reommend the novel to another readerH



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Story Weaknesses

+re there things that ta%e away from the story&s e-etivenessH What do you wish

the author had done di-erentlyH

&nteresting 'assages

Short Summary Eage s



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&nteresting 'assages *)ontinued+

Short Summary Eage s

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'lot

ist all the maNor story events from beginning to end. Inlude the main plotand

subplots.

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%hara)ter Ar)

9ow does the main harater hange from the beginning of the novel to the endH

9ow is she physially, mentally, and emotionally di-erentH What events bring

about these di-erenesH

Story .nding

9ow does the novel endH Is there an epilogueH Fo you thin% this is the best

possible ending the novel ould haveH +re all loose ends tied upH

/0 Word Summary

Write a summaryof the story in about 2A words.

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Further eading A)tivities

*he following are additional ideas to help you analye and evaluate a novel.

hoose the ones that are most appropriate to your own needs.

reate a detailed hapter)by)hapter summaryof the novel as you read.

Fetermine the novel&s story struture. 'estselling author arry 'roo%s& 8Story

Struture Femysti"ed,: is one of the best eboo%s out there for "tion

writers. =ou an also print o- arry&s free resoure, *he Single Most

Eowerful Writing *ool =ou&ll ;ver See that ?its on !ne Eage.

hoose a short e#erpt from the novel, and analye its struture and use of

language. oo% for sentene struture, rhythm, voabulary, "gurative

language, et..

9ow would the story hange if the novel used a di-erent narratorH

Suggest some alternate endings for the novel, and onsider the impliations

of eah on the rest of the story.

ead "ve professional boo% reviews of the novel, and note what the

reviewers li%ed>didn&t li%e about the boo%. Fo you agree with themH

oate the novel on +maon.om, and loo% through reader reviews(

espeially poor reviews. What did readers disli%e about the novel, and how

ould the author have avoided those pitfallsH

+nalye a passage of dialoguefrom the novel. 9ow does the author use

dialogue tagsH Foes it sound realistiH

What do the haraters& names tell you about the haraters themselves, or

about the story as a whole for e#ample, do the names help indiate the

time period in whih the story ta%es plaeH

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Appendi1 A2 Novel Study Workbook .1ample

*he following are a few snippets of the handwritten notes I too% while reading the

novel 8row a%e,: by Mary awson.

Warningif you lan to read !Crow "a#e$% there are soilers in these notes&

Novel Summary

*itle row a%e

+uthor Mary awson

Eublisher>Fate Seal 'oo%s, anada, 2002

Cenre iterary "tion

+udiene +dults, women

Goie Smooth, lyrial

*one eOetive, sombre

Mood !minous, mysterious

*hemes Feath7 home7 eduation7 fate7 isolation7 family7 memory

First &mpressions

'ased on the novel&s over alone art, graphis, font, author testimonials, et.,

what are your "rst impressions of this boo%H What, in partiular, made you hoose

this novelH

over art(loo%s ominous

?ont(modern lassi style7 loo%s serious

+uthor testimonials on over )):Feep, lear, teeming with life: and 8+ new

anadian lassi:

I hose this boo% beause it&s anadian and set in n. !ntario where I grew up.



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'remise

What is the premiseof the story, based on the blurbH

?our hildren living in northern !ntario struggle to stay together after their

parents die in an auto aident,: 3Eublisher&s Wee%ly review

First %hapter

Is there a prologueH If so, do you feel it&s neessary to the storyH Foes the story

begin in the most e-etive plae it ouldH

)Erologue that neessarily shows the history of the narrator>protagonist&s family

(rganization

9ow is the novel organied by hapters, setionsH 9ow long is the average

sene, and hapterH

)organied in hapters of about 1A pages eah, omposed of shorter senes andvery short blurbs

)boo% is bro%en into A parts

esear)h

ist topis the author might have researhed to write this novel.

)biology

)rural, farming ommunities

)history of n.!ntario

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http://www.amazon.ca/Crow-Lake-Mary-Lawson/dp/0676974791http://www.amazon.ca/Crow-Lake-Mary-Lawson/dp/0676974791


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Narration

Who is the story&s narratorH Is it the main harater, another harater, someone

loo%ing in from the outside, or an un%nown narratorH Is there more than one

narratorH If so, how is the narration struture alternating hapters, setions, or

senesH Is the story told in "rst person, seond person, or third person point ofviewH Is it told in past or present tenseH

)4ate Morrison, protagonist

)told in "rst person, mi#ture of past and present tense

%hara)ters

Fesribe the physial, mental, and emotional traits of the haraters. Fesribe

their roles protagonist, antagonist, foil, et and their motivations.


4ate Morrison )protagonist7 about 26 years old7 oologist7 lives in

*oronto7 grew up in row a%e7 parents died when she was

6

)dating Faniel, a o)wor%er7 unsure about how she feels

about him7 has diPulty showing her feelings

)idolies her older brother, Matt

Matt Morrison )4ate&s older brother7 nearly 10 years older than 4ate7

e#tremely smart7 teahes 4ate everything she %nows about

biology7 parents die when he&s about 1B

)straight mouth, steady grey eyes, tall, lan%y

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Setting

Fesribe the e#at loations and the times in whih the story ta%es plae. 9ow

does the settingontribute to the story&s moodH

)row a%e, northern !ntario7 remote farming ommunity

)a doen farms, a general store, a few houses by the la%e, hurh, shool(not

muh going on there

)time period not spei"ed, but names li%e Sally, Marie, alvin, aurie male,

uth, et. and harater desriptions ma%e it seem li%e it ta%es plae around the

A0s

)adult 4ate lives in *oronto7 time period not spei"ed(ould be late B0s or early

60s

)isolation of setting ontributes to dar% mood of the story

Foreshado"ing

Event and/or Page Number(s) What later event does this foreshadow?

)Crandmother spinning on the

sabbath(bad omen prologue

)parents die in a ar aident

) 8+s for Marie... I see now he QMattR

may have found omfort in those

brief meetings...: pg. 111

)Matt and Marie getting together



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uestions -ou Ask -ourself While eading

ist any Luestions you have as you&re reading the novel.

)What ta%es plae between Matt and 4ate that auses their la% of

ommuniation later in lifeH

)What do the Eyes have to do with the MorrisonsH

)What will happen to 4ate and 'o after their parents dieH Who will ta%e are of

themH

Story Strengths

What do you love about this storyH What does the author do partiularly wellH Why

would you reommend the novel to another readerH

)Fesriptions of haraters and setting

)inner thoughts of narrator

)humanness of haraters

Story Weaknesses

+re there things that ta%e away from the story&s e-etivenessH What do you wish

the author had done di-erentlyH

)dialogue doesn&t always seem realisti

)sometimes the sta%es don&t seem big enough

)does 4ate have any friendsH

)the lima# isn&t so sho%ing(guessable



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&nteresting 'assages

'hort 'ummary Page s

8...whirligigs spinning hysterially over the surfae of the water: A

8...the seed heads shoo% their ontents over you as you passed and

the burrs lung to your lothes:

12K

8Some days thousands of mil%weed pods would burst open together,

triggered by the heat of the sun:

1@@

8...spindle)thin, pale and weedy, trodden on every time she raised

her head:

1@@

89is voie was gentle, but there was an underlying gravity that even I

ould hear:

22A

'lot

ist all the maNor story events from beginning to end. Inlude the main plotand

subplots.

)Creat grandmother spins on the sabbath, whih 4ate sees as a bad omen

)u%e is aepted into teaher&s ollege, though Matt is the smart one

)4ate, Matt, u%e and 'o are orphaned when their parents are %illed in a ar

aident

)+unt +nnie omes to loo% after the Morrison hildren while they deide who will

ta%e are of them all



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%hara)ter Ar)

9ow does the main harater hange from the beginning of the novel to the endH

9ow is she physially, mentally, and emotionally di-erentH What events bring

about these di-erenesH

)in the beginning, 4ate is unable to show her feelings for Faniel7 by the end, she

has invited him to ome home to row a%e with her and realied how muh she

loves him

)she spends the whole novel thin%ing what happened to Matt is a tragedy, but

later she understands most of the tragedy is what she&s reated in her own mind

Story .nding

9ow does the novel endH Is there an epilogueH Fo you thin% this is the best

possible ending the novel ould haveH +re all loose ends tied upH

)the story ends in row a%e, whih seems the most appropriate

)there is no epilogue

)loose ends are tied up, but we aren&t fed everything on a platter7 things are

hinted at, but we&re left to deide a few things for ourselves

/0 Word Summary

Write a summaryof the story in about 2A words.

+ biologist returns to her hometown(a remote farming ommunity in northern

!ntario(to fae the hildhood tragedy that has haunted her and her three

siblings for 20 years.

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Appendi1 B2 &ntera)tive 3lossary

*he following list de"nes %ey terms from the novel study wor%boo%, and suggests

online resoures for further study. +ll lin%s were on"rmed at the time of

publiation.

Antagonist

8+ harater, group of haraters, or an institution, that represents the opposition

against whih the protagonistmust ontend.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

Erotagonist +ntagonist, Framatiapedia

Creat +ntagonists of hildren&s iterature, Tourney Woman

Audien)e

*he group to whih your writing is direted. ?or e#ample, young, professional

women are the general audiene for hi% lit novels.

(nline esour)es

Writing Cuide< +udiene, olorado State $niversity

hoosing and Writing for an +udiene, Fr. Stephen 9ale

Blurb

8+ blurb is a short summary or some words of praise aompanying a reative

wor%, usually referring to the words on the ba% of the boo%Na%et.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

/ovel 'lurb Cenerator

Writing the Eerfet 'lurb, Feborah . annon

%hara)ter Ar)

U+ character arcis the status of the harater as it unfolds throughout the story,

the storyline or series of episodes. haraters begin the story with a ertain

viewpoint and, through events in the story, that viewpoint hanges.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

*he *hree Fimensions of harater, arry 'roo%s

A Steps to 'uilding a 'elievable harater +r, Elot

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%hara)ter $otivations

*he mental, emotional, and physial fators or situations that determine how a

harater behaves.

(nline esour)es

*he *hree Fimensions of harater, arry 'roo%s

9ow to Fisover =our haraters& Motivations, Write It Sideways

4ialogue

8+ written or spo%en onversational e#hange between two or more people.:

3Soure

(nline esour)es

Euntuating Fialogue, Writing) World.om

'asis< Fialogue, ?ition ?ator

4ialogue Tags

*erms that identify who is spea%ing in written dialogue he said, she says, Tan

said, said obert, +my yelled, et.

(nline esour)es

*he $se and +buse of Fialogue *ags, Writing)World.om

Fialogue *ags< + Study in ommon ;rrors

.pilogue

8+ piee of writing at the end of a wor% of literature or drama, usually used to

bring losure to the wor%.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

Erologue or ;pilogueH =ou 'e the Tudge, Story"#

When Foes a /ovel /eed a Erologue or ;pilogueH, Suite 101

Figurative 5anguage

8?igurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that e#aggerate or

alter the usual meanings of the omponent words.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

?igurative anguage, =ourFitionary.om

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Foil

8+ harater who ontrasts with another harater usually the protagonist in

order to highlight various features of that other harater&s personality, throwing

these harateristis into sharper fous.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

?oil, World ingo

Foreshado"ing

8+ literary tehniLueused by many di-erent authors to provide lues for the

reader to be able to predit what might our later onin the story.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

Short Stories for *eahing ?oreshadowing in iterature, 'right 9ub

?oreshadowing and Suspense, Writing)World.om

3enre

8+ ategory of literature suh as romane, horror, suspense, fantasy, western, et.:

3Soure

(nline esour)es

Cenre ist, Suite 101

Shelf +wareness in /ovel Cenres and Women&s ?ition, Vuery*ra%er.net

'log

$ood

8*he feeling that a wor% of literature evo%es:3Soure

(nline esour)es

9ow +lie Munro ;stablishes Mood... , Sribd

Narrator

8*he person who tells the story to theaudiene.8 3Soure

(nline esour)es

9enry Sutton&s *op 10 $nreliable /arrators

Fi%ens& /arrative *ehniLues, Ian Ma%ean

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'lot

8+ll the events in a story partiularly rendered toward the ahievement of some

partiular artisti or emotional e-et or general theme.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

Story Struture Femysti"ed, arry 'roo%s

*he 8'asi: Elots in iterature, Ipl2

'oint of 6ie"

*he perspetive from whih the story is pereived. paraphrase 3Soure

(nline esour)es

/arrative Mode, Wi%ipedia

Eoint of Giew< ?irst Eerson vs. *hird Eerson

'remise

8*he fundamental onept that drives the plot.:3Soure

(nline esour)es

9ow to Write a /ovel< rafting your Eremise, ;ine +rtiles

Eower $p on Eremise, /ovel Tourney

'rologue

8+n opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives ba%ground details,

often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other misellaneous

information.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

Erologue or ;pilogueH =ou 'e the Tudge, Story"#

When Foes a /ovel /eed a Erologue or ;pilogueH, Suite 101

'rotagonist

*he main harateraround whom the events of the narrative&s plotrevolve and

with whom the audieneis intended to share the most empathy.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

*he $nsympatheti Erotagonist, Fystel Coderih iterary Management

*he Main harater Foes /ot 9ave to 'e the Erotagonist, Framatiapedia

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hythm

8*he arrangement of words alternating stressed and unstressed elements.:

3Soure

(nline esour)es

Eratie Eaing the hythm, Cro%dotom

*hree *ips to Improve =our Writing hythm, eroMillion.om

Setting

8*he time, loation, and everything in whih a storyta%es plae, and initiates the

main ba%dropand moodfor a story.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

?itional Settings vs. eal Settings, /ovel)Writing)9elp.om

It&s =our World< Setting =our /ovel, Suite 101

Style

8*he manner in whih the author tells the story.:3Soure

(nline esour)es

What Is Writing Style and 9ow do =ou Fevelop ItH, *eah)nology.om

Style, 9andouts and in%s, $niversity of /orth arolina

Subplot

8+ seondary plotstrand that is a supporting side story for any story or the main

plot.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

*he +'s of Subplots, Why Stories Wor%

Subplots, Framatia

Summary

+ simpli"ation of an original te#t, whih highlights the maNor points.

(nline esour)es

Summary vs. Synopsis, FS Eublisher

2A Words or ess, $pstart row iterary

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Tense

8+ hange in the verb to reOet a hange in time ) past, present, future:3Soure

(nline esour)es

$se of East and Eresent *ense When *elling a Story, Storyteller.net *he Fanger of Eresent *ense in Writing, ;ine +rtiles

Theme

8+ broad idea, moral, or message, of an essay, paragraph, movie, or a

boo%.:3Soure

(nline esour)es

Selling =our Story< *he *hing +bout *heme, Story"#

ommon *hemes in Writing, oveto4now.om

Tone

8*he attitudes toward the subNet and toward the audiene implied in a literary

wor%. *one may be formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious,

ironi, ondesending, or many other possible attitudes.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

*one ;#amples, =ourFitionary.om

6oi)e

8*he individual writing style of an author...generally onsidered to be a

ombination of a writer&s use of synta#, dition, puntuation, harater

development, dialogue, et.: 3Soure

(nline esour)es

Goie< +n +gent&s Eerspetive, Writer $nbo#ed

A *ips for Feveloping =our Writer&s Goie, Vuips and *ips for Suessful

Writers

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