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2soulscollide · 1 year

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Write your book STEP BY STEP

hello hello, it's me again!

today i'm bringing you a step-by-step / checklist to finally get your book done. i know it can be a bit complicated to put everything together to make your idea come to life (you're definitely not alone!)

that's why i compiled some tips and made this post, in hopes to help some author out there :D

let's get started.

PREMISE

assuming you already have a good idea in mind, you should start by writing a premise. to help you with that, try to answer these questions:

who is the main character?

what are their goals?

which troubles will they face / what's stopping them from achieving their goals?

do they have an opponent? if so, who?

now that you know the answers to these questions, it's time to write the premise. the premise consists in a sentence that summarizes your whole idea.

PLOT OUTLINE

there are infinite ways to plot your story. you can do it by writing down ideas and linking them together, following a scheme, or any other method.

the most common plot outlines are these:

synopsis outline: one to two pages, where you hit all the major beats of the story

in-depth outline: outline each chapter/scene

snowflake method: develop the premise into a bigger paragraph, and that paragraph into a page (etc.) until you have the whole outline of your story

booken method: plot the start and end of the story, and the main characters

the novel factory created plot sheets for free, and you can choose from eight different templates. you might want to check it out!

KNOW YOUR CHARACTERS

having your outline defined, you should start developing your characters now. the main character's profile might be more detailed than the others, however, it's up to you. there are many character sheets out there on the internet that will help you create flawless characters.

i have a post with resources that might be helpful when creating a character, check it out!

and here you have some prompts and sheets to create a character:

Quick Character Creator - EA Deverell

Extremely detailed character sheet template - @hawkasss

The Best Character Template Ever - Dabble

Character Twenty Questions Worksheet - The Writers Circle

at this point, you should also define the narrator's voice, tone, etc, as well as the pace of your novel.

LOCATIONS

define the principal locations of your story, the settings, and where the story is taking place. it's important to know how the environment looks, and how your characters feel about it.

for this part, you might find it useful to do some research about some locations, if you're not familiar with them. find inspiration on Pinterest, Tumblr, or even on books, paintings, and art. everything is valid.

if your story takes place in a fantasy environment, you might need to fill out a template to create it or write down the way you imagine it to be. try to get as many details as possible, so there are no holes when developing the novel.

SUBPLOTS

you might want to give more depth to your novel by developing a subplot (or more than one). make sure it doesn't get too confusing or that doesn't take the focus away from the main action.

the subplot can be a romance, another character's relationship, a character's arc, a backstory, etc. this will make your story more real and 3D, more realistic.

develop it as a side story and mix it with the principal plot but don't make it as important as the main story, otherwise, none of the plots will make an impact.

SYNOPSIS

write a synopsis as long as you wish, covering every important part of the story. this will help you to really know your idea, and have a solid structure for it. it can range from 500 to 2,500 words, but you don't have to restrict yourself to a number.

things the synopsis should cover:

the status quo

the complication

initial challenges

midpoint

further challenges

the low point

the climax

the resolution

DRAFT

and we get to the best part which is writing! now that you know everything about your story, characters, locations, and scenes, all you have to do is to put all that together in words. don't feel pressured to make everything look perfect already, just write what comes to your mind. if you have a new idea for the plot, good, write it down! if this character doesn't make sense anymore, okay, get rid of them. just go with the flow, following the structure you've planned, and everything starts to come to life.

i know it's so tempting to go back, read what you wrote, and start editing and polishing, but trust me, don't do that! it's a waste of time, and you will take so much more time to finish your first draft. in fact, i've given up on so many stories because of that...

just when you finish the first draft, you will re-read everything and start editing, fixing plot holes, changing what doesn't fit well, etc. but for now, just write, get the first draft done. enjoy the process, don't rush.

thanks for reading!

i hope this post was helpful!

also, you might be interested in this free workbook with over 90 pages and many exercises! check it out here: THE WRITER'S WORKBOOK

resources for this post:

How to Choose a Plot Outline Method: 4 Techniques for Outlining Novels

How to Write a Novel: A Step-by-Step Guide

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texaschainsawmascara · 10 months

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rawlinacademia · 10 months

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For all the people who found themselves in books

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darkparisian · 7 months

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It’s the last day of summer (vacation) and also the last day of my “Summer of Classics” project, and I couldn’t be happier!

I read so many good books —some not so great— and had such a great time, it was really nice to experience all these different worlds.

For the tabs, even though it looks cool at the end, the process of putting them it’s really boring, so more often then not I just don’t do it (or stop right in the middle of the book).

And to kick off autumn season nothing like my favorite book EVER, The Secret History. Can’t wait to read it again.

My top 3 :

1. The Bell Jar (can’t really explain the feels, but this book was absolutely fantastic)

2. Crime and Punishment (Raskolnikov will forever be my crush. I just can’t with him )

3. Dracula (it was A W E S O M E. I can’t believe it took me all these years to read this book)

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Bottom 3 (from worst to not so bad)

1. Wuthering Heights (Terrible. Terrible and boring. Idk who’s worst, Cathy or Heathcliff)

2. Utopia (I just think my expectations were super high)

3. War of the Worlds (The movie with Tom Cruise is 10x better. The book wasn’t neither bad or good, just meh)

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jasper-polytheist-wizard · 1 year

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In regards to certain topics in certain magic-focused books, if it sounds like someone wrote it to feed their poorly-disguised fetish, it probably was.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's often a thing.

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lovelyy-moonlight · 11 months

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imargot-mxs · 1 year

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dear 2023.

wise words by @louisekaufmann on instagram.

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“It’s absolutely horrible to find yourself before a book you can’t write. I was alone with myself. No one could help me.”

Marguerite Duras, “Flaubert Is…”

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chosetobethisway · 1 year

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OKAY GUYS. so i saw this REALLY REALLY amazing post on hunger games quite a while ago. it was basically talking about how amazing suzanne collins' writing was and i swear it just OPENED MY EYES. i wanna find that again if any of you have seen it or maybe wrote it could help me out? it was very very long and i dont remember all the points but one of them was how she ended each chapter on a cliffhanger and it talked about the partitions in the book

#hunger games #suzanne collins #thg #the hunger games #books #books and authors #books and reading #booklr #mockingjay #gale hawthorne #peeta mellark #katniss everdeen #catching fire

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The Yellow Book https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41875 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41876

The Savoy (periodical) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Savoy_%28periodical%29 https://archive.org/details/savoy01symo/ https://archive.org/details/savoy02symo/ https://archive.org/details/savoy03symo/

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crymeariveronceagain · 2 years

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There were no throw pillows in our house. No cozy couch blankets or plush carpets or kitschy cross-stitched samplers hanging on the walls. Nothing to absorb the magnitude of her revelation. It echoed in the empty spaces, in the cavernous distance between us.

--- Talk Nerdy To Me, by Tiffany Scmidt, page 280.

#ok but this is so poetic excuse me while i scream into the silence #aaaah #books books books #quotes #home quotes #life quotes #books and authors #books & libraries #books quotes #writing quotes

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darkparisian · 10 months

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“𝓥𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓭𝓮𝓾𝓷𝓽 𝓘𝓷𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓲 — 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒”

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So I finished the first part of Dante’s Divine Commedia, Inferno… and this book is a classic for a reason. I had such a nice time reading. Seeing the Middle Ages’ world though Dante’s eye, a florentin when Florence was the center of the world was amazing. So many "famous" people in Hell, so many stories…

Two things really stuck with me though, the first was the fact that people who were born before the Jesus Christ are forever trapped in Limbo, not being punished or having a bad life, but forever with the feeling that something’s wrong, always wishing for a savior, a light that will never shine on them, Virgil, the pilgrim’s guide, being one of them. This just made me so sad. It’s so cruel the fact that years after creating humanity God suddenly decided to send his son and then just condemned all those people who came before him. It’s just so cruel.

The second thing, it’s actually one of the funniest thing I did while reading this book. I tried to figure it out to which part of hell I’d be sent to lol But at the end I couldn’t decide, basically everything people do would be a sin and they’d be sent to hell !! Can’t wait to read Purgatorio and Heaven to find out what those people did to deserve the light.

Lastly, I absolutely loved the descriptions of the different parts hell and specially the depths and the moments leading to the encounter with Lucifer himself. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting and that was really nice. Well the only regret I have with this book was that I didn’t have the original text in Italian vernacular to compare to, but besides the, it was awesome.

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evadneares · 10 months

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"This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do so many different things.

I never knew there were so many different ways to say goodbye."

Maggie Stiefvater, "Linger"

#writing #writerscommunity #writers and poets #writers on tumblr #creative writing #literature #women writers #writers #writer things #quotes #maggie stiefvater #linger #the remnants #love story #ways to say goodbye #books and authors #books and quotes #books and literature #books and libraries

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