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Here’s an interesting quote:

There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
– W. Somerset Maugham ~ Of Human Bondage

And it got me to thinking. If I could name three rules for writing a novel, assuming I wanted to, what would they be.

1. Study your craft.

2. Write everyday.

3. Forge a good writing support group/network.

Those three are what have helped me. I could go into developing characters, outlining and plotting, reading in your genre and outside of it (note: may explore those topics at a later date), grammar and sentence structure (admittedly not my strongest suit), or a whole other host of topics.

I’ve talked about Romance Divas before. Possibly one of the best, if not the best, IMHO, writers forums and websites there is.

And yes, I probably did use too many commas in the previous sentence.

Should the rule be “There is no rules”?

Everyone who has written, wants to be an author has heard of the “writing rules”. But we all know there is no secret code or forumal for writing or becoming published or a success – except for keep writing and submitting.

So if you had to name only three novel writing rules what would they be?

I found this article while surfing around the blogosphere.

It’s a great article on author websites from publicist Bella Stander.
“Rule #1: Having a website is not an option; it’s an absolute necessity.”
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