How To Write a Novel : Alexander Chee on writing by hand, keeping a side journal, and “the monogamy of the idea”.

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Alexander Chee provided some of the greatest advice ever in this interview for the new Moleskine Journal. There are several brilliant pieces of advice contained in this short piece which I will likely be reviewing this month. One of my favorites is to keep a journal for the novel--it is in the section on taking your novel for a date, which I will cover later, but the idea of a daily blog or journal about your novel is very solid. Alexander even provides some specific advice on how to do this:

  • Write an entry when you finish for the day
  • Complain
  • Ask Questions
  • Note files or sources that you need
  • Blog with the most recent on the top 
I will be using the Dime Novel edition of Field Notes Brand for this--mostly, because it is unlined & unruled and Alexander has another piece of advice I will get to later that one should "keep it messy".

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