What is the minimum education required to develop a novel?

Answer 1

There is no minimum education requirement. What is needed is a good command of the language you are writing in and the maturity to understand why a character might do this and that. You also have to have an open mind and be able to change your mind when you find something else works better.

It also helps if you can draw on some of your experiences and how you felt when they happened. These don't have to be big ones. You can do a lot with the fear of abandonment if you've ever been "lost" in a store or some place big. Just imagine how you felt at that moment and blow it up for your character.

I don't like heights. I know exactly why and I know I can do something on a ladder if I absolutely have to, but I've gotten some mileage out of that hangup. One of my characters had it exactly the same way and couldn't work in the sheets on a sailing ship. Then I had him treed by wild pigs....

(The Manhunter by Ellen Anthony)

Answer 2

I don't think there would be an actual minimum, unless it is the ability to write sentences and tell a story.

In a novel we expect a major character, and some events, and after those events we find that the character has been changed by the experience. But a child could tell a story of someone searching for the best candy, and how they found it, and how happy they became when they tasted it. That could be a kind of novel if it went on long enough, and I'll bet a child could tell it with very little actual education. The secret would be their ability to say things in a fresh way, otherwise no one would read it.

Answer 3

No formal educational requirements, except that obviously you can't be illiterate. But wide reading and a creative mind are as important as formal education in terms of writing a novel. SELLING a novel--now, there a good education and some contacts, which you might get at a university, might well come in handy.

Answer 4

There is no required education level in order to write a novel. I'm 14 and I'm writing a book.

Answer 5

I don't think you need any education to write a novel, whether someone wants to publish it or not is dependant on if it's good which could depend on education but not necessarily

Actually you could be illiterate and still able to write a book if you dictate it to someone typing

Answer 6

Depends. I heard there was a girl around 13 who just published her book. If you really want to learn how to write decently, there find a college/university with a good creative writing progam.

Answer 7

I don't think there's any min. You just need a good imagination and a place to write down your ideas and someone to listen to them. I'm writing a book right now and I haven't even graduated college!

Answer 8

literacy. and the ability to develop your plotline, characters, etc, take advice, and so on...if you run into technical details, you need to be able to research them. in the story I'm working on, I keep quizzing my brother on physics.

Answer 9

A Great imagination and a good computer.

Answer 10

You just have to know how to read and write.