Have you always dreamt about writing a novel? There’s no better time to get started than now. If people tell you that you have a way with words, or a knack for storytelling, then you may indeed have what it takes to be a novelist or a fiction writer. But before you jump headfirst into your first novel, you need to understand that writing a book is not easy. Writing 50,000 to 100,000 words into a story that not only makes sense, but one that people will enjoy reading is a difficult task. You have to create a compelling storyline, and you will be doing lots of editing. But if you plan to just write as a hobby and don’t really care much about getting your book published, then it doesn’t really matter how good your book is. What matters is that you wrote it!