What is the best book of instruction for writting a book? Just plain old simple....Step one is, etc.?

Question

I'm an older person with a desire to write.......Yes I know it takes a little skill, and all the other stuff like a pencil and paper.. Its all non fiction, growing up, family life, love, and
the Viet Nam war. Some of its funny as hell.

Answer 1

Huh... well, the thing is that there's a lot of books that specialize on a lot of aspects of writing.

The best thing you can do is start writing now because you can get caught on the whole 'I'm writing a book right now' but you're not actually doing anything. Start writing, set a goal, decide what you really want to do.

Then, you can look up books in Borders or Barnes and Noble. There's a lot of books that can help you although you need only get one or two. I recomend you get something that'll help you finish the book, rather than start one. (trust me, I've seen the 'write a novel in 90 days' crap, it don't work.) Search for a book that'll help you add the finishing touches, revise and rewrite, give you advice on when you are stuck.

To write, you really just need the balls to do it. It's hard, it's painful but incredibly rewarding.

That's why I'm saying you should worry about writing right now instead of reading about writing. If you actually wrote this question then you've got the basics covered for your book. The trick is cleaning up the mess once you've written a bit. That's when you should look for a book.

What a book has:

1. Plot
2. Characters
3. Decided Narrative
4. Introduction
5. Problem
6. Climax
7. Conclusion

Easy as pie.

Let me know if you need more help.

Also, join fictionpress.net and enjoy belonging to an active writing community.

Answer 2

It's important that you put to paper your life's experiences in whatever format you desire, whether it is in diary or journal form or in autobiography format. Whatever you can complete will be something of value for your children and grandchildren for they will read of a solid person having real issues and emotional responses.

Begin in short story portions. Write of an event that comes to mind and then polish it. Go to the next and then the next until you have sufficient stories as a collection of personal worth and experiences. Your heirs will bless you.

The first response given by Iamagnifag has excellent suggestions. Re-educate yourself on grammar principles during the writing process. It takes much practice to write perfectly, but you'll be surprised at how well such a work will please you.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Since it's non-fiction just start at the beginning and write until you get to the end.

Answer 4

Just start writing.
certain events make into a chapter or section, ( remember a chapter can be short or long)
Then start organizing . chronologically is th easiest way.
in the end edit it.

Answer 5

Just keep a firm idea of where your story is going in your head.