2006-10-14 09:23:37 · 17 answers · asked by cazmo 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
read something you can relate to then write about your experience, it all depends also on what genre you are after
2006-10-14 09:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by hajman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The hardest thing about writing is finishing. Set yourself a daily writing goal of around 200 words. If you write more, fine. Use the goal as a guideline, not a whip. You might give yourself a reward if you do it for a full week.
When you get stuck on your story, outline it. Figure out where it's going. The outline is not set in stone so don't worry if you deviate from it.
Having trouble getting started? Reread the chapter you just finished and edit it, then use that to jump into the new chapter.
Still having trouble? SET A TIMER for an hour and put your butt in the chair.
A good writing exercise is to pick up a book you like and copy the first three pages by hand. You'll see exactly how they began it. Scene setting, character development, the beginnings of the plot will all be there for you to see. Apply what you learn to your own book.
If you can find a writing group, that's great. If you can find a good writing class, that's great, too. BUT the only one who can make you write is you. Pick one project and sweat it out until you get to the end.
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Hope this is helpful.
2006-10-14 12:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm 15 and that i've got written some issues, yet as of yet i don't have something printed. at the beginning, you may have an concept it is truly unique. that's a solid theory to comprehend each and each factor of what is going to ensue, extraordinarily the ending because of the fact memories that end 'and then he awakened and it replaced into all a dream' truly do suck. Write down each and every thing. shop a workstation on you day and nighttime to place in writing down any random innovations that come into your head, whether you may no longer use them. Write a precis, no longer inevitably specified, yet so which you recognize what is going to ensue step via step. Plan your characters and don't put in to any extent further than is neccessary - do no longer even difficulty attempting to call truly minor characters till you may. Then once you're virtually living your theory, write it. Oh, and that i've got found out from adventure that for the duration of the adventure that your are typing it, shop decrease back-ups. i did no longer and whilst my pc broke I lost eighty pages of paintings which I truly have in no way been waiting to re-write. i'm hoping that facilitates.
2016-12-26 19:16:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy A Copy of The Writers and Artists Yearbook for NextYear
Get a Good English Language Thesaurus and Dictionary
2006-10-14 16:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by sorbus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get the Writers Guide or check it out online to start. Look at the same genre books and who is publishing them. Take a novel writing class. There are also some software packages available to help you write your book! do a web search. Also, look at Freelance writing to get your feet wet. Try to get smaller articles and stuff published in ezines, community newspapers and local magazines. You will need some writing credits to get publishers to take you seriously, so start at the bottom and work your way up.
2006-10-14 10:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by diane s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you start writing the thing first before you start thinking about where to get it published.
Sorry, but almost everyone thinks they can write a book - and very, very few actually can. So make sure you have something worth publishing first.
2006-10-14 10:11:02 · answer #6 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, read books of the type you want to write.
Second, purchase the current years "Writer's Market" book and read it.
Third, subscribe to writer's and poets magazine.
Fourth, consider taking a creative writing class.
2006-10-14 09:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the same postition as you, except it's with poems and raps and things like that. I've been looking on the internet and everything, trying to find something. But I havn't had any luck so far. So I'll keep on checking on this question of yours and see if anyone else has some good ideas.
Good Luck!
x
2006-10-14 09:27:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Best way to start is write MY LIFE STORY (meaning yours of course and not mine as we hardly know each other!)
This is something unique to YOU and YOUR EXPERIENCES are very real to you
Then you need to change names to protect the innocent (and the not-so innocent!)
It helps to write something each day -like a diary so you get in the swing of it
and above all READ READ READ
Good luck and send me a copy of the book!
Andrew
PS use link to listen to some free music while you write!
2006-10-14 09:46:15 · answer #9 · answered by crucialmusic2000 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wfrite in a notebook by pencil as a first draft, then as a final draft, ballpens. I type it up in Word and print it and put it on clearfolders.
That's the farthest I have ever gotten.
2006-10-14 14:00:02 · answer #10 · answered by Marco A. J. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write about your life experiences .tell about your everyday thoughts,
what your feelings are about life, anything to get you started...then you will be able to continue . you can write a book about anything..
2006-10-14 09:34:30 · answer #11 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋