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An extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc., esp. in the form of a story.
Some Stages of Writing a Novel:-
PLANNING→This can look like day dreaming, brainstorming by yourself or with others, research, and jotting down notes.
WRITING→In this stage, you write your story, in whatever order you like.
EDITING AND REVISING→In this phase, writers make changes to the story, characters, conflict, setting, language. and more.
PUBLISHING→At this stage, your book is released into the world for the readers and takes on a life of its own.
MARKETING AND PROMOTION→Book and author marketing can happen at all four stages.
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