Prize "20 Minutes" of the novel: Maxime Chattam helps you get started in writing -

20 Minutes

  • Do you dream of starting to write a novel?

    What if you made it your good resolution for 2021?

  • The second edition of the “20 Minutes” prize for the novel, launched in early December on the theme “The world after”, will see its winner published at the end of the year.

    Maybe you ?

  • Sponsor and president of the award jury, novelist Maxime Chattam gives you some writing tips, which he will detail for you during a Facebook Live scheduled for January 20.

Have you always dreamed of writing a book?

Why not make it a good resolution for this year 2021?

And if you have the time, participate in the

20 Minutes

of the novel

prize

, organized with Prisma Media and the New Authors platform?

Theme imposed this year: "The world after", very broad not to restrict the imagination and whose title may have resonances in the news.

The deadline is short, until March 15, but it is worth it: like the adventure novel

Noir de Lune

 by Estelle Tolliac, the first winner of the prize last year, the winning manuscript will be published at the end of the year. .

A Facebook Live on January 20

Sponsor of the prize and president of the jury, Maxime Chattam is already meeting you on Wednesday January 20 for a Facebook Live which will be held in the afternoon on the

20 Minutes

page

.

It will be a sort of interactive master class, where you can ask him any questions you deem useful and ask for his writing advice.

If you hesitate to get started, if you are stuck in your manuscript, do not hesitate.

“There is not only one writing method, there is one for each of us,” he recalls in the video presentation of this article.

The starting point is often a good idea to dig.

And for that, nothing like a good character or a good interaction between several characters.

"But you can also, and me it is more like that that I proceed, first define a plot, nuance Maxime Chattam.

You're going to get into writing a novel, OK, but in two sentences, what's that going to be about?

Is this pitch strong enough for us to want to know more?

We hope so ...

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