: Re: How to develop a story for a novel? I am looking for some inspiration on where to start writing a novel. I have a general idea for a plot and characters, but I don't feel it's enough for

For book resources, there are many out there. Here's a small sampling:

On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardener (and he wrote several other books on writing like The Art of Fiction)
Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forester
Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott
On Writing by Stephen King

There are a couple of questions on this site that may help:

This question has a larger list of book resources, although not all will directly apply to your question
This question covers resources for character development in particular

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: Personally, I wouldn't use punctuation to indicate the tone change at all. Punctuation marks are like modifiers - use them too often and they loose their effect. This is commonly acknowledged

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