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You simply write. Write write write. Don't worry if it's unorganized at first - that's where editing and revising come in. Just get it down on paper, all the ideas, characters, descriptions. Then mold it into the story through revision.

Good luck.

2007-03-02 07:31:04 · answer #1 · answered by §Sally§ 5 · 1 0

Hiya

A good way is to draw a spider diagram.

Draw a circle in the centre of a blank page and write the name of the book in it.

Draw several rings off of it and connect by lines - fill in each ring with the main themes of the book Plot, characters, places etc.

Draw more circles off of them and connect by lines and start to think how many chapters say 10 for example.

Now fill in each 'chapter' circle with a temporary title and a brief summary of the chapter.

By now you should have at least a big spidery diagram with writing all over it, pick any one of the chapter rings and flesh the main components out. These fleshed out chapters are now what need the more concerted dialogue, descriptions, interplay and so on.

This method may not write the book per se, but will give you lots of lateral ideas to get you on the way.



Best of luck with it.

2007-03-02 15:47:26 · answer #2 · answered by Wantstohelpu 3 · 0 0

Plan your story line, make sure the book is going to have a good plot, then begin, as someone said, when it gets to the editing stage, then you will be asked to rewrite, certain parts. Other hints, when planning you beginning, you can start with today and work back into the past, or start the storyline in the beginning, either way it doesn't matter, so long as you can find a publisher who will publish it, AND THAT'S THE HARD PART.

2007-03-02 15:40:45 · answer #3 · answered by lazybird2006 6 · 0 0

I've never written from an outline, however I know writers that do. Try to formulate your thoughts into outline form. Determine where you want to start and where you want to end. Start broadly, then go back and slowly fill in the blanks. Your outline might look like this at first.

TITLE: My Great Murder Mystery
A. Opening Scene--Stranger finds a dead body
B. Detective John Doe Arrives on the scene
C. Killer strikes again!
D. Detective Gets closer to the truth
E. Killer threatens Doe's Wife
F. Race against the clock: Doe's Wife kidnapped!
G. Doe figures out the clues
H. Climatic Ending

Then go back and start filling in how you are gonna get from point A to point B and so on.

TITLE: My Great Murder Mystery
A. Opening Scene--Stranger finds a dead body
1. Stranger is an old man walking his dog. He calls 911 but while on the phone killer walks out from shadows brandishing a knife. Old man has heart attack before he can give a description.
2. Killer pets dog and steals the cell phone.
B. Detective John Doe Arrives on the scene
1. John Doe description.
2. Investigating the crime scene
3. Flashback---resembles a crime from ten years ago when he was still in the academy. His father had caught the murder and the man had been executed for his crimes.
C. Killer strikes again!
1. Killer stalks victim, terrorizes victim, and kills them
2. Calls 911 using the stolen cell phone to taunt police
D. Detective Gets closer to the truth
1. Doe starts to investigate and discovers a connection between the old murders and the new ones. M.O. would only be known to the real killer.
2. Starts looking into dad's old files. Finds evidence that was never presented in court that would have raised reasonable doubt!
3. Called to new crime scene. Gets another phone call, on his own cell phone.
E. Killer threatens Doe's Wife
1. Flowers arrive at the home. A bloody finger is in the vase.
2. Scene of the killer watching wife from a distance
3. Flashback---a prison cell. Conversation between killer and convicted killer.
F. Race against the clock: Doe's Wife kidnapped!
1. Killer kidnaps Doe's wife
2. Doe confronts his father. Learns that the prosecutor, now governor, new about the evidence but chose to withhold it. Threatened to reveal dad's personal secret if he didn't go along with idea.
3. Learns wife has been kidnapped.
G. Doe figures out the clues
1. Doe figures out who the killer actually is!
2. Race against the clock to get to location and save wife
H. Climatic Ending
1. Doe confronts the killer

Keep doing this as you get more ideas. The use the outline to organize your thoughts and write your book.

2007-03-02 15:49:39 · answer #4 · answered by bardsandsages 4 · 0 0

Really, many people have story lines or ideas, but if they are not writers by nature, then bringing the idea to fruition is very difficult. If you don't know how or where to begin, then I don't think your story line will ever see print or publication. The first poster told you to write, write, write, and not to worry about organization. If you can't even begin then doing all that will not help you in the least. You MUST be abe to organize your thoughts, work, etc., or you are totally lost, because when it comes to doing this in the end (organizing and making it cohesive), you still won't know where to begin.

2007-03-02 15:32:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

The best story you can tell us ever is about your life, since a outlook of what you really feel, not what you want to be. Your life is exciting, but we just copy other no original ways of life, that ain't a model that helps you be a better person in front of the other person. Look at your surround and express what you like and dislike poetly. A simple mistake colud be a great story.

2007-03-02 16:03:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If you are brave, try this. Write a KEY scene somewhere in the first half of the book. You know, the one where people are gonna go 'oh $***!' ... Then, write what leads into it. Then, write the beginning all the way up to that point. And finish the book.

2007-03-02 15:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by Nicnac 4 · 0 0

Once upon a time in a faraway land there lived a beautiful queen.

2007-03-02 15:38:40 · answer #8 · answered by Fraggle Rocker 2 · 0 0

make up names and descriptions for your character (draw them if you can) and come up with a great opening line that grabs the audience. "Xaden looked down at the dizzying precipice that was his home's end and nearly lost his lunch" is a pretty good example.

2007-03-02 15:35:59 · answer #9 · answered by dnangelfreak 2 · 0 0

start at the begining and end at the end and add a middle in between

2007-03-02 15:36:47 · answer #10 · answered by katie r 2 · 0 0

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