Chris Baty, the founder of the National Novel Writing Month, a literary marathon that has created dozens of world bestsellers, described all the necessary stages of a writer's creative path in an easy and witty way. The inspiring speeches and key writing strategies in Batey's book cover all phases of work: the creativity and energy of the first week, the major "plot flashes" of the second week, the motivation to quit on the third, and the completion of the fourth and promoting your own book. Hereafter.This practical guide will be useful for both the aspiring novelist who can't get his pen over paper, or the result-oriented writer who wants to discover the path to the publishing world. p>