{"id":583768,"date":"2023-05-26T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?page_id=583768"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:42:15","slug":"what-it-takes-to-write-a-novel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/events\/what-it-takes-to-write-a-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"What it takes to write a novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tid=\"hero-banner-block_4c41f169527b419c565ba60095b0f189\"\n\tclass=\"hero-banner alignfull\"\n>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-image \"\n\t\t     style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0.4), rgba(0,0,0,0.4)), url(https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BW-header-writing-pen-hand-laptop.png)\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-image__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n                \n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-image__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"hero-image__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat it takes to write a novel\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hr hr--centered hero-image__hr\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero-image__tagline\"><p>Watch our free event replay, led by authors Ayisha Malik, Mandy Byatt and Rosie Fiore, for insight into their novel writing processes and what it takes to go from idea to draft.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#scroll-location\" class=\"hero-image__scroll-link\" title=\"Scroll Down\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-image__scroll-down hero-image__scroll-down--default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"1.6em\" height=\"1.6em\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 16 \"\n\t\t\t\t\t     fill=\"inherit\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M11 13.18L0 2.24 2.12.11 11 8.95 20 0l2.12 2.13z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-image__scroll-down hero-image__scroll-down--hover\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns 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