Happy October, my friends! My favorite time of the year is at last here, and alongside the cooling temperatures and excuses to drink copious amounts of cozy warm drinks comes, for many of us, the season of writing!

Fall is renowned (at least amid the writing community) for its great writing challenges—NaNoWriMo, King’s Daughter’s Writing Camp, Fiction Frenzy, etc. There is just something about the fall weather that brings that itch for writing. As such, six years ago I created a 3-part tag that offers the community a chance to invite their readership into the writing process and take a peek at their projects.

Introducing…

KNOW THE NOVEL

What is Know the Novel?

Know the Novel is a 3-part tag for writers, one for each of these last three months of the year. Each part will feature ten questions you can answer on your own blog (or anywhere else on social media!). The questions will be focusing on different parts of your novel and how the writing is progressing.

The tags go as follows:

OCTOBER

• Part One: Introduction – This month’s questions are all about introducing your novel! The plot, the characters, the setting, what excites you most about it—give us a peek into that brilliant brain of yours!

NOVEMBER

• Part Two: Within the WIP – For part two we’re focusing on the writing process itself. Your victories, your struggles, the existential crises, all those juicy tidbits about the real life of a writer.

DECEMBER

• Part Three: Words Written – By December words have been written. And we want to know all about how the overall process went! This set of questions takes a look at the end result, how you feel about your accomplishment, and what comes next!

In Summary…

For each month I’ll throw ten writing-related questions your way, you can take the questions and answer them on your social media platform of choice, and then share your link in the linkup I’ll attach below so others can read about your delicious novel-y goodness. Easy and fun for all!

IMPORTANT NOTE: This linkup is open to any WIPs you have. Whether you’re doing a writing challenge or writing within your own time, it matters not! The point here is to just have fun and get a chance to share your ideas with others. And you definitely do not have to do all three of the linkups. There are basically no rules here but to have fun!

KNOW THE NOVEL
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

I’d be honored if you used this graphic for your posts, but it’s certainly not required!

THE QUESTIONS

1. What first sparked the idea for this novel?

2. Share a blurb (or just an overall summary)!

3. Where does the story take place? What are some of your favorite aspects of the setting?

4. Tell us about your protagonist(s).

5. Who (or what) is the antagonist?

6. What excites you the most about this novel?

7. Is this going to be a series? standalone? something else?

8. Are you plotting? pantsing? plansting?

9. Name a few unique elements in this story.

10. Share some fun “extras” of the story (a song or full playlist, some aesthetics, a collage, a Pinterest board, a map you’ve made, a special theme you’re going to incorporate, ANYTHING you want to share!).

SHARE YOUR LINK

Now the important bit: SHARING YOUR LINK!

Once your post is published, share the URL in the linkup widget below so we can all read about your epic upcoming WIP!

Part 1 of the linkup ends at midnight on October 31st. Part 2 will go live Wednesday, November 1st!

Hosting this tag is one of the highlights of my year. I am blown away every single time by everyone’s stunning ideas—it is such a joy reading about them all and getting excited about each other’s stories.

Wishing you all the best as you prep and plan!

Don’t forget to stock up on coffee.

Let’s make this fall a truly creative one!

Who’s excited fall is here? Are you joining any of the challenges? (I’ll, of course, be doing FicFrenzy.) If you join the linkup, don’t forget to share your link above! I cannot wait to see your posts!