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The action of actually writing, putting your fingers over the keyboard and typing, or grabbing that pen
However, there is quite a bit of work to do before sitting in the chair
Orson Scott Card said, “Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day
If you start writing before you’re ready, you’re unlikely to finish
If your idea is still just an idea and you haven’t put much thought into it,
If you’re ready to start writing but never do…well, then you’re not a writer
To answer these questions and help you prepare to write the book that’s inside you…
Much of knowing when you’re ready to start writing comes with knowing how to prepare
Regardless of the genre you write, everyone is a different person
As you read through them, take note of which ones resonate and which ones don’t
Half the battle is finding what doesn’t work for you, so you can pinpoint exactly what
If the idea you have won’t leave you alone, it may be time to sit in
It doesn’t say everybody walks past a thousand great story ideas every day
Some ideas are best for a short story, blog post, or article
But if the idea continually comes to mind, you get more excited the more you think about
Simply type a question into a search engine and see what comes up
However, some of us are particularly interested or invested in a particular topic
Including scenes similar to these activities could be helpful for you as a writer
If you’re writing a middle-grade novel about four friends who vacation on the coast when you
You can include the taste of salt in the air, the way the wind tangles your hair
If you’ve never gone to the ocean, you can still write about it
Make sure that idea really will last the entire length of a manuscript
You know it’s time to start writing, you know what to write about, and now it’
Not every method will work for you, but it’s likely one will
This is where you dump all your thoughts on the particular idea onto a sheet of paper,
Every vacation is literally mapped out, and you vacuum your car once a week
But second, outlining simply means taking your natural personality and translating it onto the page
You want to know where you’re going and how you’re going to get there
You get all the pieces together and you can see the big picture
If you outline, you don’t need to worry about getting stuck or writing yourself into a
When you outline you do the hard work up front, and then simply need to plug in
In the fiction world there are often two terms people use: Either you are an outliner, a
Simply sitting down to write whatever comes to mind will likely take you down countless rabbit trails
For instance, if you want your protagonist to be a young adult getting her first job post
Create one more character, and put the two of them into an interesting situation
Let’s say your character just graduated with a degree in wildlife biology and got her first
Now he has a grown, pet lion that spends the nights in his basement
Now you just start writing, and keep writing, past the point of your outlined scenes
Keep in mind that no matter what method you take, if you combine them, or try something
Writing is a journey, and just like a journey, usually you know you’ll return home
Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins starts his journey by leaving his home, the
You’re ready to start writing, you know what to write about, and now you have everything
Where does your character start the story? Where does your character end up?
The catch-your-breath moments and the sink-back-in-your-chair, relieved moments
Now you get to pick up that pen or sit down at your empty screen and create