Do you dream of writing a novel but can’t seem to find the time? Maybe you’ve started and stalled, or you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” moment that never comes.
With humor, proven strategies, and inspiration from your favorite authors, novelist and writing teacher Kim Purcell shows you how to finish your book—even if you only have 15 minutes a day.
Whether it’s your first book or your fifth, this guide will help you finally write forward with confidence. Joyful, supportive, and practical, Write a Novel in 100 Days will get your story out of your head and onto the page, so you can hold your finished book in your hands.
Don’t wait for the perfect time to write your book. Start today, and let these 100 days change your writing—and your life.
Library Journal: YA novelist Purcell’s (Trafficked) first foray into nonfiction is a dependable road map for all those who want to take the ultimate leap and write a novel. She doesn’t shy away from the fact that the act of writing a novel can be tied up in so many real-life obstacles. Purcell outlines the process by breaking the steps down into a tangible timeline and manageable exercises. Purcell uses bestselling books, such as Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, to showcase examples of planning out a novel from start to finish. Purcell’s method is extremely detailed and relatable overall, and she explores what to do if would-be authors only have 15 minutes a day to write. She calls them “Fifteen Magic Minutes” and offers some thought-provoking prompts to get the writing flowing, such as laying out every aspect of the world and characters so that at the end of each exercise there are no doubts about the characters or the story. VERDICT: A great book for writers who are at the beginning of their journey and don’t know where to start.
Author of Trafficked and This Is Not a Love Letter Kim Purcell’s THE BUSY WRITER’S GUIDE TO FINISHING A NOVEL IN 100 DAYS, a writing guide for tackling a novel from start to finish, with daily tasks for developing a story arc, characters, tension, and dialogue, to Kim Keller at Ten Speed Press, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2026, by Jolene Haley (world).