Do you have a story that you want to turn into a book? You have it in mind, but it's too vague to put down sentences and words. You have an idea of the persona, but you have not yet grasped the aspects of the personality. Writing a book is a difficult, somewhat distressing, truly demanding experience. Consequently, it is really important to have an outline to expose all of your ideas.
Steps
Method 1 of 1: Writing and Preparing Your Book Plot
Step 1. Characters:
Enrich the characters so they look like real people. Try to know all the little details, like their favorite color, their values and their biggest fears. Many of these facts may never be mentioned; however, knowing them will allow you to know how each character would behave in any type of situation.
Step 2. Plot:
Before writing, define the plot. Referencing three big events can make it much easier to get started. Can you describe a timeline? Instead of proceeding in a straight line, the most important or emotionally evocative events move jerkily in a triangle-like stroke. Between the points of the triangle, it links the less significant events leading up to those three great events. To realize these major events in your story, the most mundane events have to happen.
Step 3. Start writing:
all aspects of your characters must be familiar to you. Use words that express action. Instead of using the expression he said, use expressions that create images in your mind, such as whispered, shouted, expressed or mentioned. Also, avoid using words like "I think". Instead, use words as I believe, I notice, or I expect. Your goal is to transport readers into the reality you have created. To do this, you need to use writing skills that evoke bright, lush, fearless characters / images. Don't forget to include strong adjectives, adverbs and verbs that strike the audience's imagination!
Step 4. The first draft:
when you think the storyline is pretty defined and the first draft is complete, it's time to find someone to take a look. An external opinion can be stimulating and give you the opportunity to have suggestions and criticisms.
Step 5. Edit:
The change will take a long time and must be saved for later. It may or may not be the most frustrating, maddening, and nerve-wracking step of the whole process. Do not lose hope! This book of yours can be made to shine with a few tweaks.
Step 6. Publish:
if you feel you are finally ready to submit your book to a publisher, have a few different types of submissions ready. Some agents require a letter of request first. Others want to read the first chapter. Some require a summary. Be able to describe your story in a few sentences. What will catch the attention of your readers? What will you reveal about your book that will attract them? What makes your story unique?
Advice
- Be Sadistic. No matter how sweet and innocent your main characters are, make the most terrible things happen to them - so the reader can realize what they are made of. -Kurt Vonnegut
- Having an area where you work on your book is an effective way to get organized. When you enter this space and regularly do your work there, the mind will condition itself to be in "writing mode".
- Setting a minimum word limit for each day will help keep time.
- Get used to keeping a notebook with you at all times. Ideas can come at any time and you may need to take notes.
- If you don't really like writing stories, this business is not for you.
- The first draft is just the beginning.
- If you are bored or discouraged, take a break for a couple of days. Then when you start again, reread a few pages you wrote to get back on track and feel encouraged to write more.
- Try to get as close to the end as possible. It is much easier to fill in the blanks to go from beginning to end, when the end is there.
- There are many different methods of writing a book. The above steps are simply a brief overview of the most common.
Warnings
- Publishing shouldn't be your only goal. Your book may just be communicating a message.
- Being successful in this type of work requires a great deal of hard work, practice and numerous drafts.
- It may happen that you want to completely change the plot, characters and / or purpose of your book. Don't stress yourself out about it. It is only your mind that would like to see everything resolved. Take your time and take a fresh mind.
