How do you go about writing a book?

Answer 1

Rhonda: I answer a question like yours at least once a week, here in Yahoo! Answers. Here's how you do it: you write. Sit down at your keyboard, or with a pad of paper and a pencil, and write any darn thing that comes into your head...your shopping list, a rant about your boyfriend, your to-do's for the rest of the century, random thoughts about the weather...I'm not kidding, ANYTHING. Eventually, you will find a direction and get all the junk out of the way. You'll find yourself imagining characters and situations and writing them down. Remember, your first draft is supposed to be crap. Just get the story down. Go back and polish it later. It's how all the great ones do it.

Answer 2

Sit and write. There are lots of funny quotations about writing a book (look up 'writing' on any quotations website). But you didn't ask about writing a good book. You just asked about writing a book. Writing a good book that anyone would want to read - now, that is hard!

Answer 3

First find your target audience. Who do you want to read your story!?

Then try to come up with a main character for your story. Write down a description - male, female, eye color, etc. etc.

Then take this character and imagine then in some odd place or scenario – anything goes - and keep you audience in mind! Write down ideas on what would have to happen to your character or how they would react to the scenario you placed them in.

You can do this for multiple characters if you like.

This may seem futile, but it will help you flesh out some characters and give you insight into what you may want to happen to this type of character in a potential story. You may even come up with multiple story lines!

Strong well crafted main characters can inspire readers to love your story as well as drive you to write a great story for these imagined beings to be in! :-)

Answer 4

Just pick up a pencil and write. You don't even need a set technique. Just don't be afraid to explore ideas and if you're not happy with the way something turned out, you can revise it.

Answer 5

First, you need to have something to say, something you need to say so strongly that you just can't rest until you do. Worry about all the other stuff later. If you don't have something unique to write, I'd say, don't bother.