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Writing a Book

Step-by-step guides for writing a book, from the first idea and outline to a finished draft, for fiction and non-fiction authors.

Writing a Book Oct 21, 2026 9 min read

Chapter length by genre, word counts we measured in 14 classic novels, how many pages a chapter fills, and a…

Writing a Book Oct 21, 2026 10 min read

Find your book idea with 10 questions, browse 30 fiction and non-fiction book ideas, and test the one you pick…

Writing a Book Oct 20, 2026 10 min read

Dialogue punctuation rules with examples, US and UK style, tags and action beats, one scene revised from flat to sharp,…

Writing a Book Oct 20, 2026 10 min read

Six ways to outline a book, a chapter-by-chapter example for a novel and a non-fiction book, a reverse outline for…

Writing a Book Oct 20, 2026 9 min read

Eleven book writing tools compared by job: drafting apps, plotting tools, editing checkers and AI assistants, with free options and…

Writing a Book Oct 20, 2026 11 min read

A one-sentence premise, a character with a goal and a flaw, five turning points, point of view and scenes, shown…