Thank you John, I enjoy reading about your writing process. I want to write a novel, but don’t know quit how and where to start. Reading about what you are doing gives me a guide. ✍️📚
The only other thing I would add... Just start writing. Your voice will come to you. My wife didn't like my first book - didn't finish it. Didn't even try to read the 2nd (it's a sequel). I didn't bother to show her the 3rd...
But she loved the 4th and is pushing me to put it out.
"Just keep writing. You'll write a ton of shit but you'll eventually mine some gold." - filmmaker Edward Burns.
I say brainstorm…. Work your ideas. And make notes. You can approach it anyway you want!
I just sat down one day and started writing. I did it as a way to process some family trauma that had resurfaced. So, I put it into a fiction novel. Nobody wants to read my life story…. At least not in book form. 😂😂😂
For this book, I'm trying to break down chapters - story development, character, etc.
I picked up some articles online here and there, but found that not a lot of it applies anymore. There's so many new avenues, styles, etc. I don't consider myself an amazing novelist… I'm struggling to even get published, but I read some NYT bestsellers and said, “I can do better than this.”
Thank you John, I enjoy reading about your writing process. I want to write a novel, but don’t know quit how and where to start. Reading about what you are doing gives me a guide. ✍️📚
The only other thing I would add... Just start writing. Your voice will come to you. My wife didn't like my first book - didn't finish it. Didn't even try to read the 2nd (it's a sequel). I didn't bother to show her the 3rd...
But she loved the 4th and is pushing me to put it out.
"Just keep writing. You'll write a ton of shit but you'll eventually mine some gold." - filmmaker Edward Burns.
Thanks, Charlotte! 😊
I say brainstorm…. Work your ideas. And make notes. You can approach it anyway you want!
I just sat down one day and started writing. I did it as a way to process some family trauma that had resurfaced. So, I put it into a fiction novel. Nobody wants to read my life story…. At least not in book form. 😂😂😂
For this book, I'm trying to break down chapters - story development, character, etc.
I picked up some articles online here and there, but found that not a lot of it applies anymore. There's so many new avenues, styles, etc. I don't consider myself an amazing novelist… I'm struggling to even get published, but I read some NYT bestsellers and said, “I can do better than this.”
I SAY GO FOR IT! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼