Writers cannot simply have a go, imagining it's easier to produce a story than a novel because fewer words are required. Have a go by all means; be intrepid, but be equipped.
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It's never really easy to be successful as a writer when you're trying to write literary fiction. You've already limited your readership limited by that choice.
I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can be good all the way through, every sentence.
Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.
One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.'
A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.
When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you and the reader.
Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting.
A novel is a big thing. It's difficult to hold the whole story in your mind, especially when you've finished a first draft and are still giddy from the flow of creative juices.
A lot of times with novels, you can get a really deep, engaging story, but there's not a lot happening, frankly. Those books tend to be super-literary and dense, and they require a lot of commitment, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but if you want fast-moving action and gore and plot and excitement, you can get shorted on that.