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What are some good tips to getting started on writing your story or novel?
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Here are some ways that professional writers motivate themselves to get started:
- Set a goal for your daily writing - decide how many pages, or how many words, you will write each day, and do not stop until you reach that goal
- Set up a place and time for writing, and treat writing as a job - go to your "job" every day and work until you reach your daily goal
- Write an outline of your novel - this gives you a goal to aim towards, and also gives you a good way of seeing where your story is headed
- Don't try to write a cute or clever "hook" to start out- begin your novel somewhere in the middle of an action (this makes it more interesting), but write simply and directly instead of trying to be "smart"
- Leave the editing for later - just get started! Write whatever comes to your mind, and keep going. After you finish the whole thing, then you can go back and re-read, edit, and change things around.
It really depends on you.
Some people like to start off by planning a book, others like to write chapter summaries. As for me, when I started to write the book I'm writing, I just opened a blank book and began to write.
-Come up with a main charactor. Learn about him/her and know all about them.
-Come up with a conflict.
-Figure out the climax and how it will end.
-Figure out a couple of minor characters.
-Now you can figure out the beginning.
*Just start whenever the main action of the story starts! Don't worry about fancy opening sentences or special words -- just write!
Here are some other ways to start a story:
- Action - start with an action scene
- Dialogue - start with a line of dialogue
- Sound Effect - start with a sound effect word to show what's happening
- Snapshot - start with a vivid description of what's going on
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A book of fictional writing that tells a story?
It is a novel.
Erich Segal wrote the screenplay for what 1970 movie before writing the novel?
Love Story
Can you reference your main character as a protagonist in writing?
Only if your main character is a protagonist, which is the hero in the story/novel.
Why is it important for an author to use imagery when writing a story or novel?
The more vivid images the author includes, the better the readers will understand (and enjoy) the story.
Erich Segal actually wrote the screenplay for what 1970 movie before writing the novel version?
Love Story.
What is a good personal contribution?
In novel studies? Yeah! Okay maybe researching the author or writing a story/poem.
When writing a story does the whole plot need to be explained in the beginning or can it be told piece by piece as the novel goes on?
A good novel reveals the plot a little at a time as it goes on.
Where is victor Frankenstein's mother in the novel?
She died before the story started giving birth to Victor's brother.
Who was credited for writing the first American novel?
William Hill Brown is credited with writing the first American novel, The Power of Sympathy. It was published in 1791 and follows the a love story between two siblings who tragically don't know they are related.
Writing created from an author's imagination?
Fiction is based on imagination and not necessarily fact.
How old was roald dahl when he started writing and when?
Roald Dahl started writing later in life, at the age of 43. His first published work was a story for children called "The Gremlins," which was released in 1943.
Who is the author of the Japanese novel Fate Stay Night?
The Japanese novel Fate Stay Night is a virtual novel designed by the developer Type-Moon. The author is Kinoko Nasu, who began writing the story for this novel while he was still in college. He is also know for writing another visual novel called Tsukihime.
