Novel writing is a very noble pastime, but a very difficult career. For many people, writing a novel is the hardest thing they ever do in their life. This is especially true with your first novel. Organizing that much plot, character, and description into a coherent whole is something way beyond the scope of what most people do in their professional lives. Nonetheless, if you can get to it and write a novel, you can do anything. Once you have completed your masterwork, the world is your oyster.

I've known too many people who have cut their teeth writing fiction only to give up when it gets time to publish it. They get all the best novel writing software, organize their ideas well, take writing classes and workshops with the best people they can find, and manage to finally get it done successfully. Maybe they haven't written a polished final draft, but they have gotten a working version together. They work through thick and thin, meeting every challenge with renewed vigor, but never manage to publish their writing.

The reasons for this very. One of them is just that many people lack faith in their novel writing. Often, the most intelligent people are also those with the worst self-esteem problems. They are more likely to be hyper critical of themselves because they're more likely to be aware of their own faults than less intelligent folks are. These are folks who can believe in their abilities enough to learn how to write novels, but they don't believe that other people want to see what they write. Then there are other people who just tackle novel writing for the joy of putting together a story and don't particularly care if it ever gets published. They are writing for the desk drawer, as people used to say.

With changes in the way the writing industry works, there's no reason that either of these types shouldn't get published. Although it is respectable to write for yourself, anyone who wants to can get their work out there. Compared to writing a book, publishing is actually pretty easy nowadays. Don't get me wrong – it is still very difficult to get picked up by one of the best publishers. If you want to go through a major publishing house, you will have to go through as much hassle is ever before. If, on the other hand, you want to have your book published online, you can do it easily. You can set up your own website, sell your book on Amazon or some related site, or even simply make it available for downloading on bit torrent. Making money online this way requires some strategy, but getting your book out there is a cinch. If you go through all the work of novel writing, you might as well at least make your work available.